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Rupa & The April Fishes

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Rupa Marya is a San Francisco doctor. But at night, she swaps her stethoscope for a guitar. She’s the lead singer of Rupa & The April Fishes, a multicultural band that sings in English, French, Spanish and Hindi. Marya joins us to play a couple songs with her band, and to talk about her international influences and what shaped the band’s latest album, “Build.”

Guests:

Rupa Marya, lead singer and guitarist of Rupa & The April Fishes and a doctor on faculty at UCSF, in the Division of Hospital Medicine

Mario Alberto Silva, trumpeter

Aaron Kierbel, player of percussion, contraptions

Misha Khalikulov, cellist

Safa Shokrai, upright bassist

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