For Better or Verse : Matinee Special
Music
October 28 | 1 PM
The Piano Man Jazz Club, Delhi, Delhi
₹199
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For Better or Verse : Matinee Special
Music
October 28 | 1 PM
The Piano Man Jazz Club, Delhi, Delhi
₹199
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Hootenanny is an art-based community formed by young enthusiasts who strive to promote local independent artists. Moving forward with the idea of bringing together and uplifting artists around who are amazing at what they do, they aim to provide them with an opportunity to make a living out of their art. Hootenanny caters to various art-forms: music, dance, fine arts, theatre, poetry, photography & videography.
For Better or Verse is an attempt at bringing forth some amazing poets & musicians from across Delhi NCR under one roof and not just get them an audience to perform their own compositions to but also help them build a portfolio that also helps them in the long run.
Hootenanny aspires to provide such young talents with a platform and an appreciative audience to portray their artwork. Hootenanny has organized 11 events as of now within the last 12 months and are coming up with new sections of events that will be held on a monthly basis.
Yash Raj Mishra is an 18-year-old singer-songwriter based in Delhi. Yash was born and brought up in the religious city of Banaras. He is a student at Asian Academy of Filming and Television. Striving to revive the spirit of 20th-century music, he combines the sweet blues with the rationality of the modern era. He is currently working on his Hindi album. His major influences are Adolf Hitler, Barack Obama, David Gilmour, Jimmy Page, Bob Dylan, The Grateful Dead, John Mayer, John Keats, Charles Bukowski, BB King, and Buddha.
Archit Arora:
Archit Arora is a 21 year old, Delhi based singer-songwriter who plays guitar to accompany his vocals. Starting to sing at the age of 3, his parents and teachers discovered his inclination towards music. He would often perform solo at various school and inter school level competitions. He pursued his training in western vocals for 2 years and secured a 5th Grade Certificate from Rock School, London. Receiving his training from Sir Sonam Sherpa, lead guitarist of the legendary Indian band, Parikrama at the Parikrama School of Music, he has headed, as well as actively participated in solo, duet and group singing events at many college fests. For Archit, music has always been a source of happiness and expression. Although he has gained immense respect and dedication towards the discipline it takes to master his art, he also feels that one needs to remember to connect and express with your music and make your audience feel good.
Aronjoy Das:
Aronjoy Das is a Delhi based pop-rock singer who associates himself with 'Amie,' his mahogany guitar. He seeks to woo his listeners into his unravelling thoughts through his self-composed music. His songs are driven by his experiences and brought out in simple and honest lyrics that try to speak less but convey more. Influences: Damien Rice, Thrice and Michael Jackson.
Lakshay:
Lakshay is a Delhi based singer/songwriter. He has always had an itch to write his mind out and his songs are just him trying to express it.
Raghav Wadhwa is a second year law student from Delhi. He's an avid consumer of literature and particularly likes Urdu poetry. Having written primarily in English all his life, he has started dabbling in Hindustani poetry only recently.
Naimish Srivastava:
Naimish Srivastava is a twenty-year-old writer and spoken-word poet. His first novel—Thinking Out Loud—was published in 2017. He recently left his job at a consulting firm to pursue his passion for writing. He loves experimenting with fiction and motivational tales and runs an Instagram page—Trapped in Verse—that explores his passion for the craft.
Kanika Ahuja:
Kanika calls herself a "Part Time Poet, Full Time Fangirl." A firm believer in Harry Potter, she finds the most inexhaustible source of magic in words, both her own as well as the ones she borrows from stories, poems and song lyrics. She is someone who can be found guarding her books with all her might and life, and should never be left unsupervised in a stationary store, or a book fair, or Amazon. A living example of a "Chhotta Packet Bada Dhamaka," Kanika dreams of changing the world, one smile at a time.
Ditsa Bhattacharya:
Ditsa, twenty, is a writer, a poet, and a catlady, who believes that words, and only words have the power to make the world a better place, one tiny alphabet at a time. She realized the power of words when she was seven, and has been writing ever since, first in Bangla, and then in English. A student of English Literature in Delhi University, she is a full-time bookworm, and spends her free hours browsing cat videos on the internet. Her interests vary from Algebra to Physical Chemistry to Literature. She dreams that her words will reach people all over the world, and make them smile, make them think.
For Better or Verse : Matinee Special
Music
October 28 | 1 PM
The Piano Man Jazz Club, Delhi, Delhi
₹199
Sorry, this show is already over but head here for other fun events!
Invite your friends
and enjoy a shared experience
₹199
Sorry, this show is already over but head here for other fun events!
