Free from the plethora of bands from whence they hail, they have come to tell it all: A twisted tale of Indian Blues Celtic Swing Jazz Bluegrass Adventure with Fringe Award nominee Josh Bennett (Best Music), the genre-hopping antics of Andrew Clermont and extraordinary vocals and dance from Parvyn Singh, daughter of the renowned singer Dya Singh. Soaring vocal harmonies combine with blistering guitar and fiddle, sitar, dilruba (bowed sitar) and tabla from India, plus mandola and mandolin, banjo, didgeridoo, Indian beat-boxing, and of course, Parvyn's shaker. BluGuru have just released their debut album "Ragas 2 Blu Riches", which includes four live tracks from the tour in NSW in 2010. Hailed as a triumph for acoustic music, the album covers everything from Jazz and Bluegrass to Brazillian samba and meditative Indian pieces. Internationally acclaimed music prodigy Josh Bennett is master of strings, skins and hollow things, and launching his debut CD at last year's fringe. A review from that performance says it all: "It was like Womadelaide stretched into a fifth day when South Australian musical maestro Josh Bennett took us around the world in almost two hours of global tunes. ... a magical mix of music. &&&&" Ben Hyde - The Advertiser Parvyn combines her rich heritage from ancestral Punjab with elements of jazz, blues, folk and country to perform in her own unique style. On stage since she was five, singing with her father Dya Singh in his World Music Group, Parvyn's stunning, pure and soulful voice has captured the hearts of audiences around the world. She performs traditional, contemporary and original songs sung in Punjabi, Arabic, Hindi, Malay, English and Portuguese, and also performs many styles of Indian dance, including Kathak, Bhangra and Bollywood. Visually a swirl of colour & lines with sublime vocals. Andrew Clermont is a force of nature in Australian music: 'pumpkin powered' in Totally Gourdgeous (Voted Best Live Folk Band '08); Spirited with Australia's multi-awarded/cultural Dya Singh World Music Group (LA to Toronto to London Royal Albert Hall); 3 time Bluegrass National Guitar Champ; at the 'cutting hedge of Bluegrass' with The Lawnmowers, and soaring widely with the 13 years of Supper Club gatherings; Andrew initiated the NoHoldsBarred Fiddle Contest and is a Director to the Golden Fiddle Awards. "Jeff Beck meets Ravi Shankar on the set of 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?' while dancing in Rio" An evening of song and story not to be missed.
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