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Rafiq Bhatia's 'Breaking English' questions the need for musical boundaries

A New York-based musician of Indian origin is pushing the envelope when it comes to making unconventional music that defies genres

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Accepting the futility of genres, of boxing songs into different compartments like stacked products in supermarket shelves, seems to be at the forefront of Rafiq Bhatia's musical endeavour. The 30-year-old American of Indian descent is the guitarist for a New York-based indie outfit called Son Lux. But it's his recent solo album, Breaking English, which makes the listener really question the need for musical boundaries, of sticking labels to a composition as if it's packaged meat.

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