City of Lakes, song for Bhopal:
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John Lennon Songwriting Contest Grand Prize Winner-Heavy Traffic from So The Journey Goes
Autorickshaw nominated for a 2008 JUNO Award for World Music Album of the Year!
AUTORICKSHAW: So The Journey GoesA sonic alchemy of Indian music fusion with a dash of Bollywood.
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AUTORICKSHAW: Four HigherJUNO nominated-World Music Album of the Year.
Funky, contemporary arrangements of south Indian classical compositions, Bollywood-tinged jazz standards and fiery Indo-jazz originals.
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a Night in Tunisia
short clips of autorickshaw @ Rochester International Jazz Festival
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Ed Hanley bio:
Ed Hanley began his tabla (north Indian classical percussion) training in Toronto, Canada with Ritesh Das, and has studied with master drummers Swapan Chaudhuri in California and Anindo Chatterjee in Calutta, India. His interest in all aspects of Indian classical rhythm have led him to study outside of the Hindustani tabla tradition as well, focusing on Karnatic (south Indian) vocal percussion and drumming traditions. He has studied nattuvangam (Bharatanatyam conducting) with Hari Krishnan, mrdangam repertoire and Karnatic rhythm theory with Karaikudi Mani in Chennai, India, and solkattu (vocal percussion), kanjira (a south Indian frame drum), mrdangam repertoire and improvisation with Dr Trichy Sankaran in Chennai and Toronto. His studies have been supported by a number of funding bodies including The Canada Council, The Ontario Arts Council and The Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute.
Ed has performed across Canada, and in the USA, Europe and India in a variety of world, jazz and classical settings with artists such as vocalist Suba Sankaran, violinist Parmela Attariwala, clarinetist James Campbell, multi-instrumentalists George Koller and Donald Quan, Persian ensemble Mehrvarzan, percussionists Trichy Sankaran, Rick Lazar, Alan Hetherington and Vasudevan Rajalingam, flautist Ron Allen, Hindustani vocalist Vinayak Pathak, Sarangi master Ramesh Misra, and ensembles including autorickshaw, The Toronto Tabla Ensemble, The Penderecki Quartet and Jane Bunnett and the Spirits of Havana. His work can be heard on a number of recordings and film soundtracks.
Ed has composed, produced, and engineered a number of compositions for dance and film out of his own studio, and has co-produced two autorickshaw albums with Suba Sankaran, including the critically acclaimed, JUNO nominated CD, Four Higher.
He is also a member of the recently formed Indo-Persian duo Naseem with Santoor virtuoso Pirouz Yousefian.
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autorickshaw's music lies on the cultural cutting edge, as contemporary jazz and funk easily rub shoulders with the classical music of India. Formed in 2003, autorickshaw has swiftly risen to become one of the most intriguing acts on the world music and jazz landscapes, garnering a 2004 JUNO nomination for World Music Album of the Year.
"The ensemble consists of a mash-up of four of Canadas most exciting and musically interesting young musicians: vocalist Suba Sankaran, tabla player Ed Hanley, bassist Rich Brown and exotic percussionist Debashis Sinha. All four have achieved excellence on their respective instruments. When their forces are combined, the results are utterly unique and musically pioneering." [The Record]
autorickshaw has toured widely in Canada, including appearances at the
Montreal Jazz Festival, the Vancouver and Winnipeg Folk Festivals, as well a
numerous appearances at the Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto. US appearances
include performances at Joes Pub in New York City and at The Kennedy Centre
in Washington DC.
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