The only guiding principle in the work of British drummer Sarathy Korwar seems to be his Indian origin. After exploring the spiritual connections between jazz and Indian music on (2018), he returns to Earth on More Arriving. His second studio album is a militant protest record that he recorded in Dubai, in collaboration with a number of singers and rappers from this city and New Delhi. Korwar thus
… aimed to make a modern South Asian pop album. Exciting jazz mixes with exotic Indian pop and hip-hop with Indian and English lyrics. He deliberately gives the Brexiteers a sneer: cultures have always mixed and there is 'more arriving'. That is only to be hoped for with an album as exciting as an original like More Arriving. (MR)more
