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Aruna & the Sirens

from Kingston & Toronto Ontario
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Aruna & the Sirens

Label: Frozen Lake Records
since 2018
Ontario band ARUNA & THE SIRENS weaves the political and the personal in original songs written by lead singer Aruna Antonella Handa. Chris Adriaanse (upright bass) and Raphael Roter (drums) create an intuitive foundation with sopranos Alejandra Ballon, Caitlin Holland adding harmonic texture and heft with Aruna's contralto singing lead. All band members are degreed musicians, having studied opera, music improvisation, jazz and/or musical theatre.
The band's sparse instrumentation of voice, bass and drums, permits ready collaboration with other musicians and recent appearances include Doug Tielli (guitar, trombone, vocals), Tzevi Sherman (slide guitar), Dave Eggar (cello), Michael Broadhead (bass), and Roa Lee (gayageum).
The band's first single, the Factor funded "Have You Seen My Sister?", was a response to the global surge in gender-based violence, and earned a nomination for Single of the Year at the Canadian Folk Music Awards (2024). The latest single, "City Hotel" (release date October 18/24), the first off their upcoming concept album Of Bones & Addicts, documents racist attacks fuelled by addictions to drugs and alcohol in a country ballad.
Under former names (Alluvial Plain, Artists of the Aurora), the band has played festivals including Canadian Music Week, Open Tuning, and Nuit Blanche and in clubs in Toronto such as the Monarch Tavern, Burdock Hall and the Tranzac Club.
Folk/Celtic/Latin/World Jazz/Blues
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Current Lineup

Aruna Antonella Handa
lead vocalist/composer
2017 - present
Chris Adriaanse
upright bass
2018 - present
Raphael Roter
drums
2018 - present
Caitlin Holland
vocals
2018 - present
Alejandra Ballon
vocals
2018 - present
Lindsay McDonald
vocals
2018 - present

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Raising Our Voices: Kingston tea concert to address gender-based violence
Aruna & The Sirens, The Caledonias set to perform at special Solidari-Tea concert at Next Church, November 30.
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Author: Aruna Antonella Handa

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