Sharada Shashidhar is a Los Angeles based vocalist, composer & producer. Her soulful voice takes inspiration from jazz and Indian classical music, which influences her songwriting and productions. Shashidhar’s elaborate harmonies and vocal creativity come together in a new beat-orientated spiritual jazz. Sharada has performed across the US and EU in spaces such as Le Guess Who? Festival, Badehaus Berlin, Public Records, Solar Myth, Zebulon and more. She has shared bills or collaborated with the likes of Nightmares on Wax, Carlos Niño, Pan Afrikan People’s Arkestra, and Zeroh among others. Sharada graduated from the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in NYC and released her debut EP, Rahu (Leaving Records) in March of 2020. Her 2024, Soft Echoes (Leaving Records) was named in the Top 10 Jazz Albums of the year by Gilles Peterson and Worldwide.FM. She also performs with frequent collaborator, Caleb Buchanan, under the moniker, Two Point. Her forthcoming album, A Foot on the Ground, is due out via Colorfield Records in Spring 2026. 

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