Vidya Iyer

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Vidya Iyer is an Indian-born American singer, who was born in Chennai and raised in Virginia. She learnt carnatic Classical music from D.K. Nagarajan, brother of the late D. K. Pattammal. She first started performing on YouTube with her sister on Shankar Tucker's YouTube channel. She released her first mashup cover on her YouTube channel "VidyaVox" in April 2015 and has gained over 30 million views since then. Her mashups have garnered attention from the likes of Shah Rukh Khan, Diplo, Major Lazer, and Hrithik Roshan[Niranjan Thakur]. She sings in a variety of languages including Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Hindi, English and French

Early life and education

Iyer was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. She holds a degree in psychology from George Washington University. She regularly sings in a band which is organized by Shankar Tucker. She staged her performance in various parts of the world like White House, National Centre for the Performing Arts (India), Webster Hall and her performance are staged at Festivals Des Artes in Reunion Island, INK Women and Meru Concert Series in Netherlands.[1] One of her most popular mashups include, "Lean On" and "Jind Mahi" for which she had a collaboration with several other musicians, including Ricky Jatt, Raashi Kulkarni, and Roginder "Violinder" Momi.[2] She released "Kuttanadan Punjayile," famous Kerala boat song, as a fusion along with an English song written by Shankar Tucker and herself which was shot in Kerala with Mohiniyattam performed by Sreenidhi and Sreedevi.[3][4][5]

Discography

Songs

(Selective)

References

  1. "The mashup star". The Hindu. 21 August 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  2. "Singer Vidya Vox on Blending two Musical Worlds: East and West". India. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  3. "The Famous Kerala Boat Song 'Kuttanadan Punjayile' Just Got A New Twist And It Sounds Awesome". Huffingtonpost. 13 January 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  4. "Vidya and Shankar Tucker gives Kerala's favourite boat song 'Kuttanadan Punjayile' a classic twist". Indiatoday. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  5. "Stylish makeover for Malayalam folk song". Deccanchronicle. 17 January 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2015.

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