Rupa & the April Fishes

Rupa & the April Fishes create music that is lively, romantic and instantaneously appealing. Based in San Francisco, the band's accessible and multicultural sound has earned them a reputation as one of the most exciting new groups on the alternative and World music scenes nationwide. With influences that include Indian music, French chanson, tango, Latin alternative and beyond, their repertoire defies categorization. Their broad appeal has earned them comparisons to everyone from Manu Chao and Pink Martini to Dengue Fever, and Gogol Bordello.

Rupa & the April Fishes is led by a young woman of Indian heritage whose nomadic upbringing and dual life as a musician and doctor has led her to explore issues of identity, borders, and the vagaries of life, love and death. Rupa's nomadic upbringing in Indian, the U.S. and France has led her to write songs in a multitude of languages, including French, Spanish, Hindi and English. The band's informal, acoustic lineup includes Rupa on guitar and vocals backed by upright bass, cello, percussion, trumpet and, of course, accordion.