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Sunday, 23 December 2007

I haven't updated my site for awhile...since July, actually...and it's now December. Urp.

Here's what's gone down since Autorickshaw returned from Sweden:

Awards:

Click for the finalists!

We were nominated for a few awards-2 Canadian Folk Music Awards (in the Best world Group and Pushing The Boundaries categories), an Ontario Independent Music Award (which we won) and we were a song finalist in the Independent Music Awards in the World Fusion Category for Heavy Traffic from our new album. Click the logo to hear the finalists.

IMA Song Finalists 2008 Category: World Fusion
Atlas Soul - MA, USA -Ana weyak (you and me)
Autorickshaw - ON, Canada -Heavy Traffic
Djay Pee - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -Geisha
Luca Mundaca - OH, US -Ha Dias
Sultans of String - ON, Canada -El-Kahira

Tour:

We toured in November & December, with gigs and workshops in Vancouver, Gibson's Landing, Whitehorse (see the photo gallery here ) and in Winnipeg with a string quartet from the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra. CBC recorded that show for Canada Live, and it will air on Jan 30th.

click the pic!

Talisker:

I performed with the excellent Talisker Chamber Players (yes...named after the very fine single malt!) right before the aforementioned tour. Zorana Sadiq, soprano and I guested on Songs from the Gitanjali for voice, tabla and string quartet composed by Naresh Sohal.

To Boldly Go...

A while back, I recorded on the world premiere of David Mott's 'Eclipse' featuring pianist Christina Petrowska Quilico and the York World Music Ensemble (including Autoricksaw vocalist Suba Sankaran). It's a piece of music that Canadian astronaut Steve MacLean took with him on the Space Shuttle, to share with the rest of the universe.

Tabla in space. Just doin' my part.

Grammy Nomination!

Don't believe me? click away.

Just kidding...I played tabla and udu on Loreena McKennitt's album An Ancient Muse, which has been nominated for a Grammy Award in the Contemporary World Music category (category 75). I'm on one track, called Kecharitomene.

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My First Photo Credit

A photo I took in Rajasthan is part of the cover of Ray Montford's new CD and Long Playing Phonograph Record...yes, he pressed vinyl...A Fragile Balance. Rob Greenway aka brilliantfish did the design, as well as playing percussion, keys, voice and textures on the album. I don't have a shot of the inside cover, but here is the photo in question:

Click for the fancy zooming effect

autorickshaw on PRI's The World

Bird On A Wire from our album So The Journey Goes was the featured 'Global Hit' on the PRI program 'The World' on Sept 17th. Suba gives insight and background into the autorickshaw arrangement.