Kabir's 6th album "No More Excuses" was recorded at Rear Window Studio with the masterful engineer/producer Craig Welsch behind the boards, Milt Reder on guitar, Brad Hallen on bass, Mike Levesque on drums, Sam Gilman on Hammond organ, Melissa Bolling on vocals, Yahuba Jose Garcia-Torres on percussion, Brian Thomas on trombone, Jared Sims on flute and saxophones, Mark Berney on trumpet plus some song arranging and additional strings and keys by Benjamin Zecker. Kabir Sen (also known as “MC Kabir”) is both a professional hip hop artist and a full time music teacher, who has been a staple of Boston’s music scene over the past decade. Originally from London, he is an independent singer, rapper and producer whose music brews a robust blend of thoughtful lyrics, soulful melodies and funky rhythms from around the world. Fusing his creative interests in hip hop, songwriting and education has long been a passion for Kabir, and his background in music education has enabled him to bring his inclusive message to schools, colleges and clubs all over the country. In addition to numerous recording projects and features on other artists’ albums, Kabir has five solo albums of his own: “Cultural Confusion” (2001), “Fuel for the Fire” (2003), “Peaceful Solutions” (2006), "The Time is Now" (2009) and the newly released “Olympic Gold” (2012). His sixth album “No More Excuses” is a Beatles-inspired mix of bluesy soul tunes and ballads. He has received positive reviews in The New Yorker, Billboard, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The International Herald Tribune, SPIN, VIBE, URB, and countless other publications. His career was featured on National Public Radio, including a 10-minute feature on PRI’s “The World”. He wrote, arranged and produced a multi-genre children’s music album for IBM, as well as several educational hip hop songs for a number of subjects and school curriculums. Kabir is a writer, producer and consultant for “Rhythm Rhyme Results” (winner of two Parent Choice Awards). He has been a guest host for a Top-10 video countdown on MTV, he appeared on an episode of the PBS children’s cartoon “Fetch”, and he was even commissioned to write and record a song for PBS about "Masterpiece Theater" (in honor of the show’s 50 year anniversary). Kabir was recently invited to showcase his work and musical journey in “Beyond Bollywood” – an Indian American Heritage exhibit at the Smithsonian in Washington, DC. The exhibit will begin a national tour this fall. Kabir grew up on all kinds of music from the Beatles to Ravi Shankar to Thelonious Monk (and everything in between). He loved funk, soul and jazz in high school, and while in his college band “Uncle Trouble” he began writing songs that were influenced by the music of Stevie Wonder, Jamiroquai, and Sly Stone. As he began diving deeper into the world of rapping, recording and performing, Kabir steered his energy toward writing message-oriented hip hop. Over the last decade and a half he has shared stages with many established hip hop and live band acts, many of whom have influenced his own sound, including (among others): The Roots, KRS-ONE, Slick Rick, Talib Kweli, Lyrics Born, De La Soul, Blackalicious, A Tribe Called Quest, Wyclef Jean, G Love, Aesop Rock, Maceo Parker, Fred Wesley, Soulive, The Slip, John Brown's Body and many more. Kabir’s live band features many talented Boston musicians, some of whom are part of a bigger collective called the "Dub Down" crew (performing every Thursday night at Bull McCabes in Somerville under the name "The Krush Faktory"). Kabir performs a monthly show at the Lizard Lounge in Cambridge on the first Saturday of every month, and he also plays a weekly Wednesday gig with the Krush Faktory at the classic Cambridge pub “The Plough & Stars”. Kabir’s wide range of professional experiences as a performer, music teacher and recording artist have enabled his musical work to take on a variety of different shapes: interactive performances (either solo or with a live band), recording projects for any number of purposes, and hip hop education workshops and lectures at schools, where students of all ages learn about the history of the art form and explore hip hop and rhythm as an expression of their own cultural identity. 
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