T Praveen Kumar

T praveen kumar guitars

Visionary and prodigious praveen's style of playing the guitar has come to define the signature agam sound through the years. Often acknowledged as one of the best lead guitarists in the indian indie music circuit praveen is a key pillar of agam's path-breaking sound.

Lead guitarist of Progressive Carnatic band Agam, T Praveen Kumar is known for his Carnatic infused solo and jugalbandis with vocalist Harish Sivaramkrishnan. His ability to seamlessly switch over from progressive rock riffs to wielding melodic Carnatic solos gives Agam the perfect blend between the eastern and the western influences. Kumar was also nominated for best guitarist for the prestigious Jack Daniels Rock Awards 2013.

Agam (meaning "inner soul") is india's first carnatic progressive rock band, pioneering an entirely unique genre that has garnered critical acclaim and widespread acceptance. With over 700 concerts performed across 12 countries, agam has proven their international appeal while standing alone in their musical category, creating a distinctive sound that seamlessly weaves the complex mathematical beauty of south indian classical carnatic music with the power and sophistication of progressive rock

Band overview

Origin: bangalore, karnataka, india

Formed: 2007 genre: carnatic progressive rock

Current reach: 214k yt subscribers | 138.4k monthly

Spotify listeners | 169k ig followers

Our music

The carnatic progressive rock genre a revolutionary musical form: carnatic progressive rock is a genre that agam has single-handedly created and defined. This innovative musical style takes the ancient, mathematically precise ragas (melodic frameworks) and complex rhythmic cycles of carnatic musica 2,000-year-old south indian classical tradition and channels them through the instrumental power and compositional complexity of progressive rock.

What makes it unique:

Raga-based compositions: unlike western scales, carnatic ragas contain microton- al variations and emotional nuances that create entirely new sonic landscapes When complex time signatures played on electric instruments: traditional carnatic rhythmic cycles (talas) naturally align with progressive rock's love for odd meters and polyrhythms improvisational elements: the classical indian tradition of improvisation brings spontaneity to structured rock compositions