Kumar Shome

Kumar Shome & the Punkawallahs is a guitar band melding instrumental jazz, funk and world. Featuring some of the best talent in the Melbourne music scene, Graeme Pogson (drums), Yuri Pavlinov (bass), Mikey Chan (guitar) and Gillan Gregory (guitar).

Kumar Shome is a talented Melbourne based guitarist and composer who has played and toured with <a href="spotify:artist:7fw0E8WHdG3r9SuPBcGmWk" data-name="Sampa the Great">Sampa the Great</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2MckNL12klGUugKiILMO6W" data-name="Lamine Sonko">Lamine Sonko</a> and the African Intelligence, <a href="spotify:artist:7HGFXtBhRq3g1Ma3nH4Rgv" data-name="Mulatu Astatke">Mulatu Astatke</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1mYsTxnqsietFxj1OgoGbG" data-name="A.R. Rahman">A.R. Rahman</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1QVWN3ebl1dVgVbMgQPG8K" data-name="The Bamboos">The Bamboos</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:023YMawCG3OvACmRjWxLWC" data-name="The Cat Empire">The Cat Empire</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4ucW1LE5T7y7X4jlaKCeVo" data-name="Dub FX">Dub FX</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3bAEKoKhV59l4WXJtj2wgn" data-name="Ajak Kwai">Ajak Kwai</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:5AYOUKvm3ZfyNiAFeWrBcN" data-name="thando">thando</a> and many more.

Trained as a jazz musician he is able to transcend genres, playing and writing music for styles including indie rock, prog rock, psychedelic, funk, north african, indian classical, edm, hip hop, RmB and world.

His influences include <a href="spotify:artist:3t58jfUhoMLYVO14XaUFLA" data-name="Pat Metheny">Pat Metheny</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4l8xPGtl6DHR2uvunqrl8r" data-name="CAN">CAN</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:776Uo845nYHJpNaStv1Ds4" data-name="Jimi Hendrix">Jimi Hendrix</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:5xLSa7l4IV1gsQfhAMvl0U" data-name="B.B. King">B.B. King</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:36QJpDe2go2KgaRleHCDTp" data-name="Led Zeppelin">Led Zeppelin</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0uZRjholJ0fVC2J9EvnYnj" data-name="Meshell Ndegeocello">Meshell Ndegeocello</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:12X85dtebfc7JTZ8iMBT2o" data-name="Osibisa">Osibisa</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2xbLfmO8N89nCiA55XsSeI" data-name="Irakere">Irakere</a>