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India-born San Jose harmonica virtuoso serves up "Bombay Blues"  - CBS San Francisco, Dec 2022

Bollywood Bluesman Turns Tucson Debut Into All-out Dance Party - Tucson.com, Aug 2022

Aki Kumar, Blues without Borders - Blues Blast Magazine, April 2021 

Meet San Jose’s reigning king of ‘Bollywood blues’ music - San Jose Mercury News, Mar 2021 

Aki Kumar Fuses Blues With Hindi and Makes It Familiar - India Currents, Mar 2021

Bringing out the blues in desi music - Hindustan Times, Dec 2019

Christmas Blues with a Bollywood Twist - Live Mint, Dec 2019

Aki Kumar talks Bollywood Blues, his Band & Life in USA - DesiBlitz.com, Sept 2019

Tune In Tuesdays – ‘Dilruba’ – Aki Kumar’s Bollywood In Blues Style - DissDash, Aug 2019

Aki Kumar: Bollywood meets the blues in Dilruba! - SoundBox India, Aug 2019

The Only Bombay Blues Man’ Aki Kumar Releases Dilruba! - Bandook.com, Aug 2019

Dilruba - Times Of India, Aug 2019

Gator by the Bay to feature 79 acts, including India’s ‘Bollywood blues’ dynamo Aki Kumar - San Diego Tribune, Apr 2019

AKI KUMAR’S BOLLYWOOD BLUES MAKES CULTURES COMBUST IN SANTA ANA - OCWeekly.com, Apr 2019

Aki Kumar and the Quest for the Holy Tone (Exclusive Interview) - Harmonica.com, Feb 2019

CKUA Canada's Top 30 Essential Albums of 2019

Mumbai Mashup - Good Times, Santa Cruz, Sept 2018

Aki Kumar Combines the Blues With Bollywood Moves ​​​​​ - Billboard.com, Aug 2018

Little Village Showcase at Freight & Salvage - Silicon Valley's Metro, Aug 2018

Software Engineer turned Bluesman goes back to Bollywood for new inspiration  - Edmonton Journal, May 2018

Aki Kumar on Chicago Blues, Bollywood Blues, Harmonica, and Performing - The UnStarving Musician's Project, Nov 2017

Into The Blues - Modern Luxury Silicon Valley- Mar 2017

COVER STORY! Bollywood Blues: Channeling Memphis and Mumbai, Aki Kumar Crafts a Bi-Continental Sound - Metro Silicon Valley, Oct 2016

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass: Best Moments from Sunday - SFGate,com - Oct 2016

Aki Kumar Fuses Blues and Bollywood - SF Chronicle - Oct 2016

Blowin' the Blues Bollywood Style  California Report - Sept 2016

I Wanted To Be Bigger Than Bill Gates - But I Fell in Love With The Blues - PRI's "The World" - July 2016


What America Sounds Like - India Currents Magazine - June 2016

Tuning Back - Almaden Resident - June 2016


LA Times interview with Jonny Whiteside - LA Times - Jan 2016

Aki Kumar - performance & CD Review - Blue Monday Monthly Magazine - Aug 2015

Aki Kumar Interview (Dutch language) - Back To The Roots (Belgium) - Dec 2014

Aki sings the blues - Hindustan Times Brunch - Nov 2014

Aki Kumar makes the blues his calling - San Jose Mercury News - July 2014

Aki Kumar Interview - HarpSurgery.com - Jan 2014