Xander Naylor

India Tour bts. Feb 2026. Huge family vibes. Many fun times were had. More than I can count. Love love love
iyengar

First photo 📷

Dog photo bomb
Time for masala prawn fry
Rehearsal scoot
Best bus
With our friends at ❤️
Cane
Search yourself
Wise one
Guitars
Holi rockers
Yes. South Goa
Young camera operator
Kolkata morning
Kolkata afternoon
Miles bought a harmonium
In training
Lineage beach fest
Mumbai best bird
Prepping for our long journey home via Hong Kong
Look at this.

India Tour bts. Feb 2026. Huge family vibes. Many fun times were had. More than I could count. Love love love
iyengar

First photo 📷

Dog photo bomb
Time for masala prawn fry
Rehearsal scoot
Best bus
With our friends at ❤️
Cane
Search yourself
Wise one
Guitars
Holi rockers
Yes. South Goa
Young camera operator
Kolkata morning
Kolkata afternoon
Miles bought a harmonium
In training
Lineage beach fest
Mumbai best bird
Prepping for our long journey home via Hong Kong
Look at this.

What a year. I sat down with to talk about the bicycle accident I was in last summer, the spiritual upside of a near death experience, and my new album Children of Sound.

You can read the full article at the SevenDaysVT website or in this week’s print edition.

Article:
Photo 1:
Photo 2: selfie, , post-jaw surgery

OUT NOW. Children of Sound.
Boom! Here it is.

This album was something of a dream to make, bringing together an ensemble of musicians who all had experience with both jazz and North Indian Hindustani Classical music.

All streaming options in the bio.
You can also purchase vinyl from Bandcamp through the link.
If you’d like to purchase directly, DM me and we’ll sort out payment.

Samir Chatterjee, tabla
drums
piano
tenor sax
Xander Naylor, guitar, compositions

Recorded at mixed by at in Brooklyn, NY
Mastered by
Artwork by

📷 Tal

This album was funded in part by a Creation Grant from the VT Arts Council and the NEA.

Europe 2025 Dump

In the wake of such upheaval last year, some family time to refresh was needed, and we luckily got to make it happen. I have so many photos from the tours and travels this winter that I’m sharing them in chunks. While I was on tour in Europe in December and Tal travelled too, and we crisscrossed and met up here and there.

I’m missing some REALLY important food pics, and when I see these photos I can taste the food we ate each day, but I’m usually so engrossed that I don’t think to take pictures in the moment. I was amazed to find out that in Florence you can find a completely different prosciutto experience on almost every block! It’s a good thing we had our fill of pork, because once we got to India and Sri Lanka it took a bit more work to find.

Posing in front of the duomo, Firenze
Joy in London
A boy’s dream comes true
Family time (duomo)
Joy in Sienna
1,000 year old sheet music (Sienna)
Tal finds Luigi from Cars (Rome) (another dream)
Jesus’s footprints (he stood in Rome)
Exploring public transport everywhere
Tal ‘getting ready for India’
Flying time FCO>BLR

New vinyl is here! The digital release isn’t until April 21, but I’m eager to share the love that went into this album so I’m selling them direct starting today.

‘Children of Sound’ available now 😍

Drop me a DM if interested or Venmo me -naylor

$30 for local VT or NYC pickup
$35 shipped in US
Other parts of the world - DM me and we’ll find a way to get it to you

This album features music I’ve been playing recently on tour in India. What a dream to record this music with this team!
Samir Chatterjee (tabla)
Raphaël Pannier (drums)
Utsav Lal (piano)
Birsa Chatterjee (tenor sax)

Recorded and mixed by at
Mastered by
Artwork by
Made possible by a Creation Grant