Friday, April 26, 2019 - Rajna SwaminathanRAJAS Album Release ConcertThe Rubin MuseumNew York, NYMrudangam (South Indian percussion) artist and composer Rajna Swaminathan, and her ensemble RAJAS, release her debut record, Of Agency and Abstraction, which comes out April 26th, 2019, on Biophilia Records. Rajas is a Sanskrit word referring to the inner energy that compels us toward action, creation, and change. The ensemble embodies this spirit in their exploration of new collective possibilities in the resonances among Indian music, jazz/creative music, and other improvisational traditions. The Financial Times describes Rajna’s compositions for the ensemble as having "wedded beauty by courting chaos, with the methods of loose-knit latter-day jazz at the service of a recognizably South-Asian melody and pulse.”CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO
