Vidya Vox’s new EP | In her mother’s voice

Longtime listeners of singer/songwriter Vidya Vox, aka Vidya Iyer, will notice a key difference between her new EP Sundari and her previous mini albums, Kuthu Fire (2017) and Mad Dreams (2019). The new effort is primarily in Tamil whereas the earlier sets were mostly in English. She attributes the shift to the inspiration behind Sundari. “I wanted to specifically make it in Tamil because the EP was inspired by my mom and the journey I’ve seen her go through,” says Vidya. “Tamil is my mother tongue and I felt like [her story] was best articulated in that language.”