Carnatic violinist Shreya Devnath releases new Tamil indie single, ‘Kaatre’
The Hindu
‘Kaatre’, an independent Tamil single by Carnatic violinist Shreya Devnath tells the simple story of a little girl and her love for Nature
A little girl speaks freely with the wind, flows gently with the river, has conversations with birds and wonders if clouds are changing shapes for her. She discovers Nature at its purest form.
‘Kaatre’, the recently-released independent single by Chennai-based Carnatic violinist Shreya Devnath tells the simple story of a little girl who discovers the joys of interacting with Nature. Almost two-and-a-half minutes long, this Tamil track, sung and composed by Shreya, ebbs and flows gently.
A performing Carnatic violinist, Shreya has always been recording small songs that ended up on her phone and were never produced. “The pace of life was very different before the pandemic.

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