Melodies of love and loss

Ahead of her performance in Mumbai, songwriter-singer Priyanka Nath opens up about love, loss, and music

- Verus Ferreira

Hyderabad based Assamese pop singer and songwriter, Priyanka Nath, has come a long way in pursuing a career in music. Tonight when she performs with her band at the Home Grown festival, Nath is all set to swoon you with her vocal artistry and narrative style of storytelling bordering on heartbreaks, loneliness and relationships. She fuses this with music that crosses over from acoustic notes to rock, disco and the darker edges of pop. In 2024, this 27 year old singer debuted her Telugu song Raava Raava alongside Indie artist and playback singer Vedala Hemachandra. Besides that, she has been a support act for Raghav Meattle, Lucky Ali, Aswekeepsearching, Ankur Tewari and the Ghalat Family as well.

Excerpts from the interview:

You’re performing at Homegrown at the NCPA today. What can audiences expect from your set — sonically and emotionally?

My audience can expect rawness from me. As I will step on stage, I would have dropped all my guards and they would see me for who I really am and know my stories a bit better. Sonically, they can expect a wide variety of music ranging from simple acoustic to RnB to heavy rock. I've got my bandmates to thank for introducing me to the possibility of new sounds for my music for my live performances. We've got Baidurjya Banerjee on guitars, Akshay Athreya on drums, Christopher Francis on keys and Sunny Anantarapu on bass.

Your live shows move seamlessly between intimate acoustic moments and high-energy performances.