Imaad Wasif is a Canadian-born Indian singer-songwriter and guitar player whose music combines elements of both folk and rock music. Wasif’s music has been described as “unbelievably intense with sparkling, raga-influenced guitar and a mystic bent.”
Wasif was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and moved with his family to Palm Desert, California when he was 3 years old. He began playing music in high school and formed his first band lowe...
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Imaad Wasif is a Canadian-born Indian singer-songwriter and guitar player whose music combines elements of both folk and rock music. Wasif’s music has been described as “unbelievably intense with sparkling, raga-influenced guitar and a mystic bent.”
Wasif was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and moved with his family to Palm Desert, California when he was 3 years old. He began playing music in high school and formed his first band lowercase in 1994; “a guitar-drums duo that played a weird hybrid of lo-fi pop, post-rock and slo-core.” In 2001, he moved to Los Angeles and formed alaska! in addition to joining Lou Barlow’s New Folk Implosion. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California.
From 2006–2007, Wasif played with Yeah Yeah Yeahs for the Show Your Bones world tour playing acoustic guitar, bass and Wurlitzer. He performed his solo work as the supporting act for most shows.
His first self-titled solo album was released in 2006 on Kill Rock Stars. The record featured...
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