Sway Of The Verses is a graphic designer, DJ and radio presenter specialising in raga based music.
Weaving it into a broad spectrum of sounds including classic ragas, ghazals, qawaali, Panjabi folk, Indo-Jazz, lo-fi ambient vibes to hip-hop and electronic music.
His show on NTS, delves deep into the world of raga music, introducing concepts, recordings and musicians producing anaccessible guide to this vast musical tradition. Sway Of The Verses DJ sets at the Tate Lates, We Out Here, Dancing Family Festival have introduced the sounds to a wider and younger audience
Nāda Sonics—IRL: Listening Session
Nāda Sonics is an exploration into the world of of raga and tala -based music. Broadcast on NTS Radio since 2023, Sway of the Verses shares the intricacies of raga music, an ever evolving ancient musical tradition weaving through the numerous musicians, instruments, ragas, time-cycles and concepts of this genre.
The Nāda Sonics—IRL: Listening Session is a chance to experience this spiritual, moving music in a collective situation; beginning with a breathwork session to calm the mind and relax the body led by Isaac B; then experiencing an uninterrupted listening session of 90 mins, sat on the floor on cushions, sipping tea and melting away to the vibes. In an overwhelming, discordant world of chaos, this is an oasis of calm.
Raga Music Listings
A list of Raga Music concerts/performances happening around the UK
7 Feb 2026 / 19:00
Purbayan Chatterjee + Ramana Balachandhran
Ramana Balachandhran – saraswati veena
Anantha Krishnan – mridangam
Purbayan Chatterjee – sitar
Sukhvinder Singh Pinky – tabla
The Barbican, London
Book Now: £25 – £100
7 Feb 2026 / 19:00
Jugalbandi – A soulful dialogue of strings and rhythm
Eman Hashimi – tabla
Satwinder Pal Singh – sarangi
The Music Room, London
Book Now: £30
12 Feb 2026 / 12:30 & 14:30
Indian Musical Magic!
Jonathan Mayer – sitar
Kousic Sen – tabla
Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Book Now: £9-£19 (12:30) & Book Now: £9-£19 (14:30)
13 Feb 2026 / 19:00
Raga@7: Resonance – Ode to Call of the Valley
Ninad Daithankar – santoor
Saurabh Vartak – bansuri
Saleel Tambe – tabla
Seven Arts, Leeds
Book Now: £15
15 Feb 2026 / 14:00
Music In The Museum: February
Mithila Sarma – veena
Aditi Subramaniam – carnatic vocals
Senthuran Premakumar – mridangam
Wardowndown House, Luton
Book Now: £16.50
18 Feb 2026 / 13:00
Satwinder Pal Singh & Kousic Sen
Satwinder Pal Singh – sarangi
Kousic Sen – tabla
The Tung Auditorium, Liverpool
Book Now: £Free.99
20 Feb 2026 / 18:30
Sarangi Concert
Kamal Sabri – sarangi
Isher Singh Jagdev – tabla
Hollywell Music Room, Oxford
Book Now: £10-£15
20 Feb 2026 / 19:30
Indian Spring Colours: Resonance – Ode to Call of the Valley
Ninad Daithankar – santoor
Saurabh Vartak – bansuri
Saleel Tambe – tabla
Durham University, Durham
Book Now: £1 – £10
21 Feb 2026 / 13:30
Indian Spring Colours: Simrandeep Kaur & Harikiran Sahota
Simrandeep Kaur – taus
Harikiran Sahota – tabla
Durham University, Durham
Book Now: £1 – £10
21 Feb 2026 / 16:00
YATRA 2026
Various artists
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, London
Book Now: £12
21 Feb 2026 / 18:30
Ustad Kamal Sabri & Ustad Tari Khan: Peace through Music
Kamal Sabri – sarangi
Tari Khan – tabla
World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, London
Book Now: £5 – £30
22 Feb 2026 / 17:30 & 19:30
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Jasdeep Singh Degun – sitar
Harkirat Singh Bahra – tabla
Stoke Newington Old Church, London
Book Now: £21
22 Feb 2026 / 18:30
Raga Reflections
Lakshay Mohan – sitar
Harkirat Bahara – tabla
St Giles Cripplegate Church, London
Book Now: £25
27 Feb 2026 / 13:00
Sounds of India: Resonance – Ode to Call of the Valley
Ninad Daithankar – santoor
Saurabh Vartak – bansuri
Saleel Tambe – tabla
St Martin in the Fields, London
Book Now: £10
28 Feb 2026 / 13:00
Zoe Rahman and Arun Ghosh
Zoe Rahman – piano
Arun Ghosh – clarinet
The Capstone Theatre, Liverpool
Book Now: £13.20 – £19.20
5 March 2026 / 11:00
Schools Concert: Ragas and Talas
Jyotsna Srikanth – violin
Baluji Shrivastav – sitar
Abhiram Sahathevan – mridangam
Yousuf Ali Khan – tabla
Ranjana Ghatak – presenter
Wigmore Hall, London
Book Now: £5
6 March 2026 / 13:10
Brunel Arts Lunchtime Concert – Zeroclassikal Presents
Vivek Dinesh – violin
Vishwaprasanna – mridangam
Brunel University, Uxbridge
Book Now: £free.99
7 March 2026 / 11:00
Schools Concert: Ragas and Talas
Jyotsna Srikanth – violin
Baluji Shrivastav – sitar
Abhiram Sahathevan – mridangam
Yousuf Ali Khan – tabla
Ranjana Ghatak – presenter
Wigmore Hall, London
Book Now: £10-£12
7 March 2026 / 20:00
Jasdeep Singh Degun & Friends
Jasdeep Singh Degun – sitar
Harkiret Bahra – tabla
Players from the London Philharmonic Orchestra – string quintet
Southbank Centre, London
Book Now: £32-£39
13 March 2026 / 13:10
Riverside Ragas: Shahid Parvez and Shashank Subramanyam
Shahid Parvez – sitar
Shashank Subramanyam – bansuri
Phalgun Parupalli – mridangam
Kousic Sen – tabla
The Glasshouse, Gateshead
Book Now: £14.10-£28.10
15 March 2026 / 13:10
Jugalbandi: Shahid Parvez and Shashank Subramanyam
Shahid Parvez – sitar
Shashank Subramanyam – bansuri
Phalgun Parupalli – mridangam
Kousic Sen – tabla
Howard Assembly Room, Leeds
Book Now: £30
18 March 2026 / 18:30
Solo Harmonium Recital
Sadakat Aman Khan – harmonium
Nehru Centre, London
Book Now: £Free.99
15 March 2026 / 20:00
Nritya Utsav 2026: Karnatic Vocal
Sudha Ragunathan – karnatic vocal
Balu Raguraman – violin
M. Balachandar – mridangam
R.N. Prakash – ghatam
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, London
Book Now: £20-£27
19 March 2026 / 19:00
Ranjani-Gayatri:Tyagaraja’s Path to Liberation Through Music
Ranjani Gayatri Sisters – carnatic vocal
Delhi Sairam – mridangam
Vittal Rangan – violin
S Krishna – ghatam
The Barbican, London
Book Now: £25-£100
21 March 2026 / 18:00
Nritya Utsav 2026: Sitar Concert
Punita Gupta & students – sitar
Rikhil Rai – flute
Khetan Bidwe – tabla
M Balachandar – mridangam.
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, London
Book Now: £21-£27
21 March 2026 / 19:00
Prattyush Bannerjee & Shahbaz Hussain
Prattyush Bannerjee – sarod
Shahbaz Hussain – tabla
Seven Arts, Leeds
Book Now: £15
21 March 2026 / 19:00
SINGH Strings
Dharambir Singh MBE – sitar
Kaviraj Singh – santoor
Upneet Singh – tabla
Calstock Arts, Calstock
Book Now: £17-£20
27 March 2026 / 13:00
Sounds of India: Chandra Chakraborty
Chandra Chakraborty – khayal vocal
Kirpal Panesar – esraj
Siddhartha Kargupta – harmonium
Surdarshan Chana – tabla
St Martin in the Fields, London
Book Now: £10
27 March 2026 / 19:30
Shashank Subramanyam & Prattyush Banerjee
1st Half
Shashank Subramanyam – bansuri
Phalgun Parupalli – mridangam
2nd Half
Prattyush Banerjee – sarod
Giuliano Modarelli - guitar
Sukhvinder “Pinky” Singh – tabla
Southbank Centre, London
Book Now: £20.75 – £42
28 March 2026 / 19:30
Sarathy Korwar
Future Yard, Liverpool
Book Now: £20.72
28 March 2026 / 19:30
Prattyush Banerjee + Sukhvinder ‘Pinky’ Singh
Prattyush Banerjee – sarod
Giuliano Modarelli - guitar
Sukhvinder “Pinky” Singh – tabla
Portsmouth Central Library, Portsmouth
Book Now: £16.96-£19.67
29 March 2026 / 19:30
Shashank Subramanyam & Prattyush Banerjee
1st Half
Shashank Subramanyam – bansuri
Phalgun Parupalli – mridangam
2nd Half
Prattyush Banerjee – sarod
Giuliano Modarelli - guitar
Sukhvinder “Pinky” Singh – tabla
St Georges, Bristol
Book Now: £20.72
30 March 2026 / 19:30
Shashank Subramanyam
Shashank Subramanyam – bansuri
Phalgun Parupalli – mridangam
Dora Stoutzker Hall, Cardiff
Book Now: £9 – £18
4 April 2026 / 18:00
Eternal Strings of Tradition
Homayoun Sakhi – rubab
Roopa Panesar – sitar
Sukhvinder “Pinky” Singh – tabla
The Music Room, London
Book Now: £9 – £18
18 April 2026 / 16:30
Devaki Pandit Live in Concert
Davaki Pandit – vocal
Winston Churchill Theatre, London
Book Now: £16 – £39
18 April 2026 / 18:00
Misra Creatives presents The Raga Experience
1st Half
Sandip Bhattacharjee – vocal
Rohan Jhalla – tabla
Vishwa Prakash – harmonium
2nd Half
Abhishek Borkar – sarod
Rajkumar Misra – tabla
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, London
Book Now: £9 – £18
24 April 2026 / 18:00
Riverside Ragas: Confluence
Preetha Narayanan – violin
Giuliano Modarelli – guitar
Harkiret Singh Bahra – tabla
The Glasshouse, Gateshead
Book Now: £10 – £22.50
25 April 2026 / 15:30
Devaki Pandit Live in Concert
Davaki Pandit – vocal
The Dean, Edinburgh
Book Now: £16.25 – £36.50
26 April 2026 / 17:30
Devaki Pandit Live in Concert
Davaki Pandit – vocal
The Peepul Centre, Leicester
Book Now: £15 – £36.75
3 May 2026 / 19:00
Warsi Brothers – An evening of Sufi and Qawwali music
Lantern Hall, Bristol
Book Now: £20.16 – £22.40
22 May 2026 / 19:00
Riverside Ragas: An Evening of Ghazals with Tauseef Akhtar
Tauseef Akhtar – vocal
Shahbaz Hussain – tabla
Siher Nikzad – harmonium
Robin Christian – flute
Hinal Pattani – keyboard
The Glasshouse, Gateshead
Book Now: £14.10 – £28.10
29 March 2026 / 19:00
Sounds of India: Prabhat Rao – Sacred Song from the Subcontinent
Prabhat Rao – Khayal vocal
St Martin in the Fields, London
Book Now: £10
30 May 2026 / 19:00
Roopa Panesar Trio
Roopa Panesar – sitar
Harkiret Singh Bahra – tabla
R.N. Prakash – ghatam
Turner Sims, Southampton
Book Now: £10 – £24
7 June 2026 / 14:30
Classic Café: Akash Parekar & Janan Sathiendran
Akash Parekar – sitar
Janan Sathiendran – tabla
Middlesbrough Town Hall, Middlesbrough
Book Now: £5
12 June 2026 / 19:30
The CBSO & The Orchestral Qawwali Project
Melvin Tay – conductor
Rushil Ranjan – composer/arranger/piano
Abi Sampa – lead vocalist
Jennifer Blackwell Performance Space, Birmingham
Book Now: £5 – £10
19 June 2026 / 13:00
Sounds of India: Kaviraj Singh Dhadyalla
Kaviraj Singh Dhadyalla – santoor & vocals
Jasdeep Singh – jori
St Martin in the Fields, London
Book Now: £10
18 July 2026 / 13:00
Midday Mantra: Sun Raga
CBSO, Birmingham
Book Now: £26 – £62
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