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Shilpa Ananth, vocals with Anthony Muthurajah, guitar
Playing a fusion of originals, a cappella covers, and might even demo a verse of an upcoming, unreleased song. In conversation with BRM's Artistic Director Neel Murgai.
Shilpa Ananth is an Indian vocalist, songwriter, composer, producer based in Brooklyn, NY. With a unique sound that fuses the dreamy landscapes of South India with Soul, Jazz, and Electronic influences, Shilpa brings together 3 of the oldest Indian languages - Tamil, Malayalam, and Hindi - with English, creating art that transcends borders and cultures. After graduating with honors from Berklee College of Music, and releasing a successful debut EP 'Indian Soul', Shilpa has recorded and performed with Grammy award-winning composers, A.R.Rahman, Bobby McFerrin, Bill Whalen, and Javier Limon's 'Original Quartet'. She has also toured extensively with Serbian female vocal group 'ROSA', The Berklee Indian Ensemble, Women of the World, and the 'Bollywood Boulevard’ musical production, performing at several prestigious venues around the US such as Boston Symphony Hall, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Apollo Theatre, NJPAC, Wolf Trap, and The John F. Kennedy Center, to name a few. Shilpa is a featured vocalist on the recently Grammy-nominated album 'ONA' by Thana Alexa, and has been awarded the title ’Best Independent Artist’ at the Blue Rhymez Entertainment Honorary Awards 2020. She is also the proud recipient of both the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Women’s Fund for Media, Music, and Theatre 2020, as well as the Music Grantee 2020, for the Café Royal Cultural Foundation, New York. Shilpa is currently finishing up her second EP of original music titled 'Reproduction', set to release in Fall 2021.