Cornershop, Public Enemy, Devin the Dude, Ghostface Killah, Saul Williams, HKB Finn, The Clash, Spiritualized, Radiohead, The Futureheads, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Jeffrey Lewis, Moldy Peaches, The Strokes, Joanna Newsom, Devendra Banhart, TV on the Radio, The Specials, Black Star Liner, Nimer Rashed, Peter Parker, Charlie Kaufman, Aniruddha Bahal, Charles Bukowski, Bernard Manning, Bill Hicks, David Cross, Pharcyde, Jolly Mukherjee, Godzilla, Crazy Joe Davola
Sounds Like
Superheroes with acoustic guitars, samplers, raps, songs, capes, masks and a beaten but beautiful mandolin called 'Lily'...
Nikesh Shukla (nee Yam Boy) is an author, song-writer and Saved By the Bell enthusiast caught between the cityscapes of Bombay and the low-swinging chariots of London. His writing has been featured on BBC2, Radio 1 and 4, Resonance fm, Tell Tales and Transmission Magazine. He has performed at Royal Festival Hall, Apples and Snakes, Soho Theatre, The Big Chill, Rise Festival, The London Mela and Glastonbury. He has travelled to America Europe India and Africa to perform and read his words. He recently completed his first travel memoir, I've Forgotten My Mantra, as well as a full-length novel. He records under the name Yam Boy. He plays guitar and mandolin. He recently spent a year in Kenya, where he produced a solo folk album, tentatively titled 'Superheroic' as well as an Arts Council-commissioned book of poetry.
Comments about Yam Boy:
'Barely restrained, simmering anger and fiercely intelligent
polemic...' HIP HOP CONNECTION/
'Either a car crash or an inspired work of genius...' EASTERN EYE/
'Beautiful soundscapes and prescient musings' METRO/
'...offers up sharp, often humorous, socio-political polemic that references his Eastern background on acoustic guitar and mandolin, tapping artists as diverse as Jeffrey Lewis, Asha Bhosle and Infinite Livez' TIME OUT
Hi Nikesh/Yam Boy. I's M.C. Too Tall. Did you ever get CD's and other parafenalia from Brian (Box Of Crayons)? If so, when you get a chance, could you send him a letter to that PO box I sent you? It'll make him happy.
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What's really good, Yam Boy. Brian from Box Of Crayons loaned me the CD you gave him. Impressive stuff there. I like the second and last tracks. He wants to mail you some Box Of Crayons, Black Death, Pocket Monster and MC Too Tall stuff. Do you have a PO box or address that I can give him so he can do that? Thanks.
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Good 2 hear bout U. Thx 4 Ur thought. Am in Lebanon now. Done all my music, still gotta finish lyrics. Then I'd probably hit back the UK again. C U by then. Keep up...
My dear brother, don't forget the ritzy in feb or march... but its been far too long considering that was the only time since your return.... We'll sync movements soon i hope.
