Krosswindz

Krosswindz is one of the pioneers of the Indian Jazz and Rock band scene with albums launched as early as 1993.The sound of Krosswindz is an amalgamation of diverse genres such as Rock Jazz Pop, Bengali Folk and modern  eastern and western genres like classical, pop and rock as showcased in their innumerable albums. Krosswindz is known for their versatile set list and dynamic live gigs covering popular genres like Rock Jazz and Pop along with Bengali folk,Rabindrasangeet, Shyama Sangeet, Nazrul Geeti and self composed songs also KROSSWINDZ are a  Fusion band as well and are a dynamic western bi-lingual Rock band and perform in English,Bengali as well as instrumentals.They have been enthralling audiences for the last 24 years playing across the globe to sold out concerts.The band has played every nook and corner of the country including friendly neighbors The Royal Kingdom of Bhutan,Vietnam ,The Philippines and have toured in the USA in 2007 and 2009 covering nearly every major city in the USA on their very successful concert tours.

From 1990 the year of inception of Krosswindz they have  delved into the great heritage of Indian Folk music like Bhatiyali and Baul and at the same time studied non mainstream music like Jazz and Classical. In search of their roots they found many beautiful traditional Folk songs sung in the paddy fields of West Bengal which were re-recorded by Krosswindz and sung adding their signature world music touch,these songs have garnered a huge response nationally and internationally for Krosswindz with their albums fetching awards and concert tours overseas for the band.
Krosswindz has toured in the US in 2007 and 2009 covering nearly every major city in the US on their very successful concert tours.The band is in the process of finalizing dates for concert festival tours abroad for the season of 2019/20 along with promoting their latest RADIO MIRCHI Award winning full length album KROSSWIDZ Jhora Palok

KROSSWINDZ is widely known as a champion for environmental causes and have actively participated and promoted movements for the conservation of the environment and have launched the famous CD KROSSWINDZ which has gone on to be heard all over the world.Roger Holdsworth of PBS Australia FM Radio has repeatedly played ONE WORLD on his famous radio show in Melbourne.
The album was an outpouring of feelings expressed by the band expressing concerns about the great deforestation and other issues linked to it.The album went to number one on the Music World charts and even displaced international stars like Ricky Martin from the number one slot.The issue of environment truly struck a chord with all music lovers and remains a fan favorite.
The latest album is titled “Jhora Palok” and its a bouquet of originals.The sound of the album is Rock Fusion and they have also experimented with Jazz,Electronica and Drum and Bass.They are also honored to be working with Hungama(Artist Aloud) for the first time and the songs will be available globally via all the Digital download stores as well as conventional stores.Apart from this KROSSWINDZ has also recently launched English language music CD’s namely One World,Singles and India Rocks.
For live shows they perform their own composed  songs as well as popular cover versions in English of the Classic Rock and Jazz Idiom like Miles Davis, George Benson, Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra, Pink Floyd, U2,The Cranberries, Nirvana, Deep Purple etc and some Classical fusion in their repertoire, and some golden hits from the 60’s from the popular western English Jazz  Rock and Pop songs.