As well as being a multi-instrumentalist, music producer, songwriter and one of the longest established Western players of the kora, Ravi also leads Voice Activation Events. These events are the result of a lifetime exploring the edge, through world music, tribal cultures and a journey that has taken him from India to the Amazon. There have also been over 20 albums, international performances and workshops, the invention of the electric/stereo kora and collaborations with a diverse array of artists such as Nigel Kennedy, Jon Lord, Phil Manzanera, Baaba Maal, Dr John, Ronu Majumdar and Marlui Miranda. 

The most recent albums are “Songs for the Golden Age” and “Two Rivers” with master flautist Adrian Freedman. As a Voice Workshop facilitator, Ravi leads events such as “Kirtan & Cacao” , “Overtone Singing and Voice Workshops” and Voice Retreats in UK and abroad. More recently Ravi has also started giving talks, such as “The Power of Sound and the Way of The Voice”, a participatory audio-visual talk that he gave at The Glastonbury Symposium in July 2022.

Perfomances have included:

Festivals: WOMAD, Festival Musicale del Mediterraneo, Sunrise, Off-Grid, Glastonbury Festival, Edinburgh International Harp Festival, Shetland, Belfast and Cork Folk Festivals, Glasgow Mayfest, Hull Jazz Festival, Lamer Tree, Cabo Verde Jazz Festival, Westport Art Festival, Festival of World Cultures and the prestigious solo performance series in Curitiba, Brazil

Venues: Purcell Room, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Eden Project, British Library, Dartington Hall, Band on the Wall, Rosin Dubh, Wheelans (Dublin) and various arts centres (Garter Lane, Ucheldre, Bridport, Exeter, Mwldan)

Workshops: voice music workshops (with a focus on overtone singing) and lectures at various institutions and arts centres such as Colorado State University and Northfield College, Minneapolis.

Instruments and Sounds:
Kora, electric/stereo kora, guitar (specialising in open tuning), berimbao, percussion, bells, gongs, singing bowls, ethnic flutes, djembe, congas, bongos, overtone singing (aka throat singing), aeolian harp.

Previous Productions and Commisions:
Over twenty collaborations and solo albums, many of which Ravi engineered & produced, plus TV and film music including the award-winning “Three Miles North of Molkom”, music for “The World’s Greatest Bank Robbery” for production house Tiger Aspect (with Craig Pruess), the BAFTA award-winning “Touching The Void”, the film “From Hackney to the Favella” by Michael Judge and “Love in Action” (documentary about Mother Teresa); the guided meditation CD “Chakra Dance” (for The School of Awakening) & producer of “Golden Voice” by spiritual musical legend Bhagavan Das, which was reviewed as “expertly produced”.

World Fusion Productions (productions, commissions and live recordings).
For enquiries: info@koratone.com

RAVI has worked with:
Folk & World: Baaba Maal (Ravi is the only kora player and also performs overtone singing on the CD “Television”), Pops Mohamed, Jackie McShee, Frankie Armstrong, Wendy Stewart, Steve Gorn, Ty Burhoe, Eric Roche, Harry Manx.

Fusion: Talvin Singh, Pete Lockett, Manu Katche, Pino Palladino.

Classical: Nigel Kennedy, Janet Perry, Mathew Barley

Legends: The Yarbirds, Phil Manzanera, Gary Boyle, Jon Lord, Danny Thompson, Stefan Grapelli, Manu Kache

Psychedelia: Daevid Allen, Arthur Brown.

Cult: Suns of Arqua, Tribal Drift, Loop Guru.

Dance: Sitar Funk, Sasha, BT.

Traditional: Hari Prasad, Ramesh Mishra, Ronu Majumdar, Tarun Bhattacharya , Shiv Kumar Sharma, Bikram Ghosh (India), Justin Vali, Kilema, Modest Hugues (Madagascar) and Paolino Viera (Capo Verde) , B Net Houriat (Morocco), Cordes et Cannes (Sardinia), Vasmalom (Hungary), Gaspar Lawal (Ghana)

New Age: Deva Premal & Miten, Sudha, Krishna Das, Craig Pruess, Bliss, Maneesh de Moor, Prem Joshua, Chinmaya Dunster

Brazil: Paulo Moura, Marlui Miranda, Armando Marcal, Dom Um Romao, Robertinho Silva

RAVI has also worked on various projects with legendary record producer John Leckie