by
Mike Huguenor on February 13, 2019
These days, it seems that innovation outpaces our ability to understand what it is doing to us. As Californians, we are used to tectonic shifts, but the ground beneath us is now in a constant state of flux. There are new means of transportation, communication and expression; new ways to meet people,…
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The question for an artist like Rupa Marya must be: what do you do when you’re so well known for your unpredictability that it threatens to become predictable? Her sold-out show Sunday with her band Rupa & The Fishes—the finale of what appears to have been an extremely successful Winter Fest for…
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Rupa Marya calls her style “intentionally unclean.” Beyond that, it’s difficult to explain. Cooler and crazier than useless phrases like “world music” could hope to describe, her San Francisco-based band Rupa and the April Fishes takes gypsy jazz on a punky, border-crashing joy ride that sprawls across multiple styles, cultures and languages.…
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