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One Small Love – Bruce Lee Mani draws the line

admin — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 09:25:15 +0000

Birthdays, believes Bruce Lee Mani, guitar player and vocalist for Thermal And A Quarter, are to celebrate happiness.

“But we’ll save that for tomorrow,” he says on his 33rd.

Every day should be a happy birthday for love. As artists, that should be the mission fuelling our activism — to spread the message of love and peace in the world to everyone, to bring estranged people together, to shape the change that lies trapped inside our hearts. And not lose ourselves in cynicism.

If need be, we must cross one line to draw another.

Last year, Bruce wrote the lyrics of ‘One Small Love’ and put it to music with his band, Thermal And A Quarter. Join him and Thermal And A Quarter with other artists, speakers and thinkers on the song’s first anniversary.

‘One Small Love – Bangalore for Mangalore’, an assertion of liberty, love and happiness, celebrates the birthday of love.

Feb 14, Opus in the Creek, Whitefield Road, Bangalore.

Be there to draw the line. And spread the love.

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One Small Love – Ravichandra Kulur draws the line

admin — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 05:21:03 +0000

Flautist Ravichandra Kulur has come a long way from his hometown in Udupi, about an hour’s drive north of Mangalore. Brought up in a family of musicians, Ravi learned quickly that music can unite people irrespective of culture or nationality.

Ravi’s flute has taken him around the world — New York’s Carnegie Hall, London’s Royal Festival Hall, the Passionskirche in Berlin, Mumbai’s NCPA Auditorium, etc. He has shared the stage with Dr M. Balamuralikrishna, Pandit Ravi Shankar, Anoushka Shankar, Steve Smith and Vital Information, Charlie Mariano, Hariharan, S P Balasubramaniam, Kumaresh and Ganesh, Tarun Bhattacharya, Hans Hartmann, Karsh Kale, Amit Heri and Tanmoy Bose.

Join Ravi as he performs with Thermal And A Quarter and other musicians at ‘One Small Love – Bangalore for Mangalore’, a convention of peace-loving citizens, at Opus in the Creek in Bangalore on February 14. Entry is free.

Draw the line. Spread the love.

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One Small Love – Martin D'Souza draws the line

admin — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:34:03 +0000

Moral policing threatens not just artists, musicians and performers but audiences as well, as it robs them of their right to be informed and entertained in accordance with their choice.

That’s the view expressed by Martin D’Souza, an artist and advertising professional who has called Bangalore home for 24 years.

Join Martin and other concerned Bangaloreans as they come together for ‘One Small Love – Bangalore for Mangalore’, a celebration of the spirit of freedom and tolerance with music, food and free speech. Musicians Konarak Reddy, Allwyn Fernandes, Gaurav Vaz, Ravi Kulur, Gerard Machado, Karan Joseph and Swarathma will join Thermal And A Quarter at the concert on Feb 14, 2010 at Opus in the Creek, Whitefield Road, Bangalore.

Draw the line. Spread the love.

Attend the concert on February 14. Entry is free.

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