Autorickshaw (band)
Autorickshaw are a Canadian world music band, who perform a blend of Indian Carnatic and Hindustani music with Western pop, funk and jazz.[1] Formed in 2003 in Toronto, Ontario, the band consists of vocalist Suba Sankaran, tabla player Ed Hanley and bassist and beatboxer Dylan Bell.[1]
They are three-time Juno Award nominees for World Music Album of the Year, receiving nominations at the Juno Awards of 2005 for Four Higher,[2] at the Juno Awards of 2008 for So the Journey Goes[3] and at the Juno Awards of 2018 for Meter.[4]
The band have regularly toured both Canada and India.[5]
Discography[]
- Autorickshaw (2003)
- Four Higher (2004)
- So the Journey Goes (2007)
- The Humours of Autorickshaw (2013)
- Meter (2017)
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Tune into Carnatic, jazz and Hindustani beats of Canadian band Autorickshaw". Hindustan Times, December 9, 2017.
- ^ "Juno nominations". Kingston Whig-Standard, February 8, 2005.
- ^ "Juno nominees". Times & Transcript, February 6, 2008.
- ^ "Juno Awards Reveal 2018 Nominees". Exclaim!, February 6, 2018.
- ^ "Autorickshaw transports musical fusion". Vernon Morning Star, November 13, 2008.
Categories:
- Canadian world music groups
- Musical groups from Toronto
- Musical groups established in 2003
- Canadian Folk Music Award winners
- Canadian musical group stubs