Self-Released, 2018

7/10

Listen to Beyond Our Dreams

An Indian born, Michigan raised and now Atlanta resident, Anita Aysola finds a very interesting sound by injecting Western classical and jazz with Hindustani classical ideas.

Effectively bringing her Indian heritage and American upbringing together, “America” lead the quick listen off with Indian influences and Western acoustic prowess, and “Long Way Home” follows with a calm, strong melody and dense beat. “Beyond Our Dreams” finds a place to reside between jazz and blues, while being the track that most points towards her Indian roots, and the soulful, emotional “Tourist In Every Town” puts an exclamation point on that with a stunning ballad.

Although this might be lumped into jazz fusion, there’a also folk and Americana, and, in the case of “Bet On Us”, blues mixed in with the very cultured, unique EP that is sung in both English and Hindi.

Travels well with: Anoushka Shankar- Rise; Norah Jones- Not Too Late