Ravi, who hailed from Madras in India, was a keen contributor to Readers Recommend and Song Bar for many years. He said of his musical tastes, “Pretty much anything, though I confess to a partiality to blues and a special weakness for women strutting their stuff on stage like Koko Taylor, Bonnie Raitt and Susan Tedeschi. All time favourite band is the Allman Brothers Band with their Live at Fillmore East being the one I’ve played the most in my life.”
Ravi’s first A Lister was Koko Taylor’s I’m a Woman in May 2015. He held the record for the most A Listers for a single Readers Recommend topic, logging six for Crowns in November 2015.
| Date | Topic | Where | Column | Blog | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | July 16, 2015 | Refusal | The Guardian | Column | Blog |
| 2 | Sep. 3, 2015 | Melancholy Songs | The Guardian | Column | Blog |
| 3 | Mar. 30, 2016 | Outstanding Percussion | Song Bar | Column | Blog |
| 4 | June 15, 2016 | Fighting | Song Bar | Column | Blog |
| 5 | July 21, 2016 | Community | The Guardian | Column | Blog |
| 6 | Dec. 6, 2017 | Reunions | Song Bar | Column | Blog |
| 7 | Feb. 6, 2019 | Banks & Banking | Song Bar | Column | Blog |
| 8 | Sep. 11, 2019 | Cocktails & Spirits | Song Bar | Column | Blog |
| 9 | Feb. 19, 2020 | Gentleness | Song Bar | Column | Blog |