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Rupa and The April Fishes

Friday, April 11, 2008

Rupa was born to Indian parents, was raised in the US, India and Southern France. Her music mixes French nouvelle vague, Latin alternative, Gypsy, Indian ragas… and medicine. Besides being a songwriter and bandleader to The April Fishes, Rupa is also a physician and often finds inspiration from her patients. Rupa and The April Fishes join us to talk about their music and to play live in the studio.

Rupa and the April Fishes perform tonight at Drom at 9pm.

Rupa and the April Fishes' Website


Comments

  • [1] Aaron from Brooklyn April 11, 2008 - 02:27PM

    I happened to think that the reason that names seem more relevant for the average Jazz band than for iconic, generically named groups (Miles Davis quintet) is that masters can stand on the basis of their names..... if a band leader is not a well-known, influential figure in the current scene, a band based on his or her name is not as thrilling and hence harder to carry a sense of identity or evoke strong lasting feelings, at least as far as the name goes. Miles Davis Quintet is a sweet name cause it was Miles. What's cool about the Paul Harris (or whatever) Quartet? Not nearly as much.


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