9/19/08

Suphala


“This Indian-American beauty plays those two small drums like Bruce Lee in a fistfight - with fast hands and a furious beauty.” – St. Petersburg Times

Suphala is a artist, composer, producer...  and a rarity as a woman performer on the tabla. In Feb. 2005, Suphala made history when she became the first musician to play in public since the fall of the Taliban.Her music cuts across all classes and cultures.
"I was always aware of the fact that I had these two cultures, but the tabla has given me a deeper understanding more than anything. Oftentimes people who move here from India spend time with other Indians from their own communities. But music brings all sorts of communities together. All those types of musicians are playing together. So it has broadened my education of India."

Beautiful!