SINGER-SONGWRITER

​Open on a little girl in Texas in cowboy boots dancing to country music with her pals, then cut to her mother dragging her around the villages of India so she could see how most people live and hear the folk songs there. Back in Texas, she absorbs the Hindi film soundtracks her parents listen to in the car and at home, and at school her choir director trains her for classical music contests in Italian and German. She gets into her school glee club and sings standards, musical theatre, pop and rock music. She wins a country music contest, leads a Bollywood cover band, tours with a church choir as a soprano, performs Sondheim and Bacharach in musicals, picks up the guitar and starts writing her own stuff. What does the music sound like – Take a listen!

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  • “… gorgeous slice of acoustic folk-pop” - Songwriting Magazine UK

  • “… Rashmi’s impassioned voice can swing through careful precision to primal yelp on a dime” - Baeble Music:

  • “… a lovely tone & wistful manner" - Guitar World's Acoustic Nation

  • "Through each excellent original composition...[Rashmi's] skillful crafting of lyrics and melodies give us some real insight into this artist's unique vision"  - STUDIO Magazine Journal of Folk & International Music

TRACKS

Smile and Look Pretty
Here Again
Blue Aerogram
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Smile and Look Pretty by Rashmi #timesup #metoo #mytimeisnow www.RashmiSingh.com
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Smile and Look Pretty by Rashmi #timesup #metoo #mytimeisnow www.RashmiSingh.com

Song by Rashmi - http://www.RashmiSingh.com Music Video directed by Punit Chhabra Song Produced by Finn Miller, Bill Hafener, & Rashmi Recorded at KIng Killer Studios, Brooklyn, NY by Isaiah Singer, & The Silo Studio, Shirley, NY, by Bill Hafener. Mixed by Bill Hafener @ The Silo Studio Rashmi - voice, guitar John Borghardt - bass Allen Criscuolo - drums percussion Bill Hafener - incidentals Smile And Look Pretty Song by Rashmi Lyrics: I heard a lot about body talk And where your arms should fall Are you standing too proud and strong Are you soft and accessible Keep your jaw slightly slack A smile in your eyes No one likes a hard-edged woman Relax, deny the lies Chorus Dimmesdale is my priest Cosby is my mentor Harvey is my boss at work O’Reilly’s the news anchor Smile, smile and look pretty Mild-mannered, not too witty I was ready like no one else When I stepped up to run You don’t seem so likeable If we went out, would you be fun? I never stopped the work I do Even when clowns rose to shine You call this an even playing field When do I get what’s mine When do I get what’s mine CHORUS Emotional Hysterical Unbelievable Compromised (2) She’s just trying to take me down; she wants money for her lies (2) Emotional Hysterical Unbelievable Compromised CHORUS Smile, smile and look pretty Smile, smile, SMILE! © Rashmi 2017
Blue Aerogram by Rashmi
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Blue Aerogram by Rashmi

#singersongwriter #globalmusic #femalefronted #songstory Music and Lyrics by Rashmi Video by Finn Miller Capturing the isolation of being far away from loved ones and anticipating the arrival of letters, specifically a blue aerogram from overseas, Rashmi writes a song about her mom's early experience living in America. "My mom was an avid letter writer and was in correspondence with many relatives in India, especially her father. She would eagerly await the postal worker's arrival and look through the mail for the 'sheet of blue' to read about family, friends, events, births, deaths, and ultimately everything she was missing so far away from home." Aerogramme by Rashmi Lyrics: You’d never know The postman has a special sound Rest and roll To each box on his way I can even tell If it’s just my letter going out Or if I’ll get A blue aerogram today Chorus: Come away Far away To that place I left behind Escape into that sheet of blue is how I stay alive Feather light Has to be to come so far Fragile and Heavy with heartache Milestones and Passings now a few weeks old Laughter and Sorrow delayed Come away Far away To that place I left behind Escape into that sheet of blue is how I stay alive Bridge: I thought we’d go back some day Then months turned to years Memories made without me grow I read them through my tears Come away Far away To that place I left behind Escape into that sheet of blue is how I stay alive Come Away Far Away Come Away

Awards and Recognition

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Akademia
  • Official New York City Artists Corp Musician
  • Queens Council of the Arts New Works Commission
  • The Puffin Foundation Grant Recipient
  • Best Folk/Singer-Songwriter Album - PUZZLE - Akademia Music Awards
  • Garland Country Music Country Awards Honorable Mention Winner
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