Color Your Mind

Free RSVP Curated by visionary East Bay percussionist Sameer Gupta of Rootstock Arts, Color Your Mind is a gathering of musicians dedicated to expanding the boundaries of classical Indian music and related traditions into exciting new territory. This year’s program features the brilliant Carnatic violinist and vocalist Sruti Sarathy, who has forged a highly personal sound by combining her South Indian classical training with influences from North India’s Hindustani tradition. Multi-instrumentalist Siddique Ahmed (aka Sohrab), a founding member of Afghanistan’s first rock band, Kabul Dreams, brings his lute-like rubab, the national instrument of Afghanistan. And Delhi-born Suhail Yusuf Khan, who hails from a musical dynasty, performs on vocals and sarangi, the bowed, short-neck, three-string instrument that can sound strikingly like a human voice. Kathak dancer Labonee Mohanta and Indian music collective Bay Raagis are special guest performers. Each artist presents their own set exploring improvisation within the wide-open framework of Hindustani and Carnatic raga music, “which has been translated to mean ‘that which colors the mind,’” Gupta says. “Color Your Mind really cuts to the essence of the idea that this is music for anyone and everyone.” Vendor market starts at noon. VENDORS: 415 Zine Henna Styles York St Collective Sequioa Fabrica VISUAL ARTISTS: Lois Wang Amol Ray Guillermo Navrette Davis Maya Durham Free RSVP       Co-Presented by:   Supported in part by: