Biography

Sitar – Tommy Khosla

Guitar & Cello – Taylor Frost

Percussion – Gregorio Merchán

Tommy Khosla is a sitarist and composer. Devon-raised and London-based, Khosla first learned from sitarist Ricky Romain and is now continuing his training with Anoushka Shankar. Featured recently in Songlines magazine, Khosla’s debut LP Vignettes was released to critical acclaim, receiving airtime on BBC Asian Network. Winning the UK Awards for Young Musicians at age 17, they have since gone on to develop a contemporary voice in music. Taking inspiration from neo-jazz, lo-fi and electronic music, Khosla is challenging stereotypes about the musical space sitar can be played in.

The culmination of this most recent musical development can be seen in Jawari, a collective formed in 2022. The core members include Latin grammy awardee Gregorio Merchán on percussion, Taylor Frost on guitar and cello and Tommy Khosla on sitar. Drawing on the eclectic musical backgrounds of its members, which include merengue, jazz and Indian Classical Music to name a few, Jawari’s sound is a unique statement in the current indo-jazz scene.

Following multiple sell-out gigs in London last year, the band is currently working towards their debut album which will be recorded in July.

Jawari will be performing a mixed bill of Khosla’s solo pieces alongside their new unreleased music.