I just got word that my debut album SYNESTHETIC has made Michael Debbage's 2015 Favorites list!
For those of you who don't know, Michael is one of the most well-respected music critics in the instrumental/New Age music fraternity. He wrote a stellar review for my album when it was released a year ago. To be picked in the Top 20 after all the other fantastic albums that came out during 2015 is a HUGE honor.
Listed among Enya, John Adorney, David Arkenstone, and more! I am so honored. A wonderful way to bring in the new year.
Check out the Top 20 list here.
SYNESTHETIC just got another amazing review from a highly respected reviewer in our fraternity, Michael Debbage from Mainly Piano!
Here's an excerpt from the review:
"Nevertheless all the music is composed and arranged by this impressive newcomer who effectively merges eastern sounds into a western landscape stamping and asserting his own musical DNA to avoid being just a clone. By the end of the year many will be speaking highly of Kulkarni and Synesthetic and assuming he has the ability to follow up this impressive debut watch out musical world."
Check out the whole review here. Thanks Michael!
Sergey Oreshkin from Moscow, Russia, just gave SYNESTHETIC a great review on his blog Ascentor. Check it out here!
Happy to announce that I will be appearing in my first radio interview alongside John Adorney to promote the new record SYNESTHETIC! We will be on DJ Thornton's Sunday morning edition of "The Morning Breeze" at 11am PST on February 1.
You can tune in and listen to us live on the online stream: http://www.themorningbreeze.org/. Click on "Extra Edition" by following the link!
Note: This will be a live interview, and you can tune in from anywhere around the world. 1pm CST, 2pm EST for those of you in the United States.
Exciting news to share with you all! I'll be doing my very first radio interview on KSBR 88.5FM. John Adorney and I will be on DJ Thornton's show "The Morning Breeze" and we'll be playing some excerpts from the new album SYNESTHETIC as well as talking about our experiences producing the album together.
You can hear the interview live from anywhere in the world online at www.ksbr.org. To listen, just go to the site and click on "LISTEN LIVE" in the upper right-hand corner. If you don't hear anything, click on the "more ways to listen" tab below that and then follow the instructions for listening on both Macs and PCs. We would love to have you tune in!
Here's what time we'll be on in different timezones:
- 11am Pacific time
- 1pm Central
- 2pm Eastern
- 12:30am on Monday morning (India)
**UPDATE: This interview was scheduled for January 4, but due to technical difficulties we had to reschedule. An updated date and time will be posted here soon!
I am so excited and deeply humbled to have won New Age Music Odyssey's award for Best Music Album in 2014! Synesthetic was very well-received by them and received an amazing review earlier this year.
Check out the website here.
The album will be released worldwide on Tuesday, January 13th.
My new album Synesthetic is on New Age Music World's list of Best New Album Releases in 2014!
It's an honor to be listed alongside Loreena McKennitt, John Adorney, David Arkenstone, Yanni, and countless other extremely talented artists. Check out the full list here.
The first review of Synesthetic is in, and I am thrilled to say that it scored very highly: 98/100! Only 7 other albums have scored between 95 and 99 on the website!
It is very exciting to be listed next to the greats like John Adorney, Diane Arkenstone, Omar Akram, and 2002! The review also proclaims that SYNESTHETIC is "without a doubt the most promising debut album in the New Age music genre since year 2000"... an amazing compliment indeed.
Check out the review here.
The first review for my new single "Mermaid" is up. Special thanks to BT Fasmer at New Age Music Odyssey for this awesome first review! Check it out here.
If you haven't heard the single yet, you can stream it on Spotify now:
Happy to be featured in the awesome CHICSHA magazine! A great initiative by a fellow Hoosier.
You can see the full-page spread featuring me and the new album SYNESTHETIC on pages 42-43!
The CFISD Communications Department recently issued an online press release publicizing the recent Cy-Hope donation supporting music curriculum initiatives in the district. The team of "Music Beyond Words" got a special mention!
Check out the feature story here.
