HOMEGROWN
“She speaks about holding on to her dreams, defending her own name, and resisting the pushback that so often greets artists; especially women who do not fit the mould.”
Rolling Stone India
“Working Hard to Take Down Stereotypes and Cultural Expectations”
The Hindu
“My songs come from a place of both darkness and hope: Shilpa Ananth.”
Khaleej Times
“Her buttery, soulful infusion of sounds from the East and West result in dreamy Indian melodies mixed with R’nB, jazz, and pop flavours”
Rolling Stone India
“Combining the intensity of Indian percussion with her distinctive Carnatic-informed vocal melodies, “Fear” swirls into a roomy groove-fest with funky bass and drum work.”
Vogue India
“It’s driven by a funky groove, even as Ananth sings the track from the perspective of a woman at war with herself and society at large.”
The Wild City
“Shilpa delivers the theme by dropping poetic ambiguity for vulnerable unabashed directness in straightforward lines.”
Khaleej Times
“She managed to put together a remote music video, secure employment as a teacher and be nominated for a Grammy at this year’s now postponed ceremony.”
Blue Rhymez Entertainment
“Align feels like a surreal Picasso painting transposed to music. Shilpa’s music can not be heard, it is FELT.”
Blue Rhymez Entertainment
“FEAR, the singer’s latest epiphanal release, mercilessly pulls the artist into the very middle of her own encompassing societal turmoil while offering her demons on a breathtaking Avant Pop plate.”
Bangalore Mirror
“Traveling around the world, and listening to live music from other cultures is what inspires Ananth the most. ‘I tend to first figure out what emotion and message I wish to convey, and then find a melody I feel best serves those words,’ says Ananth.”
New Indian Express
“…the song explores an artiste’s performative intentions, both internally and externally.”
India New England News
“Ananth has performed at several legendary venues such as Carnegie Hall, the Apollo Theatre, American Museum of Natural History, The Blue Note Jazz Club in NY, and the Isabella Gardner Museum, as well as the prestigious Boston Symphony Hall.”
