When she was younger, her musical influences ranged from Stevie Wonder, Lauryn Hill and A.R Rahman. This includes Tamil folk, R&B, hip-hop and other sounds that don’t even really fit into a genre." "'Raguwavy' is all about the fusion of the different influences me and Japhna grew up with. Priya Ragu's sound is so distinct and unique that it has developed an entire genre of its own and it's called 'raguwavy'. It’s taken a while to put it out there so it’s almost extra special," Priya enthuses. "It is incredibly fulfilling to get my first project out into the world and to see everyone reacting to it in such a positive way. Touch device users, explore by touch or with swipe gestures. After releasing two 'head' records during 1970-71, Stevie Wonder expanded his compositional palate with 1972s Talking Book to include societal ills as well as tender love songs, and so recorded the first smash album of his career. After a year of working on it, it feels "amazing" to finally have it out for listeners to enjoy. When autocomplete results are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. Listen free to Stevie Wonder Talking Book (You Are the Sunshine of My Life, Maybe Your Baby and more). Priya's mixtape 'damnshestamil' was released earlier this month. "I’ve been a big fan of Jungle for a long, long time and so it’s a pleasure and a privilege to be able to write music with them and perform in the same sphere." "It’s a real honour to support Jungle," Priya tells us. Backstage at Manchester's Victoria Warehouse "chilling out" and waiting to do her soundcheck before she opens for Jungle later that night, Swiss-Tamil superstar-in-the-making Priya Ragu tells us about why amplifying her voice is so important.
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