Aki Kumar - God Bless The USA

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2025
Time:49:48 
Size:114,8 MB 
Label:Self-Released 
Styles:Blues/Harp Blues/Mix 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Should I Stay - 3:18
 2. A Plea to Be Free - 4:06
 3. I Just Want to Make Love - 2:57
 4. Jarvos Woman - 4:07
 5. Desi Strut - 3:59
 6. Time Will Tell - 3:49
 7. Thoughts and Prayers - 3:54
 8. God Bless the USA - 3:26
 9. It Is What It Is - 5:13
10. Man of Constant Sorrow - 3:40
11. Hard to Get - 3:48
12. Save a Bread - 3:34
13. Harp Tuah - 3:51

Since Charlie Musselwhite planted roots on the West Coast decades ago, San Francisco has evolved into a hotbed of sensational harmonica players, most notably Rick Estrin, Mark Hummel and the late Norton Buffalo. But as most locals already know, there’s a new reed-bender in town, and he’s ready to make a name for himself on a broader scale. Born in Mumbai, India, and only working as a musician full-time for the past six years or so, Akarsha “Aki” Kumar is the real deal if you love traditional blues harp with an extra dose of originality. As a teen, he studied keyboards and tabla (Indian drums) before picking up a tremolo harmonica, instrument commonly used in popular Hindi music. Now in his mid-30s, Kumar emigrated to the U.S. in 1996 to study software engineering, settling first in Oklahoma City before transferring to San Jose State University, where he earned a degree that landed him a job in the industry. Aki’s love for the harmonica eventually lead him to the San Jose School of the Blues, where master instructor Dave Barrett quickly turned him onto to the works of Little Walter Jacobs, George “Harmonica” Smith and James Cotton. Kumar burst onto the West Coast scene in 2009, fronting one of the Bay Area’s favorite bands, Tip Of The Top. He now fronts his own tight ensemble and also does service with Little Jonny And The Giants. ~~Marty Gunther

God Bless The USA