Autorickshaw has been nominated for a JUNO award in the World Music Album of the Year category for Meter. We're thrilled and honoured and look forward to attending and performing in and around JunoFest in beautiful Vancouver, BC!
Welcome to the website of Suba Sankaran - musician, composer, educator, choral director, sound designer.
Sankaran has a superior voice, leading her listeners in and out of a trance, even with a wild jazz-scat to the accompanying Indian-tuned percussion, a vocal feat worth the price alone.
-Telegraph Journal
Mixing jazzy and funky licks with Indian spice, Autorickshaw singer Suba Sankaran has an uncanny ability to phrase a song. Hearing her live would be a soulful experience.
- Halifax Daily News
The star of the show was Sankaran, who used both jazz and Carnatic improvisation, including scat singing and vocal percussion, to offer the audience a range of musical experiences.
- The Hindu (Bangalore)
Of course the centrepiece was lead singer, Suba Sankaran, very much the heart of the band, with her supple vocal variety, infectious smile, and entrancing musicality.
- The Record
Sankaran, her face full of drama, navigated the runs of the complex Eastern vocal lines, revealing both her technical virtuosity and a higher-level grasp of the work.
- NOW Magazine