Reviews
2022
George Harris, Jazz Weekly (LA), Review of Worldview, Jan. 20
2021
Tien Providence, Interview with Sundar Viswanathan, Dec.02
Tim Mah, Four on the Floor: Top Albums of 2021, Dec. 30
Tony Hillier, Rhythms Magazine (Australia)
Take Effect, Review of Worldview, Dec. 25
Adam Felbel, Jazz FM’s ‘Best 25 of 2021’, Dec. 15
Cheryl K., Wave Farm Situation Fluxus, Interview, Oct.28
Angel Romero, Worldmusiccentral, Review of Worldview, Nov.19
Ivan Rod (Danish critic), Independent, Review of Worldview, Oct. 29
Andrew Timar, The Wholenote, Review of Worldview, Dec.06
James A. Cox, Midwest Book Review, Review of Worldview, Nov.
Neon Jazz: the ‘Jazz Zone’ with Joe Dimino, Interview, Oct.30
David Reed, Belleville Intelligencer, Review of Worldview, Oct.28
Jazz Con Glass (Mexico), Podcast Interview, Nov.
Midwest Record, Review of Worldview, Oct.19
JazzQuad (Russia), Review, Oct.10
Republic of Jazz Blogspot (Spain), Worldview Release, Oct. 29
Baruch, Paradigms Podcast Interview, Oct. 24
2016
Subramanian, Megha. "This Musician Transcends Racial Norms with his Music.", thebrowndesi.com, October 17
Rao, Madan Mohan. "Pay Attention to your Inner Music: Interview with saxophonist/composer Sundar Viswanathan." worldmusiccentral.org. August 03
Stone, Michael. Review of 'Petal', Rootsworld, July 06
Bhatt, Kamla. Review of 'Petal', KZSU Zookeeper Online (Stanford, CA), June 23
Corby, Paul. Review of 'Petal', "Corby's Orbit: Whorled Music - the new album by AVATAAR: 'Petal'", June 13
Moore, John Frederick. Review of 'Petal', JAZZIZ magazine, June 10
Showering Thoughts, Review of 'Petal', Earshot Online, June 6
Ephland, John. 3.5/5 stars Review of 'Petal', p. 52, DOWNBEAT magazine, May
Slawecki, Chris M. 4/5 stars review "India to Italy, Brazil to Slovenia - Where WON'T Jazz Go?" allaboutjazz.com, May 3
Review of 'Petal', Midwest Book Review, May 2016
Review of 'Petal', Bird is the Worm, May 2
Panjhwani, Radhika. "The Jazzed Version of Sundar Viswanathan's Life is Just as Impressive", torontodesidiaries.com, May 16
Easwar, Shagorika. "Composer is All the Raag", Desi Magazine, Vol. 20, Issue 4, April
Harris, George W. Review of 'Petal', Jazz Weekly, April. 28
CFRU 93.3 (Guelph), Top 10 charts (International), April 26
Tucker, Mark. Review of 'Petal', Vampirus Veritas Newsletter, April 25
Bernard, Yves. Review of 'Petal', Le Devoirs: Libre de Penser, April 15
Grossman, Josh. Concert Review (Avataar), "On Composing" Toronto Jazz Festival AD Blog, March 31
Grossman, Josh. Review of 'Petal', Toronto Jazz Festival AD Blog, March 24
Camia, Shirley. JAZZ FM, feature story: "Sundar Viswanathan expands repertoire with World Music", March 23
Zeichner, Baruch. Interview, Paradigms (online radio show), March 25
Keown, Katherine Mary. "High Energy and Dreamy", The Sudbury Star, March 19
Edwards, Grego Applegate. Review of 'Petal', Gapplegate Guitar and Bass Blog, March 18
Doyle-Marshall, William. "Sundar Viswanathan launches AVATAAR CD", Indo-Caribbean World newspaper, March 16
Captain Fidanza. Review of 'Petal', Collective Zine (UK), March 14
Timar, Andrew. Review of 'Petal', Wholenote magazine, February 23
Paul, Jay. Review of 'Petal', WRUV Reviews, February 14
Orr, Tom, Review of 'Petal', worldmusiccentral.org, February 13
Nadal, James, 4/5 stars Review of "Petal", allaboutjazz.com, February 12
The Midwest Record, Review of 'Petal', February 02
McGuirk, Will. Slow City, "The Fragrant Fragments of three new albums: HIGHS, Casey Mecija, and AVATAAR." article, January 14
2014
The Klondike Sun, "Artist Profile: JAFFA ROAD", June 25
2013
Coyle, Jim, “Breathing New Life into Old Music”, feature article on Jaffa Road, Toronto Star, June 15
Stern, Cara, “Jaffa Road Thrilled about Juno Nomination”, Canadian Jewish News, March 05
Sound on Sound online, review, ‘Where the Light Gets In’, January
Ghert- Zand, Renee, "Jewish Group wins Canadian Music Award", the Assimilator, November 12
2012
Stoute, Lenny, Cashbox Magazine, review of “Where the Light Gets In”, December 21 2012
Delarue, New York Music Daily, “A Tale of Two Imaginative Sephardic Bands”, review of “Where the Light Gets In”, December 20
Safar, Erez, Algeimeiner online, review/interview, ‘Where the Light Gets In’, December 12
Aromero, Worldmusiccentral.org, review, ‘Where the Light Gets In’, December 05
Shemspeed, Jewlicious Magazine online, review, ‘Where the Light Gets In’, November 06
Sylvester, Daniel, review “Where the Light Gets In”, in Exclaim! Online, November 01
Olds, David, review, ‘Where the Light Gets In’, Wholenote Magazine, November
Warner, Andrea, review/interview, ‘Where the Light Gets In”, CBC RADIO Blog post, October 26
Nazareth, Errol, review, “Where the Light Gets In”, on Soundcloud, October 13
Levi Ajzenkopf, Andy, “Jaffa Road lets in some Light”, review, in The Canadian Jewish News”, October 08
Worldbeat International, online review, ‘Where the Light Gets In’, October
2011
Andrews, Mark, Vancouver Sun, review, "Ricochet"
Hum, Peter, Ottawa Citizen, review, "Ricochet"
Galloway, Jim, Wholenote magazine, review, "Ricochet"
Gillespie, Terry, Guelph Mercury, review, "Ricochet"
2010
Top 30 Charts CIVL 101.7 FM (Abbotsford, BC), "What a Dream I Had: Sundar Quartet", August 17
Hum, Peter, The Ottawa Citizen (jazzblog.ca), “Beyond song fatigue (vocal jazz CDs reviewed), review of “What a Dream I Had”, July 23
Panic Manual (online), “NXNE Review: Jaffa Road, Kobo Town, June 17, Bread and Circus”, June 21
Midwest Record, review of "What a Dream I Had", June 01
Cohen, Dan, Muse’s Muse, review of “What a Dream I Had”, June 06
Walseth, Brad, JazzChicago.net, review of “What a Dream I Had”, June
Spector, Chris, Midwest Record (online), review of “What a Dream I Had”, June
Top 10 Charts CJLO 1690 kHZ (Montreal, PQ), "What a Dream I Had", April 13
Wassenberg, Anya, Art and Culture Maven, "Jaffa Road Garners Juno Nomination", March 17
Earshot Jazz Charts Top 20, National College/Community Radio, "What a Dream I Had", March
Infantry, Ashante. “Born to Croon the Standards”, Toronto Star, February 25
2008
Desouza, Jerry, “Hope and Infinity: Sundar’s Induswest Project”, www.allaboutjazz.com, January 28
2007
Fujino, David, "Culture and Jazz", concert review of Sundar's Induswest Project, the live music report, May 11