Afrobeats Nite Santa Cruz With Sitar Power Ft. Ashwin Batish, Dj Monk Earl & Dj Nola Cruz at Moe's Alley

A very special Valentine's Day performance by Ashwin Batish and his Sitar Power Group featuring Keshav Batish on Drums, Tabla and Sitar, Meena Batish on vocals, Myron Dove on Bass and Murray Low on Keyboards. Get ready to listen to some of Ashwin's world music concoctions such as Casbah Shuffle, India Beat, Raga Rock, Sitar Trek and the Bombay Boogie!!

“Whether or not you’re familiar with the music, your mind is likely to be delightfully blown by what Batish creates.” – San Francisco Weekly

If global oneness and harmony is an ideal we want to see reached, then Ashwin Batish should be applauded as being a forerunner who has brought multi-cultural styles together in a musical pot he calls ‘worldbeat’ – presented on stage with his beloved Sitar Power ensemble....

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A very special Valentine's Day performance by Ashwin Batish and his Sitar Power Group featuring Keshav Batish on Drums, Tabla and Sitar, Meena Batish on vocals, Myron Dove on Bass and Murray Low on Keyboards. Get ready to listen to some of Ashwin's world music concoctions such as Casbah Shuffle, India Beat, Raga Rock, Sitar Trek and the Bombay Boogie!!

“Whether or not you’re familiar with the music, your mind is likely to be delightfully blown by what Batish creates.” – San Francisco Weekly

If global oneness and harmony is an ideal we want to see reached, then Ashwin Batish should be applauded as being a forerunner who has brought multi-cultural styles together in a musical pot he calls ‘worldbeat’ – presented on stage with his beloved Sitar Power ensemble.

Trained in the intricacies of North Indian classical music by his father the legendary Pandit Shiv Dayal Batish, Batish has stepped out of the box and taken his age-old traditional forms through a musical melt with some of the most exciting and beat driven music forms of the west. He has created a landscape of cultural richness one can not only hear, but see.

Plus DJ Monk Earl & DJ Nola Cruz!

Sat Feb | 14 2026
Doors: 8:00 PM /Show: 8:00 PM
Moe's Alley , 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz, CA

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