CHICAGO(TIP): Indian American singer and songwriter Subhi will perform at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, on August 19.
The Chicago-based singer released her debut Hindi pop jazz album Shaitaan Dil last fall. The Millennium Stage performance is part of the musician’s four-city Northeastern tour, which includes stops in Long Island, NY; New York City and Baltimore.
“I am thrilled to perform at Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage,” said Subhi, whose full name is Subhi Khanna Rangnekar, but uses only the first name in her artistic life. “This will be my first performance there. I will be performing some of my original compositions from my debut album. I will also be doing a few classic Bollywood jazz covers.”
Subhi’s upcoming performances and venues
| August 16, 2018 | Mint Lounge, Long Island, NY |
| August 17, 2018 | Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2, New York City |
| August 18, 2018 | An Die Musik, Baltimore |
| August 19, 2018 | Kennedy Center: Millennium Stage, Washington, DC |
Subhi moved to New York from Delhi when she was 15. Her first musical venture was working as a music assistant to Indian American filmmaker Mira Nair, on Monsoon Wedding: Musical, a Broadway show.
After working as a songwriter, lyricist and vocalist for an independent feature film, in June 2013, she returned to India — this time to Mumbai — to compose music for the Bollywood film Take it Easy.
Subhi and the New York-based reggae singer StyleBhai also composed the promo song of the film Kaun Kitne Paane Mein, directed by Nila Madhab Pandav, a national award-winning filmmaker.
Subhi has a master’s degree in film and media studies from The New School in New York.