Autorickshaw: Bollywood Rewind

Critically acclaimed, JUNO-nominated world music ensemble Autorickshaw takes you back to the heyday of Hindi films, when the gangsters were really gangsterish, the heroines incandescently fabulous and the music completely over the top.

Autorickshaw's covers of massive hits from the 70s are note-for-note reproductions combined with slyly innovative additions that will take you back to the days of wide wide lapels and glittery cocktail dresses, leering gangsters and Amitabh saving the day...again. Let's not forget exploding briefcases.

Suba Sankaran is an award-winning, world-class vocalist specializing in south Indian classical music as well as jazz, pop and western classical music. The daughter of world renowned master drummer Trichy Sankaran, Suba's unique skill set, incredible vocal range and blistering accuracy will take you as close to the great voice of Asha Bhosle as is humanly possible.

"The star of the show was Sankaran, who used both jazz and Carnatic improvisation, including scat singing and vocal percussion, to offer the audience a range of musical experiences."
-the Hindu, Bangalore

Santosh says: dishoom, baby!

Multi-instrumentalist Dylan Bell is a highly sought after musician, producer and award winning composer who covers all the crazy organ, brass and string sounds on a single keyboard...you won't believe it's only one person.

Bassist Rich Brown is the most in-demand master Funk ninja basstronaut around...so good that he will make you dance involuntarily.

Guitarist Justin Abedin rocks the house by bringing all the wakka-wakka, psychedelic'd out sounds of the vintage 70s to the mix.

Percussionist Santosh Naidu is best known for his work with award winning Canadian rap icon K-os, and brings a funked-up south-Asian sensibility to the the rhythm section.

Tabla player Ed Hanley brings the depth, fiery virtuosity and sexy groove of Indian classical solo drumming to the cross-over funkyness of 70s Bollywood as only a Canadian-born, Indian trained tabla player could.

Anchoring the entire ensemble in a rock solid bed of bombastic groove is Bryan Humphreys, a veteran of more funk bands than you even knew existed. Bryan takes the funk, funks it up some more, slathers it in a spicy funk sauce and then lays it down with authority that will make your body move.

What do we play? Well, how about these evergreen hits?:

Video #1:
Dum Maro Dum (Hari Rama Hari Krishna, 1971, RD Burman)
Duniya Mein Logon Ko (Apna Desh, 1972, RD Burman)
Piya To Ab To Aja (Caravan, 1971, RD Burman)
Yeh Mera Dil Pyar Ka Deewana (Don, 1978 Kalyanji Anandji)

Video #2
Theme from Don (Don, 1978 Kalyanji Anandji)

Video #3
Aaj ki Raat (Anamika, 1972, RD Burman)

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