Press, Reviews, News About Ramya Thiyagarajan / Mukura

PRESS & REVIEWS

“Onward and Backward” EP (2020)

Indie Boulevard
“This EP is a treasure, a black pearl…Mukura has brilliantly solved this complex task in blending classical Indian musical nuances and expression, her own original developments, and electropop.”

“the emotional register remains controlled: sadness appears, but never to the point of flooding the listener with ceaseless lamentation. What emerges instead is a kind of precision, a deliberate balancing act that grants the record its own clarity.”
Read Review → | August 28, 2025

Sleeping Bag Studios
“Mukura is MEMORABLE…she’s a musical shapeshifter…an original through & through, and the world needs a whole lot more of those these days.”
Read Review → | August 12, 2025

“As Long as There is Time” (Opening Track from Onward and Backward)

Queen City Sounds and Art
“Though the song has the luminous melodies of a dream pop song, its structure is decidedly unconventional to reflect the way one’s mind can shift gears and moods spontaneously.”
Read Review → | April 8, 2020