Shilpa Ray: Performing Artist in New York

About Shilpa Ray

Shilpa Ray is a Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter whose work sits between DIY punk, anti-folk, and experimental rock. She often builds songs around an Indian harmonium, using it as both drone and rhythm bed under a blues-rock vocal that can swing from harsh metal inflections to restrained, Cohen-like ballads. In New York City she’s a familiar presence on bills with artists like LaBerta, Sides to the Impala, and DNT, including shows at TV Eye. Her performances favor directness over spectacle, letting voice and instrumentation carry the tension.