Autorickshaw (band)

{{Short description|Canadian world music band}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Autorickshaw

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| origin = Toronto, Canada

| genre = World music

| years_active = 2003–present

| label = Tala-Wallah Records

| website = {{url|autorickshaw.ca}}

| current_members = Suba Sankaran
Ed Hanley
Dylan Bell

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Autorickshaw is a Canadian world music band that performs a blend of Indian Carnatic and Hindustani music with Western pop, funk, and jazz.[https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/tune-into-carnatic-jazz-and-hindustani-beats-of-canadian-band-autorickshaw/story-3bbuCS6DcfCDnDVQi5YwOM.html "Tune into Carnatic, jazz and Hindustani beats of Canadian band Autorickshaw"]. Hindustan Times, December 9, 2017. Formed in 2003 in Toronto, the group consists of vocalist Suba Sankaran, tabla player Ed Hanley, and bassist and beatboxer Dylan Bell.

They are three-time Juno Award nominees for World Music Album of the Year, receiving nominations at the Juno Awards of 2005 for Four Higher,{{cite web |last1=D'Souza |first1=Jerry |title=Autorickshaw: Four Higher, Apr 2005 |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/four-higher-autorickshaw-tala-wallah-review-by-jerry-dsouza |website=allaboutjazz.com |date=April 24, 2005 |publisher=All About Jazz |access-date=January 17, 2022}}"Juno nominations". Kingston Whig-Standard, February 8, 2005. at the Juno Awards of 2008 for So the Journey Goes,"Juno nominees". Times & Transcript, February 6, 2008. and at the Juno Awards of 2018 for Meter.{{cite web |last1=Timar |first1=Andrew |title=Meter - Autorickshaw, Nov 2017 |url=https://www.thewholenote.com/index.php/booksrecords2/listening-room-c/27462-meter-autorickshaw |website=thewholenote.com |publisher=The Whole Note |access-date=January 17, 2022}}[https://exclaim.ca/music/article/juno_awards_reveal_2018_nominees "Juno Awards Reveal 2018 Nominees"]. Exclaim!, February 6, 2018.

The band has regularly toured both Canada and India.{{cite web |last1=Timar |first1=Andrew |title=Autorickshaw Tours South Asia, Dec 2014 |url=https://www.thewholenote.com/index.php/newsroom/beatcolumns-sp-2121861476/choral-worldmusic/25189-autorickshaw-tours-south-asia |website=thewholenote.com |publisher=The Whole Note |access-date=January 17, 2022}}{{cite web |title=Canada in India (High Commission of Canada) |url=https://www.facebook.com/CanadainIndia/photos/canadian-band-autorickshaw-has-been-touring-in-india-and-nepal-and-are-playing-u/976161389078897/ |website=facebook.com |publisher=Facebook |access-date=January 17, 2022}}