"Mandolin Shrinivas," the artist formerly known as U Srinivas, and his brother U Rajesh are touring the United States, giving concerts of Carnatic ragas on twin electric mandolins, accompanied by violin and percussion.
Frustratingly enough, there doesn't seem to be a single, central Web site where one can look up all the tour dates. They played Austin on Friday night; I think there are some East Coast dates coming up next (e.g., Boston & Philly). But you sort of have to poke around to see whether the tour is coming to a city near you.
I found the Seattle and Portland gigs (June 4 & 6, respectively) here:
http://www.rasika.org/
Might try to make the Seattle gig. Would love to see a review from anyone who's caught a show on this tour.
Disclaimer: I know bugger-all about Carnatic music and would have to enjoy such a concert purely on an aesthetic level.
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