Los Angeles-based vocalist, composer, and producer Sharada Shashidhar has a deep awareness of the cosmos. There’s a distinct tug-of-war in her music, an understanding that scanning the heavens to answer existential queries isn’t quite enough; there are internal depths to plumb as well. Shashidhar has an extensive resume as a collaborator in LA’s experimental jazz scene, notching work with the likes of Carlos Niño, Zeroh, and the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra.
Her first album, 2020’s Rahu, found her voice billowing out of smoky, post-beat-scene soundscapes, meditating on the collective unconscious and the energy exchange between all living things. Her newest work, Soft Echoes, is a bold step forward, eschewing her previous work’s hip-hop tilt for expansive compositions that blend jazz and Indian classical influences into a swirling, spiritual whole.
Time | Venue | Age | |
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West Philadelphia Orchestra | 5:00pm - 8:00pm | Penn Museum - Stoner Courtyard | All Ages |
Lifeguard | 7:00pm | Warehouse on Watts | All Ages |
Death Drive / God Called In Sick / 3tho / Elijah Machina | 8:00pm | Nikki Lopez | 21+ |
Jazz Jam w/ Orrin Evans *CANCELED* | 8:00pm | The Lounge at World Cafe Live | All Ages |
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Snooper | 6:00pm | Spruce Street Harbor | All Ages |
Jae Skeese / B.A Badd / Focus The Truth / Emi P | 7:00pm | Nikki Lopez | 21+ |
Countdown From Ten / Dumb Waiter / This Temper | 7:00pm | Ortlieb's | 21+ |
Os Mutantes / Pinc Louds (Moved to PhilaMOCA) | 8:00pm | PhilaMOCA | All Ages |
Time | Venue | Age | |
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(Film) S/HE IS STILL HER/E (The Official Genesis P-Orridge Documentary) | 7:00pm | PhilaMOCA | All Ages |
Dolphin Hyperspace / My Trio | 7:00pm | Ortlieb's | 21+ |
Axioma / Garbage People / Quiet Man | 7:00pm | Kung Fu Necktie | 21+ |
Petite Noir / Catherine Moan / emospacebird | 8:00pm | Nikki Lopez | 21+ |
SOUND TYPE 2025: Mars Kumari / Alex Smith | 8:00pm | Asian Arts Initiative | All Ages |
Time | Venue | Age | |
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FRND CRCL / Cheer Up Dusty / Altarboy | 7:30pm | Kung Fu Necktie | 21+ |
Moonroof / Local Honeymoon / So Long Surfer | 8:00pm | Johnny Brenda's | 21+ |