Canadian Folk Music Awards nominee ARUNA & THE SIRENS weaves the political with the personal in original songs about addiction, elephants, procrastination, racism, and crickets. The band's first single,"Have You Seen My Sister?", a response to the global surge in gender-based violence, earned a Single of the Year nomination at the Canadian Folk Music Awards (2024). The country ballad “City Hotel", released in the fall of 2024, documents the surge in racist attacks in Ontario, following Trump's first electoral victory. Under the current and a former name (Alluvial Plain), the band has played festivals (Canadian Music Week, Open Tuning, Jazz Appreciation Month) and the Toronto club scene (including Monarch Tavern, Burdock Hall, Tranzac).
In addition to lead singer and songwriter, Aruna Antonella Handa, the band includes: Chris Adriaanse (bass), Alejandra Ballon and Caitlin Holland (vocals), Raphael Roter (drums), Doug Tielli (vocals, trombone, guitars, keys). Guest musicians sometimes sit in and have included Tzevi Sherman (slide), Lindsay McDonald and Olivia Blumenthal (vocals), Kristian Podlacha (piano). Their first LP, Of Bones & Addicts, is scheduled to drop in May 2025.
RECORDINGS
HAVE YOU SEEN MY SISTER?
(released February 2023. Nominated Single of the Year 2024 Canadian Folk Music Awards)
Bandcamp Soundcloud Spotify Apple Music Youtube Amazon Music
CITY HOTEL
(released October 2024)
Bandcamp Soundcloud Spotify Apple Music Youtube Amazon Music
UPCOMING GIG(S)
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CONTACT/BOOKINGS/COLLABORATIONS
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Aruna Antonella Handa
info@arunaandthesirens.ca
+1.416.606.0799
PR
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STUFF
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photo credits: Monarch Tavern Cher Knightingale; Aki Studio audience member; National Ballet School Mustafa Unsal; Canadian Music Week audience member; Helliconian Hall Famzy Marvellous. Candid backstage shots: band members.
