Rupa and the April Fishes July 14, 2012

Rupa and the April Fishes return to Swig Field for the second of five Saturday night outdoor family friendly concerts as part of the 2012 Summer Nights Festival at the Osher Marin JCC.

Cultural fusion with a strong Euro-Gypsy feel, the San Francisco Bay Area band creates music that defies easy categorization with influences of French chanson, Argentinean tango, Gypsy swing, American folk, Latin cumbias, and even Indian ragas. 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 & the April fishes embody the pluralistic and paradoxical sounds of the San Francisco Bay Area. Having come together in the Mission District, the land of earthquakes, social movements, social networking, peace-lovers and global corporate conglomerates, the history of Spanish missionaries, old San Francisco Irish families mashed up with relatively newer Latino, African American, Asian and Pacific Islander communities and the most recent group---the children of the middle and upper middle class, mostly white hipsters are re all rooted deep in their music.

Throw a blanket on the turf, secure a picnic table next to the playground, sit on chairs or dance away, bring the kids and play together, or make it a date night. Bring a picnic or purchase dinner on site from Sol Food Restaurant. The night is filled with possibilities and the music rings true of cultures from around the world the cultures that create our Bay Area.

Sat, 7/7: Bluegrass Night - Bill Evans banjos open for Hot Buttered Rum
Sat, 7/14: Euro-Gypsy Night - Rupa & the April Fishes
Sat, 7/21 : African Music Night -Oliver Mtukudzi & the Black Spirits
Sat, 7/28 : Cajun Night - Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys
Sat, 8/4: Latin Music Night -Orquesta La Moderna Tradicion

Official Website: http://www.marinjcc.org/arts