03/08/2025
Meet Nick, the presence behind the music 🙏
Introducing Nick Able, one of three of The Numa Collective. ☘️
Nick is an international performing musician with a distinguished career spanning more than two decades.
A dedicated student and disciple of the legendary Pandit Ravi Shankar, he lived and breathed music under the guidance of his Guru in New Delhi, India and Encinitas, California at the Shankar’s Residences for more than 10 years. He has accompanied his Guru and his daughter Anoushka in hundreds of concerts worldwide in esteemed venues worldwide including The Royal Albert Hall, London, Carnegie Hall, NYC, Sydney Opera House, Australia, The Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris to name a few. Learning the art of music not only in the Gurukul, but on the road, in hotels, airports and on stages worldwide.
Nick became a member of the Anoushka Shankar Ensemble in 2006 touring globally on her ‘Rise’ tour, her album which was nominated for a grammy award and has accompanied Anoushka in concerts globally for 21 years, most recently at the Elbphilharomonie, Hamburg Germany, The Philharmonie de Paris and the Ravi Shankar Centenary Concert at the Royal Festival Hall in London with guests, Dhani Harrison, John McLaughlin and Nitin Sawhney.
Nick brings over 23 years of having embodied the aura of music from his renowned Guru, hailed the ‘Godfather of World Music’ by George Harrison in his unique style having emerged from a ‘dark night of the soul’ and completed hundreds of hours of deep frequency meditation that led him on the path of rediscovery and a new found passion in sound healing which links back to the years he spent with his Guru living and breathing every aspect of devotional, meditative and deeply transformative music deeply rooted in the culture and traditions of India.
Nick bring his vast musical background to The Numa Collective and carries forward all he has embodied for two decades and brings a fresh approach to his music utilising Indian classical sitar, electric and acoustic guitars and live electronics to create a melodic and harmonic element and intertwine this with musical performance.
‘Peace through music’ 🙏🕉️🎶
