All Empires Fall

Clarifying fire from Elder Ones at Jazzfest Berlin

Elder Ones, led by Amirtha Kidambi (center) at Jazzfest Berlin. (The Gig)

Amirtha Kidambi took a moment at the start of her set with Elder Ones, late Friday night in the Kassenhalle at Haus der Berliner Festspiele, to explain a song title. Within the stir of a politically charged edition of Jazzfest Berlin, her introduction doubled as a statement of prin…