Oliver Rajamani doth fashion wondrous and soul-moving original songs, bringing rare grace and fire unto the manifold bounds of Texas. His compositions are drawn from the Romani(Gypsy) diaspora and Texas Americana, while making known the far-off Indian birthright of the Romani folk. He chanteth in English, Romani, Spanish and exotic tongues…..Verily, his music is a sweet blending of the art of Austin in its golden age-an organic concoction of Austin, Texas music and culture stemming from the bygone golden era of Austin being known as the ” Live Music Capital of the World.”
An Austin, Texas Music award winner, a nominee of the 2008 US Artist Award and the 2014 nominee of the prestigious German music award “Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik Oliver Rajamani “BESTENLISTE-Vierteljahrespreis 1/2014 Weltmusik. Rajamani has toured internationally and has recorded and performed with poets and artists wide-ranging in style including Jeronimo Maya, Gypsy Kings, Willie Nelson, Edie Brickell, L. Shanker, Eric Johnson, Diane Schuur, Ustad Shujaat Khan, Ustad Aashish Khan, Glen Velez, Roby Lakatos, Jivan Gasparyan, Paravai Munniamma, Tomasa La Macanita, Vadim Kolpakov, Tom Riepl, Lara and Reyes, Bob Livingston, Robert Bly, Coleman Barks, Paul Maar including performances for the Maharaja of Jodhpur, India, Gaj Singh II. He has been a featured artist on the NPR BBC radio, Klru PBS amongst numerous other international radio, TV stations and magazines including the Tedx platform. Rajamani is also the founding director of the annual hAmaro fest. -a festival in Austin, Texas celebrating Romani heritage while bringing recognition to the largest Romani historical archive center in Austin.
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