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Hammarsing Kharmar on his musical journey, and performing at Lollapalooza
Updated On: 12 February, 2023 09:33 AM IST | Mumbai | Nidhi Lodaya
Hammarsing Kharmar, the Meghalaya musician who was invited on stage by The Strokes at Lollapalooza, talks about his journey around the world to come home
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(From left) Riyaka Jani (his wife), Hammarsing Kharmar, Julian Casablancas, Albert Hammond Jr and Gus Oberg, The Strokes’ sound engineer and producer at Bombay Canteen before their show at Lollapalooza on January 29
When The Strokes invited a guest musician to take the stage with them at Lollapalooza in January, this writer expected it to be an international one. To everyone’s pleasant surprise it was Shillong-based Hammarsing Kharmar, whom lead singer Julian Casablancas introduced as “one of the best soccer players”. Just like most people in the audience, we wondered “Who is Hammarsing Kharmar?”
Kharmar studied Economics at St Stephen’s College in Delhi before heading to Boston to study music at the Berklee College of Music and moving to New York. At the Big Apple, he started a band called Mon Khmer, as well as solo project, Exhibition, whose song, No One There, featured Casablancas. This was what he played at Lollapalooza.
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