New Singer Tara Priya Wins Billboard Song Contest with Retro-Soul Flavored Single, “Rollin'”

Tara Priya, a
singer/songwriter in the style of retro-soul, has been named a winner
in the 18th Annual Billboard Song Contest for her original R&B song
“Rollin'”. Inspired by The Temptations and Aretha Franklin, this upbeat
track features a fresh-voiced Tara singing her troubles away with a
little sass and growl.

The great-niece of the famed Middle
Eastern poet, Sohrab Sepehri, art is in Tara’s blood. Piano and poetry
began at 4, drums at 9; opera training commenced at 11, jazz voice added
in high school. After winning two prestigious writing scholarships,
Tara switched coasts to attend Columbia University, where she quickly
settled down in NYC’s performance circuit.

Anxious to focus
solely on music but reluctant to drop out like her Columbia inspirations
(Alicia Keys, Lauryn Hill), Tara sped through school and graduated
magna cum laude in 2.5 years with her BA in Economics. She returned to
California to write and record her November 2010 eponymous EP and
currently performs in Los Angeles, her native San Francisco, and NYC.

–Winner of the 18th Annual Billboard Song Contest, 03/2011
–Winner of the Great American Song Contest, 03/2011
–#8, “Best Emerging Artists of 2010”, The Deli Magazine, 02/2011
–Top 25 finalist, Music City Songwriting Contest, 12/2010
–1 of 3 “Pop” finalists, John Lennon Songwriting Contest, 09/2010