GOT THE BLUES

The Soulful Blues Festival at the NCPA, Mumbai, is bringing major international performers to India

- Nikhil Sardana

The NCPA Soulful Blues Festival is set to return in 2025, bigger and better than ever. Expanding to three electrifying nights, the festival brings internationally acclaimed blues legends, some of whom are making their India debut, to Mumbai’s National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) from March 14 to 16.

“The blues, although a fa­ miliar genre, was still relatively new territory for the NCPA,” says Farrahnaz Irani, general manager– international music at NCPA. “We started on a smaller scale, but after curating two powerhouse vocalists who had audiences on their feet, we knew we had gotten it right. We were confident about growing the festival and tapping the right artistes.”