Detroit's Pavan Kanekal and Salem, Oregon's J.J. Gregg teamed up for an evening of tabla and sitar duets at the Ann Arbor District Library on October 3, 2025. They've been playing together since 2018 and have released two albums: 2024's Ease & Flow and 2022's re-cycling.

Gregg studied in India with Ustad Usman Khan, a sixth-generation musician and third-generation Hindustani classical sitar player who started his studies at age 7. 

Kanekal also began his tabla training at age 7, in Bangalore, India, and continued his studies after a family move to the San Francisco Bay area.

In a performance that lasted about an hour, with introductions from Gregg, the duo transfixed the audience at AADL's Downtown location with a hypnotic performance of South Asian Classical music. Watch their concert and listen to Gregg and Salem's two albums below: