Singer, violinist, composer. Creator of IndoSoul. Bridging cultures by bringing out deep commonalities that define great music everywhere. The band, Karthick Iyer Live is a collaboration of musicians from diverse musical backgrounds. An electric violin, mridangam, guitar, bass and drums along with vocals form the core. The band breaks down superficial barriers between genres, cultures and languages to bring out the deep commonalities that define IndoSoul.

Karthick Iyer Live is a collaboration of musicians from diverse musical backgrounds. An electric violin, mridangam, guitar, bass and drums along with vocals form the core. The band breaks down superficial barriers between genres, cultures and languages to bring out the deep commonalities that define IndoSoul.

Christen Napier is originally a visual artist and her approach to music has always been quite visual as well. Being self-taught, she has put an experimental twist on traditional styles. She enjoys playing many instruments (including a 1920's Royal typewriter) but her main instrument is the banjo. Lately she has been immersing herself in Celtic music and playing the banjolin.

Christen is a member of the chamber folk trio of ladies, www.soundcloud.com/Cutleri. She also plans to continue banjo/tabla collaborations with percussionist www.soundcloud.com/Tem-noon.  Most recently she has been performing with www.soundcloud.com/knife-throwers-assistance, based in NYC. But that's a while ago now...

Christen is also a songwriter. Her debut solo album has been "in progress" forever. Maybe one day it will get recorded.

Her most important love and inspiration is her 7 year old daughter Maisie who is a budding musician herself.  Collaborations are on the horizon...

Dhanya Subramanian is a Gold-Medalist alumnus of Kalakshetra, Chennai. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Music from the University of Madras (India). She has performed on AIR and contributed to advanced study initiatives on the works of Mysore Sri Vasudevachar.



Dhanya presently lives in San Francisco Bay Area and teaches South Indian Classical Music (Carnatic Vocal), locally in-person and online through (skype) video conferencing.



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