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Indian musician
Suhail Yusuf Khan emerged in the 2010s as a modern master of the sarangi, following in the footsteps of his grandfather, sarangi legend
Ustad Sabri Khan. Through a wide range of collaborations across rock, classical, jazz, fusion, and folk, he forged a unique path, eventually teaming up with Scottish folk singer/guitarist
James Yorkston and British bassist
Jon Thorne to release a series of acclaimed albums as
Yorkston/
Thorne/
Khan.
His formal training on the instrument began at the age of eight and he would play his first concert just three years later. Well-versed in classical and other Indian musical traditions,
Khan has spent much of his career branching out into other genres, joining the popular New Delhi-based fusion rock band
Advaita when he was just a teenager. Over the coming decade, he continued to work with a variety of musicians including producer
Talvin Singh, rock guitarist
Steve Vai, violinist Patsy Reid, and accordionist
Hannah James. In 2016,
Khan joined eclectic songwriter
Yorkston and jazz double bassist
Thorne to form the collaborative trio
Yorkston/
Thorne/
Khan. The group made its debut on Domino Records with
Everything Sacred in the spring of that year. The trio quickly returned the following year with its follow-up LP, Neuk Wight Delhi All-Stars. Reuniting for a third outing with
Yorkston and
Thorne, the group opened 2020 with Navarasa: Nine Emotions, an album devoted to interpreting the nine emotions involved in Indian classical dance and arts. ~ Timothy Monger