Enjoy some improvisational collaborations and duos between 6pm and 8pm on Saturday, June 20th at Batch!

Guitarist and composer David Lord has been described as “a six-string anomaly, a genuine diamond in the rough” (Bill Milkowski) and as a someone who “weaves true magic with his music” (Babysue).  His music has been featured in publications such as Downbeat, Dusted Magazine, A Closer Listen, All About Jazz, Under the Radar, Bandcamp Daily, Alternative Press, Magnet and Tiny Mix Tapes.

Henna Chou is a sound artist whose work explores the confluence of environmental listening, experimental practice, and socio-political inquiry. Drawing from the textures and rhythms of the natural and industrial world, their work engages with sound as both material and message - exploring issues of ecology, displacement, and collective memory.

Joshua Thomson is an alto saxophonist, composer, and bandleader and founder of Atlas Maior, originally from the Dearborn/Detroit area and based in Austin, Texas. His work blends experimental jazz, global modal traditions, and free improvisation, creating a cinematic and highly exploratory sound described as possessing a “mystic, noir quality” and “fearless improvisational clarity.

Based in Austin, Raviteja “Ravi” Nulu is a tabla performer, craftsman, and student of traditional Sufi Qawwali music who has been studying and performing since the age of 13. A longtime disciple of Ustad Ghulam Farid Nizami since 2008, Ravi blends deep musical training with hands-on expertise in tabla repair, tuning, and restoration learned from master craftsmen in India. Through performances and instrument care, he is dedicated to preserving the rich sound and tradition of tabla while supporting the growing community of musicians across the United States.

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