Suman Sridhar ft. Subid Khan (Guitar) / Supported by Salt Rock (Duo)

Suman Sridhar is an avant-garde vocal artist and composer from Mumbai / New Jersey. She has sung chart topping Bollywood film songs such as Muskaane Jhooti Hain (Talaash), Khoya Khoya Chand (Shaitan), Fifi (Bombay Velvet) and is recognized by Rolling Stone magazine for redefining indie music in India. She sings across several languages and fuses jazz, Indian classical, opera, spoken word in her performances. Her latest album The Black Mamba had a world preview at the Tate Modern Museum, London. Evoking the metaphor of the ‘Black Mamba’, Suman transmutes poison into medicine through sound. Her performances include Coke Studio MTV India, NH7 Weekender, Kochi Muziris Biennale, Biennial Sesc_Videobrasil (Brazil), Great Escape Festival (UK), Jazzmandu (Nepal), Ziro Music Festival. She was one half of the lyrical/pop music duo Sridhar/Thayil. Her genre-bending work has received awards and nominations including the Google-Ink Trailblazer’s Grant, Jury Prize at Hamburg International Queer Film Festival, Best Female Playback Singer-Times of India Film Awards.