Latest / The Bridge by Sammy Chand / July 6, 2026 — “Sammy Interviews Calcutta Cowboy”
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- 0:00Speaker 1: South Asian music and cultures can be.
- 0:02Speaker 2: Found all around the world. We tracked down the best
- 0:07Speaker 2: and present it here for you on Roucous Avenue Radio.
- 0:15Speaker 3: Hi, this is Mother Bad Baski and you're listening to
- 0:17Speaker 3: The Gridge with Sammy Champ.
- 0:20Speaker 4: Hey everyone, this is on You'll and you're listening to
- 0:22Speaker 4: Recursive and you radio.
- 0:24Speaker 3: Know what's going on.
- 0:25Speaker 5: This is a sad summer and you're listening to the
- 0:27Speaker 5: Bridge with Sammy Chana.
- 0:31Speaker 3: So what's up. I hope you guys had a great
- 0:37Speaker 3: weekend and I hope you're doing well wherever you may be.
- 0:44Speaker 3: Thank you very much for finding the signal here on
- 0:46Speaker 3: a Monday show. This is a July sixth edition of
- 0:53Speaker 3: The Bridge and my name is Sammy John and this
- 0:57Speaker 3: might be the most entertaining hour.
- 1:00Speaker 6: Of South Asian music. We've got a great week for you.
- 1:06Speaker 3: A spectacular week is planned.
- 1:10Speaker 6: Today.
- 1:11Speaker 3: We'll be joined by the artist Calcutta Cowboy. And when
- 1:16Speaker 3: I say country music has made it to India, Calcutta
- 1:21Speaker 3: Cowboy represents I would say a return signal. Country music
- 1:26Speaker 3: has made it to India. But now country music is
- 1:29Speaker 3: making it back to America and my man is doing it.
- 1:35Speaker 3: We'll be joined by the artist Calcutta Cowboy today and
- 1:38Speaker 3: I'll prime you with some of his.
- 1:40Speaker 6: Music ahead of the interview.
- 1:42Speaker 3: But a compelling sound from a compelling individual. Who would
- 1:47Speaker 3: think that an Indian kid will be making country music that.
- 1:51Speaker 6: Sounds as country as country is. Tomorrow we'll be joined.
- 1:56Speaker 3: By doctor kJ Srinivasa, the Lost Angela's Console General from India.
- 2:04Speaker 3: Wednesday will be joined by Schelmley Go Bollywood singer, independent artist.
- 2:13Speaker 3: And then Thursday we'll be joined by our dear friend
- 2:15Speaker 3: Raja Kumari, another great independent artist out there as well.
- 2:21Speaker 6: What a big week on the show.
- 2:24Speaker 3: And before we get any deeper, let's begin with what
- 2:27Speaker 3: was the number one song from over the weekend. It
- 2:32Speaker 3: was doctor Sittinder Shertage. The song is called Nazamandi Palki
- 2:37Speaker 3: Welcome to the branch, so naye the.
- 2:40Speaker 7: Solki so na yea, the soliki jukimarufan and Azamaki. It
- 2:55Speaker 7: should get it bended. Snip n Rahandasa. Then Rahanda causa
- 3:10Speaker 7: you thot.
- 3:21Speaker 8: What your mha do, what you do do worry but
- 3:36Speaker 8: they're not to not to.
- 3:43Speaker 7: Say ole magadi you need them, you need them. Bura
- 3:53Speaker 7: will not be rang Honey, Yoda day shouldy canoe as
- 4:15Speaker 7: they Yoda day Shari canoe Tom pontegue alasomy thy canoe
- 4:23Speaker 7: JP the anology.
- 4:26Speaker 8: Logo, Leo Shara pardon.
- 4:31Speaker 7: Ral Baboo jun Raolportamoleo.
- 4:49Speaker 8: What is set the name kart bio?
- 4:58Speaker 7: What is set the name karate van on the puja batanea.
- 5:10Speaker 8: Come.
- 5:14Speaker 9: Read your game?
- 5:17Speaker 7: Did the devil to the.
- 5:35Speaker 10: Coorial under the Cooria for the shippin iron barandataria.
- 5:53Speaker 7: Patira bo it's a it's sitting around the gibe to
- 6:14Speaker 7: give her a fun and as a maniak is.
- 6:24Speaker 6: So big Monday for you guys.
- 6:36Speaker 3: As I mentioned to you, Calcutta Cowboy is stopping by
- 6:40Speaker 3: today and we'll be joined by Mira Sharma as we
- 6:43Speaker 3: do every Monday on the bridge here. And we'll also
- 6:47Speaker 3: be joined by doctor Roy who brings you a daily
- 6:49Speaker 3: word on the avenue. And then we have prime for
- 6:53Speaker 3: an artist spotlight. Here's sign vie for Reid.
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- 7:20Speaker 11: j cardenish any have lbart your the the Jamney pigeon
- 7:25Speaker 11: nappish Ran, the spl Chi gunn j cartenish any have
- 7:32Speaker 11: Lbart get there, the Jamney pigeon nap for sham Ran.
- 7:38Speaker 12: There is the man who like them, but they like
- 7:55Speaker 12: it don't Oh no.
- 7:57Speaker 11: No, I can tell the card Na Cara, the Cardaia,
- 8:07Speaker 11: the Johnny per they whilst I lad those Ana a
- 8:15Speaker 11: crown village, Johnny pigeona for Vichi Gani Shani arbor a
- 8:25Speaker 11: ground villa, Johney.
- 8:26Speaker 2: Pigeona for.
- 8:34Speaker 4: Women.
- 8:37Speaker 11: They're too many garde any shot matching the Currica go
- 8:42Speaker 11: to makadak Ya jamkar had jama.
- 8:51Speaker 8: A Corsi to j Today.
- 8:57Speaker 11: Johney pitchon for the Shana should.
- 9:13Speaker 3: So today we have calcula cowboy. Tomorrow doctor kJ Srinivasa.
- 9:19Speaker 3: Wednesday will be joined by Schelmalik, who's the singer behind
- 9:23Speaker 3: songs like Bapchati. I don't know if you remember that
- 9:25Speaker 3: song and so many other great songs out there. And
- 9:28Speaker 3: now she's making a movement into the independent space. I
- 9:33Speaker 3: can't wait to talk to her on Wednesday, and then
- 9:36Speaker 3: on Thursday. Somebody that's pretty much grown up in our
- 9:38Speaker 3: backyard here talking about Raja Kumari can't wait to talk
- 9:43Speaker 3: to her on Thursday.
- 10:00Speaker 13: I'm about it again.
- 10:03Speaker 14: Up the moment aboutnam about again be up.
- 10:11Speaker 8: Mating of the moment about.
- 10:17Speaker 14: They've beside, maybe the laza, Okay.
- 10:47Speaker 15: Just.
- 10:54Speaker 16: About the future.
- 10:57Speaker 8: I am the kids.
- 11:02Speaker 14: Home about again? Up the moment about again, about against
- 11:14Speaker 14: the moment about again.
- 11:39Speaker 17: Yeah, yeahby.
- 11:54Speaker 2: Side.
- 12:37Speaker 3: I had a great time watching fireworks here on Saturday
- 12:40Speaker 3: in the US and Los Angeles specifically, great time two
- 12:46Speaker 3: hundred and fiftieth birthday of the United States, and it
- 12:49Speaker 3: was celebrated by all of us here in the family,
- 12:51Speaker 3: and a good time was had by all. As we
- 12:53Speaker 3: like to say, I hope you enjoyed it if you
- 12:55Speaker 3: were here stateside. Now, folks, let's bring in doctor roy
- 12:59Speaker 3: to the show. She brings you a daily word on
- 13:02Speaker 3: the avenue. How are you today, doctor roy?
- 13:04Speaker 18: Hey, guys, this is doctor roy Wood, Today's word on
- 13:07Speaker 18: the avenue. In film and TV news, Gurunhawa made a
- 13:11Speaker 18: striking statement at Paris Men's Fashion Week as the only
- 13:14Speaker 18: Indian born Beunjabi artist attending the spring Summer twenty twenty
- 13:18Speaker 18: seven shows for Amri and Vetamens. Blending luxury fashion with
- 13:23Speaker 18: his cultural roots. Rendhala completed his book with the traditional
- 13:26Speaker 18: Sikh Guda, proudly showcasing his identity and one of the
- 13:30Speaker 18: world's biggest fashion stages. In media news, Michelin starred chef
- 13:35Speaker 18: Fikas Kuna has joined forces with Ulgada Chai Company, the
- 13:39Speaker 18: fast growing tea brand also backed by comedian Hassan Minaj,
- 13:43Speaker 18: to support its next phase of expansion. The partnership brings
- 13:46Speaker 18: together culinary excellence and entrepreneurial vision as the company continues
- 13:50Speaker 18: to grow its presence and celebrate Indian tea culture in
- 13:54Speaker 18: the US.
- 13:56Speaker 8: In event news, the Indian.
- 13:57Speaker 18: Institute of Technology Bombay is set to establish its first
- 14:01Speaker 18: overseas sub campus in the US at Sunny Old Westbury,
- 14:05Speaker 18: marking a significant milestone and the global expansion of Indian
- 14:08Speaker 18: higher education abroad. Expected to welcome its first students in
- 14:11Speaker 18: twenty twenty seven, The campus will focus on engineering, AI,
- 14:16Speaker 18: multi disciplinary research and innovation while strengthening academic collaboration between
- 14:21Speaker 18: India and the US. That's it for today's word on
- 14:24Speaker 18: the avenue until next time.
- 14:26Speaker 3: Thank you so much, doctor Roy talking about collaboration between
- 14:30Speaker 3: the US and India. India Consul General of Los Angeles,
- 14:35Speaker 3: doctor kJ Swimivasa joining us tomorrow. Can't wait?
- 15:00Speaker 8: I am his son a.
- 15:05Speaker 16: Lememba can like and ya got pad to Kardi shine
- 15:33Speaker 16: a good.
- 15:35Speaker 4: Surman Lamla godaylam.
- 15:52Speaker 16: My tarka Katina tell or the luge cannot be canny
- 16:03Speaker 16: lugnaga and can you need then for germina he carda
- 16:13Speaker 16: Lakati si genda pori I a cat.
- 16:22Speaker 12: To mating up?
- 16:27Speaker 4: They know who focused.
- 16:36Speaker 8: Or cards Judy a.
- 16:48Speaker 16: Small cannot ni Luannada jam and cherry.
- 16:58Speaker 8: You need god Ah?
- 17:05Speaker 6: How about that grinder Gil just mean ut there? The
- 17:08Speaker 6: song is called copy.
- 17:10Speaker 3: Cool song right there. I hope you're enjoying your Monday
- 17:13Speaker 3: wherever you Maybe let's pull in Mira Sharma to this
- 17:17Speaker 3: show right now.
- 17:18Speaker 6: What's going on?
- 17:19Speaker 13: Mirah?
- 17:19Speaker 1: Hey, Sammy, Hey everyone, Mirah Sharma here with your weekly
- 17:24Speaker 1: dose of mindful sass helping you stay self assured, spirited
- 17:28Speaker 1: and strong. So all the World Cup fever in the air,
- 17:33Speaker 1: Here's something I've been thinking about. Every great player has
- 17:37Speaker 1: missed a shop, lost the match, or face setbacks, but
- 17:41Speaker 1: they don't let one tough moment to find them. They
- 17:45Speaker 1: use it as fuel to come back stronger. Life works
- 17:49Speaker 1: the same way when things don't go your way. Don't
- 17:53Speaker 1: see it as a reason to give up. See it
- 17:56Speaker 1: as part of the training. Every setback is building resis alliance,
- 18:00Speaker 1: teaching you something and preparing you for your next win.
- 18:04Speaker 1: So this week, keep showing up, keep believing in yourself
- 18:09Speaker 1: because the toughest matches often lead to the greatest victories.
- 18:14Speaker 8: You've got this.
- 18:15Speaker 3: Thank you so much, Mira. See you next weeks and
- 18:18Speaker 3: now we've got This is his latest song called.
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- 19:06Speaker 5: Consangrina told, I'm a woman, So no am the any
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- 19:34Speaker 8: The originally are they? Oh Mary could said ki Sama.
- 19:41Speaker 5: Jam sht the hydralic and like cheap Mary, you there
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- 20:05Speaker 5: I'm Halloway this y are the Calgary Matron.
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- 20:49Speaker 8: Halle and any.
- 20:52Speaker 5: Let's all a horse or are you feel in the
- 20:55Speaker 5: American calcara with logic in this hurricane man?
- 21:01Speaker 3: That's Horda Si Summer, who just announced that he is
- 21:05Speaker 3: featured on a brand new Bollywood film called Alpha. Alright, folks,
- 21:10Speaker 3: let's prime you for our guest today. Here's calculate the cowboy.
- 21:13Speaker 19: Ladies and gents and all my beautiful friends.
- 21:20Speaker 20: What I got He is a simple story, Uh summon quiet,
- 21:26Speaker 20: extra ordinary and a one two drink bo Texas holding
- 21:33Speaker 20: gun and good rushed his amies, sons du loftiest places, Dennis.
- 21:37Speaker 19: Bo Red and tire black who sing lone.
- 21:39Speaker 6: I have his name.
- 21:40Speaker 21: He didn't know I have it.
- 21:42Speaker 19: If I get tagged along mad.
- 21:43Speaker 20: Night now, then let me rewind. This story seeps like
- 21:50Speaker 20: red wine. We Jesus say at.
- 21:51Speaker 19: A rabbit face because he drank so quick.
- 21:53Speaker 3: And he had no brace.
- 21:54Speaker 19: But I was out there he's by.
- 21:56Speaker 6: His eyes were sad, but.
- 21:57Speaker 21: He didn't lie that night.
- 22:03Speaker 20: Ce I ain't wait to lay twice a day and
- 22:06Speaker 20: spend all his time alone. Two last, three kids, four
- 22:11Speaker 20: big loans, no home, madres, no garaphone.
- 22:13Speaker 19: He lost him today, but he kept it to his smile,
- 22:18Speaker 19: and he seemed so kind. So I tag long, I
- 22:31Speaker 19: tag long.
- 23:06Speaker 21: Now.
- 23:06Speaker 20: Then we went downtown fifty six bucks now a vendless conversation.
- 23:11Speaker 19: You'll be the guns, bose cars.
- 23:13Speaker 2: Bad habits.
- 23:14Speaker 21: Verse five called Sharon.
- 23:15Speaker 20: And second he good manage it all. Two a m
- 23:22Speaker 20: in a motel bar, drinks on me, My winnings gone,
- 23:25Speaker 20: the barkiep I'll be how we mad?
- 23:27Speaker 19: I said, I stakes for him, and I asked him.
- 23:29Speaker 5: Maybe he tow his name?
- 23:31Speaker 20: He looked quite cleaning, and then he said, Gary Johnson,
- 23:34Speaker 20: see iya, how much did we lose today? He really
- 23:39Speaker 20: was all they said baginnati are these playing?
- 23:42Speaker 19: Stood just ten feet tall, reached in.
- 23:46Speaker 20: Real quick, pulled a gun, locked as hell down, Nuan down.
- 23:49Speaker 19: And waited for the shot. But it never came. He said,
- 23:54Speaker 19: thank you friend, and he was gone.
- 23:59Speaker 3: A calcula cowboy, everybody. The song is called Gary Jansson.
- 24:04Speaker 3: I am really looking forward to speaking to him today. Yes,
- 24:08Speaker 3: an Indian kid out there making country music and really well,
- 24:12Speaker 3: might I add? All right, folks, now, let's bring in
- 24:15Speaker 3: the UN news department. What's that Daniel?
- 24:18Speaker 22: This is you in News Today with me, Daniel Johnson.
- 24:20Speaker 22: The headlines the El Nino climate phenomenon is likely to
- 24:24Speaker 22: intensify extreme weather events all over the planet, you and
- 24:28Speaker 22: weather scientists say. Meanwhile, in Sudan, relentless drone strikes by
- 24:33Speaker 22: paramilitary forces encircling Elobeide could be the precursor to yet
- 24:38Speaker 22: more war crimes. The Human Rights Council hears and you
- 24:42Speaker 22: and rights chief Volka Turk condemns Russia's deadly use of
- 24:45Speaker 22: drones and long range weapons in its ongoing full scale
- 24:49Speaker 22: invasion of Ukraine. More heat waves and other weather extremes
- 24:56Speaker 22: are increasingly likely across the world now and in coming months,
- 25:00Speaker 22: linked to strengthening El Nino conditions in the tropical Pacific,
- 25:04Speaker 22: the UN World Meteorological Organization WMO said on Friday. El
- 25:09Speaker 22: Nino will also give an extra boost to global temperatures,
- 25:12Speaker 22: said WMO scientist Alvo Silva. He added that during El
- 25:16Speaker 22: Nino years, global temperatures normally reach record levels two. According
- 25:21Speaker 22: to WMO's monthly Global Seasonal Climate Update, there's high confidence
- 25:25Speaker 22: that strong El Nino conditions will develop rapidly from July
- 25:29Speaker 22: to September. Here's the agency's spokesperson, Claire Nullis.
- 25:33Speaker 12: It's the first week of July.
- 25:35Speaker 23: It's the start of what is traditionally the hottest month
- 25:40Speaker 23: of the year, and yet already in June we've seen
- 25:44Speaker 23: record breaking temperatures in many parts of Europe. Just as
- 25:49Speaker 23: an example, Germany last weekend saw a new national temperature
- 25:54Speaker 23: record of forty one point seven degrees.
- 25:57Speaker 22: WMO highlighted rather than average condition in Central America and
- 26:01Speaker 22: the Caribbean, along with North and South America too. Dry
- 26:05Speaker 22: weather patterns are also forecast in parts of Indonesia and
- 26:08Speaker 22: Southeast Asia during the monsoon season, while wetter conditions are
- 26:12Speaker 22: anticipated during the rainy season from September to December. In
- 26:15Speaker 22: East Africa. The war in Sudan threatens to spiral further
- 26:20Speaker 22: as the strategic town of El Obeid continues to face
- 26:24Speaker 22: relentless drone attacks by advancing paramilitary forces, the UNS Human
- 26:28Speaker 22: Rights Chief Volka Turk said on Friday, speaking at the
- 26:31Speaker 22: Human Rights Council, he called for action from world leaders
- 26:34Speaker 22: to stop the heavy fighting that has already caused a
- 26:37Speaker 22: massive humanitarian emergency in Sudan and beyond, marked by mass
- 26:42Speaker 22: atrocity crimes against civilians in the space of just three weeks.
- 26:46Speaker 22: Last month, mister Tuk's office documented fifteen drone strikes on
- 26:50Speaker 22: el Obeid, the capital of North Krdavan and surrounding areas,
- 26:54Speaker 22: which killed at least forty five civilians. These drones, launched
- 26:58Speaker 22: by former allies, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the
- 27:02Speaker 22: Sudanese Armed Forces, have repeatedly struck markets, schools, fuel stations,
- 27:06Speaker 22: water infrastructure and civilian vehicles. The High Commissioner said conflict
- 27:11Speaker 22: related atrocities against civilians have happened before in Sudan, including
- 27:15Speaker 22: in the besieged North Dafo city of El Fascia, where
- 27:18Speaker 22: six thousand people were killed in the space of three
- 27:21Speaker 22: days Last October. According to the UN Rights Office, further
- 27:25Speaker 22: killing took place at Zamzam camp, the largest one four
- 27:28Speaker 22: people displaced in North Dafar by the war, which was
- 27:31Speaker 22: overrun by Rapid Support Forces fighters last April. Staying with
- 27:36Speaker 22: the Human Rights Council, where Vulkaturk said that Ukraine's people
- 27:39Speaker 22: are enduring more destruction, pain and suffering instead of moving
- 27:43Speaker 22: closer towards peace. In an update to the Council on Friday,
- 27:47Speaker 22: mister Turk reported that at least twelve hundred seventy civilians
- 27:51Speaker 22: have been confirmed killed and nearly seven thousand injured in
- 27:54Speaker 22: Ukraine between December and May. At least thirty civilians were
- 27:58Speaker 22: also killed on Thursday night in World, one of the
- 28:00Speaker 22: deadliest attacks on Kiev so far in the war. Nearly
- 28:03Speaker 22: all of these casualties occurred in territory controlled by the
- 28:06Speaker 22: Ukrainian government. The UN Rights chief continued. He said that
- 28:10Speaker 22: Russia was largely responsible for this deadly escalation that's been
- 28:14Speaker 22: caused by its use of long range weapons and drones.
- 28:17Speaker 22: On the thirteenth and fourteenth of May this year, Russian
- 28:20Speaker 22: armed forces launched more than fifteen hundred drones and missiles
- 28:23Speaker 22: across eight regions of Ukraine and Kiev City, killing twenty
- 28:27Speaker 22: seven civilians and injuring at least eighty three. The High
- 28:30Speaker 22: Commissioner said, Daniel Johnson UN News thank you so much.
- 28:34Speaker 3: Daniel and Daniel appears every week here on the Bridge
- 28:38Speaker 3: as part of Rukas Avenue Radio's partnership with the UN
- 28:41Speaker 3: News Department.
- 28:44Speaker 6: This song is Anyway Bantai's latest.
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- 31:03Speaker 24: fact in it to get a copy paste.
- 31:06Speaker 6: Finish me rape on Thai. The song is called Primo.
- 31:21Speaker 3: Really looking forward to tomorrow night here in l A,
- 31:24Speaker 3: I'll be seeing Rushmeath Gore perform live here, one of
- 31:30Speaker 3: my favorite artists out there. And if you do have
- 31:33Speaker 3: a chance to see her across North America, certainly take
- 31:36Speaker 3: that opportunity. And if you have not had a chance
- 31:39Speaker 3: to yet, head on over to Stop Hub type in
- 31:42Speaker 3: Rushmeath Gore. You'll see all the dates there. But you
- 31:45Speaker 3: can use the word rucus are u k u s
- 31:48Speaker 3: and get a discount. See you there all right, folks,
- 31:52Speaker 3: stand by for Cowboy.
- 32:00Speaker 13: Okay, miss A Jack in.
- 32:06Speaker 8: The Berry, ud.
- 32:12Speaker 9: Literauip Mamaira Namanga Bakera hongong Papira Pakira, He loved your
- 32:23Speaker 9: marry hernia and Servia, Mama Gira Hamakira, Maman Papira, Ha
- 32:30Speaker 9: malcome Patira, Maga Popira, hamam Pakira, i'm la Banalia Savira Onaria,
- 32:38Speaker 9: Hania Hania Mammiramakira hong Agapira by Pakira, He loved your
- 32:47Speaker 9: marry hernia and servia, Mamokira Hamakira, Mamira hamakerag Pakira, amarcam Pakira.
- 32:58Speaker 9: I'm lak Ratan Banaria, Servia Nariajnira, Menariajnira.
- 33:18Speaker 12: No good.
- 33:21Speaker 8: Talking, s Okata's a jacket. Oh my bress, you.
- 33:43Speaker 9: Up a long, lady, Jania Servirara.
- 33:51Speaker 3: Among all right, folks, Now, it's our pleasure and honor
- 33:57Speaker 3: to invite into the show Calcutta Cowboy.
- 34:00Speaker 6: How are your brothers.
- 34:02Speaker 21: I'm good, I'm good. Thank you very much for having me.
- 34:05Speaker 12: Wow.
- 34:05Speaker 3: We are really excited about this conversation. And I think
- 34:09Speaker 3: before we go any further, it's my responsibility to whoever
- 34:14Speaker 3: has to come across your story to ask you.
- 34:17Speaker 6: How did this happen? How did Calcutta Cowboy come to existence?
- 34:23Speaker 21: Yeah, fair enough. I'm a third culture kid. I was
- 34:27Speaker 21: born in India, you know, I'm a Bengali boy from Bolkata,
- 34:30Speaker 21: and then they're moved to Mumbai, Bangalore and Delhi. Then
- 34:35Speaker 21: I moved to Malaysia. I've just been on the go
- 34:37Speaker 21: my whole life. And you know, I've was raised in
- 34:40Speaker 21: international school. My friends and the world I was surrounded
- 34:44Speaker 21: with with it was Western culture and that's how it was.
- 34:47Speaker 21: And when I would come home, it would be Indian roots.
- 34:51Speaker 21: And so for the majority of my life it's been
- 34:53Speaker 21: the challenge of how do I marry the two parts
- 34:56Speaker 21: of my identity because I never quite feel Western enough
- 34:59Speaker 21: and I never quite feel Indian enough. And in twenty
- 35:04Speaker 21: twenty four, I had the opportunity to go on tour
- 35:07Speaker 21: as a photographer for Steph Wall and Joe Abbott and
- 35:10Speaker 21: all my friends are musicians. I I just I really
- 35:13Speaker 21: wanted to write music and play and you know, hang
- 35:16Speaker 21: out with them. Yeah, and Joe had the song called
- 35:19Speaker 21: double Down and or double Double here in Canada, right, Yeah,
- 35:24Speaker 21: that's right, that's in Canada. And I just had this
- 35:27Speaker 21: moment where I was like, oh my god, I can't
- 35:29Speaker 21: tell the stories and the ballads I want in pop.
- 35:32Speaker 21: I could try country and it didn't country folk. It
- 35:35Speaker 21: didn't feel that far to me because my whole childhood,
- 35:39Speaker 21: my dad kept me trapped in the in the seventies
- 35:42Speaker 21: and the eighties and the nineties. That's what he grew
- 35:44Speaker 21: up on. That's what he wanted me to listen. John Denver,
- 35:46Speaker 21: Simon and Garfunkle, Joni Mitchell, Joan Bias. It was that
- 35:51Speaker 21: was my that was my childhood and as soon as
- 35:53Speaker 21: I tried the voice was there. I kind of felt that.
- 35:57Speaker 21: I kind of felt that moment where I was like,
- 35:59Speaker 21: this is my singing, this is where it, this is
- 36:01Speaker 21: where it is. So I trusted that instinct and I
- 36:04Speaker 21: just started writing as many songs as I could, and
- 36:08Speaker 21: then I started playing them at shows, almost like testing them,
- 36:10Speaker 21: like stand up comedy jokes, and I that reaction that
- 36:14Speaker 21: you just described, that moment of like what is this
- 36:17Speaker 21: started happening, and I was like, there's something here. There
- 36:20Speaker 21: really is something here.
- 36:21Speaker 3: Yeah, there really is something here, all right. My question
- 36:23Speaker 3: to you is what came first? Was it the music
- 36:26Speaker 3: or the name Calcutt of Cowboy.
- 36:30Speaker 21: One percent of the music God? Getting the name right.
- 36:33Speaker 3: Was so hard, I must imagine, which made me well.
- 36:36Speaker 3: I was like, I wonder if you had this in mind,
- 36:38Speaker 3: or if this is something you had to go back
- 36:40Speaker 3: and think of. So there you go explain.
- 36:42Speaker 21: No, I like couldn't even I like wasn't willing to
- 36:45Speaker 21: do shows because I like couldn't do like calcult A
- 36:48Speaker 21: Cowboys such a showmanship name, and I knew I wanted
- 36:52Speaker 21: that to when I'm playing, and I just didn't have it.
- 36:55Speaker 21: And then finally shout out to my friend him, the
- 36:58Speaker 21: Mute who runs Anchors Are Blues and work the Neptune
- 37:01Speaker 21: Records in Vancouver. We were hanging out. I was shrwing
- 37:05Speaker 21: one of the songs and he was like, oh my god,
- 37:07Speaker 21: I think I have a name for you. Should call
- 37:09Speaker 21: yourself Mumbai Cowboy. And I was like, oh my god,
- 37:12Speaker 21: I can do you one better. I'm from both of
- 37:14Speaker 21: the let's be Calcutt Cowboy. And it just rolled right
- 37:17Speaker 21: off the town.
- 37:17Speaker 3: Yeah, it's a great name.
- 37:19Speaker 8: It really is.
- 37:21Speaker 6: What's really interesting about your story.
- 37:23Speaker 3: You've taken two distinctly American art forms, whether you want
- 37:28Speaker 3: to call it Americana music and country music, two heavily
- 37:33Speaker 3: coded genres in this American culture as you can get
- 37:36Speaker 3: pretty much, and here you are, you go plant this
- 37:40Speaker 3: flag of Calcutta in the middle of it. One could
- 37:43Speaker 3: say it's bold. One could say it's maybe the beginning
- 37:48Speaker 3: of a new generation of country music.
- 37:51Speaker 6: Where do you sit in this?
- 37:56Speaker 21: I sit a lot more musically, To be honest, I felt, Okay,
- 38:02Speaker 21: every day he's gonna know what I'm talking about. But
- 38:05Speaker 21: in Indian music, we have this like and like that bounce,
- 38:12Speaker 21: that beat that we can all kind of relate to
- 38:16Speaker 21: that's like really deeply embedded in country. That feeling of bounce,
- 38:20Speaker 21: that feeling of step, it's really there. So for me,
- 38:23Speaker 21: it was kind of like a this feels like a
- 38:25Speaker 21: musical bridge that just hasn't been walked yet. And I
- 38:31Speaker 21: know it's probably scary to see, uh, you know, a
- 38:35Speaker 21: guy wearing a course and a bunch of on dansinging
- 38:38Speaker 21: country music. But I am very confident that as soon
- 38:42Speaker 21: as people make that click, it'll feel super obvious. And
- 38:45Speaker 21: I'm very willing to be that statement of like, hey,
- 38:49Speaker 21: we're here and the connection was always there and we
- 38:52Speaker 21: can all dance together. We're not that far apart.
- 38:55Speaker 3: That's an incredible story. Thanks for sharing that. DP itself
- 39:00Speaker 3: kind of reads like a self portrait to me. Tell
- 39:03Speaker 3: us about the process of it.
- 39:04Speaker 12: You're not.
- 39:07Speaker 3: It's not the first time you've put out your work,
- 39:09Speaker 3: but it's a body of work that I think is
- 39:12Speaker 3: very As I said, it tells a lot about your
- 39:16Speaker 3: personal story as you go through it. How much of
- 39:20Speaker 3: that was for you intentional? Was it that you know
- 39:24Speaker 3: when you sat down and started working on this stuff
- 39:27Speaker 3: that the art just called for it? Where were you
- 39:30Speaker 3: on this? Was it like, Hey, I'm going to tell
- 39:31Speaker 3: the story. I'm going to make it distinct. I'm going
- 39:33Speaker 3: to make it personal. Maybe a little touched to it,
- 39:37Speaker 3: but it or or was it something like, you know,
- 39:41Speaker 3: it's just the genre that you were making just call
- 39:43Speaker 3: for you to get personal.
- 39:45Speaker 6: Do you know what I mean in terms of the
- 39:46Speaker 6: distinction of the question, Yeah, yeah.
- 39:48Speaker 21: Definitely I am. I think the best way I can
- 39:51Speaker 21: answer that is calcult a Cowboys a character. He is,
- 39:57Speaker 21: He's a version of me, but he's not me. And
- 39:59Speaker 21: so so I had this he just became like a
- 40:04Speaker 21: this vessel for me to be able to express parts
- 40:08Speaker 21: to myself that maybe I just couldn't talk to my
- 40:10Speaker 21: friends about. And so that personality, that personal element really
- 40:15Speaker 21: started filling in the bucket there. And then yeah, the
- 40:18Speaker 21: other part was just I think the genre calls for
- 40:22Speaker 21: a deep level of authenticity, Like I don't really want
- 40:25Speaker 21: to sing about trucks and stadiums, and I feel like
- 40:28Speaker 21: that's not true to the very core roots of country
- 40:33Speaker 21: country folks. It's about the people, stories about people, stories
- 40:36Speaker 21: about struggle, you know, like Johnny Paycheck going and standing
- 40:40Speaker 21: with the miners protests, and these are these are songs
- 40:45Speaker 21: of the people. By the people. And if if that
- 40:48Speaker 21: truth didn't come across and the music, I don't know,
- 40:53Speaker 21: I didn't think I'd have a hope in hell. Otherwise.
- 40:55Speaker 3: That's interesting, it's really interesting. Let's throw a flag ahead here.
- 41:02Speaker 3: Let's fast forward ten years ahead. Calcut A Cowboy goes
- 41:07Speaker 3: on to be a successful artist, all that we imagine
- 41:10Speaker 3: him to be. My question to you is this the
- 41:15Speaker 3: South Asian community back in India has never seen this
- 41:19Speaker 3: really presented to them the way that you're about to,
- 41:23Speaker 3: and I feel that they'll embrace it. My real big
- 41:27Speaker 3: question is in those ten years, has the American audience
- 41:32Speaker 3: jumped on and can you say that this is going
- 41:36Speaker 3: to happen soon where they say, you know what, Calcutta
- 41:40Speaker 3: Cowboy one of us.
- 41:45Speaker 21: I'd I'd love I'd love a crystal ball right now,
- 41:50Speaker 21: but I don't know. I think what I'd really hope
- 41:57Speaker 21: is that we feel we feel like global citizens. I'm
- 42:03Speaker 21: I don't let me rephrase. I don't get the feeling
- 42:07Speaker 21: that I truly belong in any one place. And I
- 42:10Speaker 21: always I've always been on the move and I want
- 42:12Speaker 21: to stay on the move. I I've always said this
- 42:15Speaker 21: to my friends who gawk at me, but I want
- 42:17Speaker 21: to go explore the Deep South in America. I want
- 42:21Speaker 21: to go to places where you wouldn't expect to see
- 42:23Speaker 21: someone like me and present what this thing is and
- 42:27Speaker 21: just really reach out to everybody's humanity, because I think
- 42:30Speaker 21: that's what this song and this project really should be about.
- 42:35Speaker 21: I'm hoping that for the American side, for the Western
- 42:40Speaker 21: side in general, that they see that I am paying
- 42:43Speaker 21: respect to the roots of this music to you know,
- 42:48Speaker 21: all the legends that made this genre what it is.
- 42:52Speaker 21: I hold them very dearly in my heart and I
- 42:55Speaker 21: sing them, you know, I chair them, and similarly for
- 43:00Speaker 21: or for India and just they these around the world.
- 43:05Speaker 21: You know, I really speak to my dad's generation, like
- 43:08Speaker 21: they all of these guys grew up listening to this
- 43:11Speaker 21: country music, but they've just never had anyone look like
- 43:14Speaker 21: them repping it.
- 43:15Speaker 3: So I don't know.
- 43:17Speaker 21: I think in ten years I'll be an optimist. I
- 43:20Speaker 21: think both sides of the world will will find a
- 43:24Speaker 21: way to break bread over this music. And that's what
- 43:26Speaker 21: I hope.
- 43:27Speaker 3: I completely agree with you. I was hoping you would
- 43:30Speaker 3: give that answer to me. You are the first of
- 43:34Speaker 3: this to me, and I think that you have done
- 43:37Speaker 3: it so authentically and so well and if you were
- 43:41Speaker 3: to close your eyes and listen to the music, you
- 43:43Speaker 3: hear an amazing country singer here and an artist that
- 43:48Speaker 3: is well worthy of the genre that they're stepping into.
- 43:52Speaker 3: And for me to me, you come to us from
- 43:56Speaker 3: the future. There's this thing I say about the artists
- 43:58Speaker 3: I sometimes interview on the show that sometimes we're interviewing
- 44:02Speaker 3: them because of what they're doing right now. And then
- 44:05Speaker 3: the very few select group of artists that come along
- 44:08Speaker 3: where I feel like we're talking to them because they
- 44:11Speaker 3: come to us from the future. They are stars in
- 44:14Speaker 3: the making and we just happened to grab them now
- 44:16Speaker 3: and they're telling the story to me. You come across
- 44:18Speaker 3: that way, all right. So with that in mind, I
- 44:22Speaker 3: didn't mean, I don't mean to bury these compliments on you,
- 44:24Speaker 3: but your work or you know, it requests that from
- 44:29Speaker 3: my side. You know, my last question to you is
- 44:32Speaker 3: you know, and there's certain artists that I like to
- 44:35Speaker 3: ask this question, and not everybody my audience has heard
- 44:37Speaker 3: me ask this question before. There's a kid out there
- 44:40Speaker 3: who has guitar in his hand, who may be looking
- 44:44Speaker 3: at you right now saying, wow, this is what I
- 44:47Speaker 3: know of country music. I've always known it to be
- 44:50Speaker 3: where Calcutt a Cowboy is one of the faces, And
- 44:54Speaker 3: so why can't I go be just like him in
- 44:59Speaker 3: the future, a world that he will never know of
- 45:02Speaker 3: country music without Calcutta Cowboy being one of his favorites.
- 45:06Speaker 3: What advice would you give him as he starts his
- 45:08Speaker 3: journey into becoming his own cowboy?
- 45:13Speaker 21: Ooh oh, stay true to yourself. Stay true to yourself
- 45:18Speaker 21: as much as you can. Like good songwriting is just
- 45:23Speaker 21: true condensed into harmonies and rhythms, like believe believe your
- 45:29Speaker 21: voice is worth something, because that's what this genre promises
- 45:34Speaker 21: all of us. That when we sing about roads that
- 45:36Speaker 21: take us home, or when we sing about how much
- 45:39Speaker 21: sunshine we enjoy, or just the struggles of the world
- 45:43Speaker 21: like an apathy, that voice matters. And I'm so glad
- 45:48Speaker 21: you've decided to you know, the same country music too.
- 45:52Speaker 3: Well. That's awesome, awesome stuff man, calcut A Cowboy, Sir,
- 45:58Speaker 3: what a pleasure to talk to you today. Thank thank
- 46:00Speaker 3: you very much for spending this time with us today.
- 46:02Speaker 3: Before we let you go, we would love for you
- 46:05Speaker 3: to introduce this song from your album. It's one of
- 46:09Speaker 3: our favorites from the record, and I know it's one
- 46:11Speaker 3: of yours as well, But if you don't mind, please
- 46:14Speaker 3: introduce us this song called Wait a Minute.
- 46:17Speaker 21: Yeah. Absolutely, It's just about how trying isn't enough. On
- 46:23Speaker 21: the outside, you can be trying so so very hard,
- 46:27Speaker 21: and people just don't know. But I know, and I
- 46:30Speaker 21: see you, and I know we're all trying, and you
- 46:33Speaker 21: know that's what the song is about.
- 46:35Speaker 3: Keep going, Thank you so much. Calculate the Cowboy and
- 46:38Speaker 3: here's the song.
- 46:40Speaker 20: It seems to me, I walk a line of change,
- 46:43Speaker 20: scared to say those I love, I lock myself away.
- 46:49Speaker 20: So needed lies the change in love behavior. I can't
- 46:53Speaker 20: stress afy what pace is my only savior?
- 47:00Speaker 21: I onlyast save you.
- 47:04Speaker 19: I can't explain the coward that I I.
- 47:11Speaker 20: I'm not running away.
- 47:14Speaker 21: Just petrip by, So I try.
- 47:19Speaker 20: Wait a minute, let me catch my breath. I can't
- 47:23Speaker 20: seem to function. Don't make your assumption. Wait this second,
- 47:27Speaker 20: please God, I feel so sad all the time.
- 47:30Speaker 19: Just wait, why I'll try do it one more time.
- 47:33Speaker 2: I try.
- 47:48Speaker 20: Teach me to work better, teach me to talk better.
- 47:52Speaker 20: I begged myself to reconnect and say the word.
- 47:55Speaker 2: And I'm done.
- 47:59Speaker 19: I can ain't explained.
- 48:02Speaker 12: Coward that I hide.
- 48:07Speaker 19: I'm not running away?
- 48:08Speaker 20: Head Patrick, wait a mini, lem me getting my breast
- 48:17Speaker 20: on game teams, function or make up assumptions. Wait the second, please,
- 48:23Speaker 20: God a busel sand all the time.
- 48:25Speaker 2: Just wait, try I'll drive. Do it one more time.
- 48:28Speaker 2: I drive, I drive, I drive, I die, I die.
- 48:40Speaker 12: I'm not crying. Do it one more time.
- 48:43Speaker 15: If you.
- 48:46Speaker 13: Coward that I hi, I'm not running away, Petrick, fine,
- 48:58Speaker 13: wait minute, let me catch ma bra can't seem function
- 49:10Speaker 13: break you sumsh wait a second, please go uh do
- 49:22Speaker 13: it again? I swear d.
- 49:28Speaker 3: You calcula cowboy. Everybody, now you know what I'm talking about.
- 49:36Speaker 3: I remember I was looking through my social media feed
- 49:40Speaker 3: and I saw his work. I fell out of my chair.
- 49:42Speaker 3: I was like, oh my goodness, this is an Indian ky.
- 49:45Speaker 6: You look at him.
- 49:46Speaker 3: You would not believe he's singing country music out there.
- 49:48Speaker 3: It's crazy. All right, folks.
- 49:50Speaker 6: Now, let's bring Indy to Dascupta to the show.
- 49:53Speaker 8: Hi, everyone, this is da Data.
- 49:55Speaker 15: You're Rokasavni Radio Music coursponding back with another artist, Spotlight.
- 49:59Speaker 15: Let's talk about Jasmine Soundless, the Indian American singer, songwriter
- 50:03Speaker 15: and performer whose fearless voice and unapologetic style continue to
- 50:07Speaker 15: redefine Punjabi and Bollywood music. Born in Jillanther and raised
- 50:12Speaker 15: in California, Jasmine first broke through with the hit Jarna
- 50:15Speaker 15: Mille from Kick before building a global fan based whose
- 50:18Speaker 15: songs like Illegal Weapon, Zip Zip and Tharas And. In
- 50:22Speaker 15: twenty twenty six, Jasmine is having one of her biggest
- 50:24Speaker 15: years yet. She's become one of the most standout voices
- 50:28Speaker 15: of the massively successful Thrunder franchise, earning praise for track
- 50:32Speaker 15: Sike may Or two, Jaya, Sachna and Shaharat, and the
- 50:36Speaker 15: explosive title track, all showcasing her signature blend of attitude,
- 50:40Speaker 15: emotion and powerhouse vocals. Fans online have even called her
- 50:44Speaker 15: the voice of Thunder, praising the energy and intensity she
- 50:47Speaker 15: brings to the soundtrack. Beyond the music, Jasmine has been
- 50:50Speaker 15: opening up about her personal journeys, speaking honestly about her
- 50:54Speaker 15: struggles growing up in the US, overcoming hardships, and finding
- 50:58Speaker 15: strength through music. With her bold artistry and mistakable voice
- 51:02Speaker 15: and growing global impact, Jasmin Salas continues proving why she
- 51:06Speaker 15: remains one of the most influential and authentic voices in
- 51:09Speaker 15: sat Asian music today. Well that's all for me. Stay
- 51:13Speaker 15: tuned for more only on Ruckus.
- 51:14Speaker 3: Avenue video, Thank you so much, Doita. And on this song,
- 51:18Speaker 3: she's taken Golmar and has formed a super team to
- 51:24Speaker 3: come up with this song. It's called j one of
- 51:28Speaker 3: our favorites. Here on the bridge, jasin zandas.
- 51:40Speaker 25: Chal Little Meddel Little Many, part of Bamada border up
- 52:05Speaker 25: into the dramatically are sure hockey La la la lah
- 52:08Speaker 25: the hockey.
- 52:09Speaker 8: La la la data ka.
- 52:12Speaker 25: Which are chopped my yae lute, chop my.
- 52:20Speaker 26: Lutia girl, their.
- 52:27Speaker 19: Sony go.
- 52:31Speaker 27: There honey, Manumery bart Neva suit to the mother, Sony
- 52:41Speaker 27: him Manumery brod.
- 52:44Speaker 8: Neva suit do the mother.
- 52:46Speaker 27: So we call it Soncha Labaya old body and Nikola again.
- 52:56Speaker 19: Michel for.
- 53:03Speaker 5: Shadow Badio.
- 53:06Speaker 25: She shot the Suda Many the Mileagamaumaumama.
- 53:14Speaker 12: They make a miscellania.
- 53:18Speaker 8: Joe Kucha Baia, make a sur.
- 53:21Speaker 25: Masania Vera Jock Kuchagin.
- 53:28Speaker 5: Commutapair Gentle Loo Glli.
- 53:31Speaker 12: Then gen angel he commit a pair.
- 53:34Speaker 28: Gentle you got it, Ran gen Angela making Alan Solde soly.
- 53:52Speaker 6: Where do you love me?
- 53:56Speaker 8: Kaya? Come on Sapy.
- 54:03Speaker 6: Looking forward to our show tomorrow. We'll be joined by
- 54:06Speaker 6: doctor K. J.
- 54:06Speaker 3: Sweeney vasa, the console General of Los Angeles from India.
- 54:11Speaker 3: If you've ever been curious as to what a console
- 54:14Speaker 3: general does, as well, show up tomorrow morning and you'll
- 54:17Speaker 3: find out yourself. This is good ender Gail. The song
- 54:21Speaker 3: is called Heavyweight. Stand by for my closing remarks, Joe.
- 54:25Speaker 26: Mcpheel and Becky for the take back.
- 54:59Speaker 8: By do.
- 55:04Speaker 6: Come back. Got to get up to kill as a.
- 55:09Speaker 26: Play that wacky pour back allow dugging up to the
- 55:12Speaker 26: moon coming from the hurricane and.
- 55:17Speaker 8: Joe they dunking you.
- 55:20Speaker 29: Mal okay, darn sa.
- 55:26Speaker 15: L a.
- 55:28Speaker 8: P your car in l a stool you got holding
- 55:32Speaker 8: Maga parent very.
- 55:39Speaker 5: Man, Charity, Javania, paint that can paint.
- 55:41Speaker 19: That's the party sitting.
- 55:43Speaker 29: On the pair turn Jan had a parle hard a
- 55:48Speaker 29: bit that's ki, but got to get up with Joe
- 55:51Speaker 29: mckile and as a player take a quarterback and get
- 55:53Speaker 29: upo dug and moons had a corner Hurricane.
- 55:58Speaker 8: Said Pillow said del bit to the cats in there.
- 56:22Speaker 16: Ye below.
- 56:43Speaker 3: Back girl teaming up with Jazzy b Bati. The song
- 56:48Speaker 3: is called Heavyweight. What a great time talking to Calcutta Cowboy.
- 56:55Speaker 3: Big shout out to that young man right there. Thirty
- 56:58Speaker 3: years in this business, and I'll tell you what I've
- 57:01Speaker 3: learned to listen for. It isn't the artist with the
- 57:04Speaker 3: loudest arrival. It's the artist whose arrival makes the room widen.
- 57:09Speaker 3: Calcutta Cowboy is that kind of artist. He sat with
- 57:13Speaker 3: me today. A Bengali kid from Calcutta, third culture upbringing,
- 57:19Speaker 3: raised in the seventies, eighties, nineties, catalog his father built
- 57:23Speaker 3: for him, John Denver Simon and Garfuncle, Joni Mitchell, Joan Bias.
- 57:29Speaker 3: In twenty twenty four, he's on tour as a photographer.
- 57:33Speaker 3: Here's a song up in Canada, Tryes Country, and the
- 57:38Speaker 3: voice is there. He recognized it immediately. This is my
- 57:42Speaker 3: singing voice. This is where it is. So he trusted
- 57:46Speaker 3: the instinct and started writing songs, started testing them at
- 57:50Speaker 3: shows like stand up comedy jokes, and the reaction he
- 57:54Speaker 3: got was the one he was waiting for. There's something here,
- 57:58Speaker 3: There really is something here. Here's the part I want
- 58:03Speaker 3: to name directly. Every kid in the diaspora knows the
- 58:07Speaker 3: sentence calcut A Cowboys said out loud today, never quite
- 58:11Speaker 3: Western enough, never quite Indian enough. That's the sentence that
- 58:16Speaker 3: defines a whole generation. And what he's done inside country
- 58:20Speaker 3: music isn't pick a side. He found the place where
- 58:23Speaker 3: the two sides were always the same. Thing that bounce
- 58:28Speaker 3: that feeling of step. He calls it a musical bridge
- 58:31Speaker 3: that hasn't been walked yet. And I told him today,
- 58:35Speaker 3: and I'll tell you now he's the one walking it.
- 58:38Speaker 3: There's a specific kind of artist that shows up on
- 58:40Speaker 3: this show once in a while, the artist I feel
- 58:42Speaker 3: like we're interviewing not because of what they're doing right now,
- 58:45Speaker 3: but because they've come to us from the future. Calcut
- 58:49Speaker 3: A Cowboy is one of them. He's willing to go
- 58:52Speaker 3: to the Deep South. He's willing to go to the
- 58:54Speaker 3: places where nobody's expecting to see him. He's willing to
- 58:57Speaker 3: reach out to everybody's humanity, because that's what this music
- 59:02Speaker 3: actually asks of an artist. Calcutta Cowboy is really good.
- 59:07Speaker 3: Now it's country music's turn to be really good as well,
- 59:11Speaker 3: and the meaning that it needs to come meet this moment.
- 59:14Speaker 3: Go find his EP. Find wait a minute, tell somebody
- 59:19Speaker 3: you heard him there. Go find his EP. Find wait
- 59:25Speaker 3: a minute, tell somebody you heard him here because a
- 59:29Speaker 3: year from now, when the story of how country music
- 59:32Speaker 3: widened gets written, Calcutta Cowboy is in the first paragraph.
- 59:39Speaker 3: I'll see you guys tomorrow.
- 59:42Speaker 8: So to suo make
- 59:50Speaker 7: Knasaki cur que kantea kohona