LEHERA

Lehera 2012 update

prashant — Thu, 24 May 2012 15:39:26 +0000

Lehera members are performing individually in different projects and won’t be touring as a group this year. Prashant is playing solo and teaming up in duo, trio and larger combos with some fine Canadian musicians and is working on a solo Cd. Prakash played NAMM and has been playing in the UK and Norway with Ian Bellamy among others. Karthik has been touring with his illustrious parents – principals of the KCP and Sarah has been living in NY for a year connecting and performing with musicians there. Lehera hopes to tour again next year and collaborate with some stellar Canadian musicians.

Lehera’s July 2011 Tour

prashant — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 12:21:49 +0000

Prakash and Karthik from India and Sarah, our new addition on vocals and Keyboard from Switzerland arrived in Toronto the last couple of days in June. We rented a cottage on Lake Erie and rehearsed for a week and… played Canada’s No1 World Music Fest; Sunfest for 2 days then flew to Vancouver Island MusicFest to play the rest of the weekend where we sold out of all the cds we had brought right after our mainstage set. What a cool audience and setup at the VIMF. The Sunday morning collaboration with Ecodek was great fun for us and the audience alike. David Crosby ended the Festival with a great band. We worked our way back to Calgary from there playing some smaller gigs including the small village of Silverton where I used to live and the international members of the band were enchanted by the Kootenay hospitality and wilderness. From Calgary, my homebase at this point, we flew back to play Hamilton and then Blue Skies Festival in Clarendon, Ontario. Lovely Festival, no vendors and a total focus on the music. it is a camping Festival and reminded me of the old festival spirit with late night jams et all. We were well recieved there and our evening mainstage performance seemed to please everyone. Met up with old friends from Karachi and kicked back at Desert lake at a friend’s cottage, then everyone flew back to India, Switzerland and Calgary. This is a brief account but, man there were some really hilarious episodes along the way. Everywhere we went people were very helpful and some new friends even helped us and instruments get to Duncan from Courtenay (Vancouver Island).

Peace, Love and Music,
Prashant

Photo by Valter Daghetti

International Songwriting Competition (ISC) finalist

prashant — Mon, 30 May 2011 19:23:56 +0000

Our song Heartsky is a finalist in the World category in the ISC 2010.

“Finalists were chosen from over 15,000 entrants, making this an extraordinary achievement. In fact, this was the most competitive year to date, so you should be very proud of this accomplishment.” Candace Avery, International Songwriting Competition

IMA Award

prashant — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 07:34:55 +0000

Lehera is among the diverse group of artists chosen as winners in the world fusion category of the prestigious Independent Music Awards (IMAs) Vox Populi poll. The Independent Music Awards, the awards program for independent artists and fans is an international program that promotes independent artists, labels & releases to millions of music fans & industry insiders.

Over 33,000 votes were cast In support of the independent artists who were nominated in more than 50 music genre and design categories. In many instances, fan-selected winners were different than the winners chosen by the industry-judging panel that included Peter Gabriel, Roger Daltrey, Suzanne Vega, Keith Urban, George Jones, Clint Black and many other industry vets.  Now in it’s 9th year, The IMAs is a unique program that encourages music fans to make a difference in an artists’ career. Launched during the 6th annual IMAs, voting at the Vox Pop Jukebox begins in the fall when the IMA nominees are determined and continues for several months after the results of the industry-judging panel are announced, in January.

IMA winners and nominees receive promotion, distribution and performance opportunities that place them in front of millions of music fans.

Just Plain Folks Award

prashant — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:02:04 +0000

Heartsky is 4th in the Indian Album category (scroll to Indian Album category) and the track Devi is 1st in the Indian song category (scroll to Indian song category) of the JPF Awards 2009. Lehera joins a few of the greatest names in Indian music–A.R. Rahman and the iconic south Indian composer/producer Ilaiyaraja as winners in the same category.
The Just Plain Folks Awards is the world’s largest independent music awards with half a million entries from around the globe.