Rhythm Cafe MKE
*aya - Meet the Artist
Season 2024 Episode 13 | 2m 56sVideo has Closed Captions
Dive into the soulful sounds of Milwaukee's very own Palestinian powerhouse, *aya.
Introducing *aya! Dive into the soulful sounds of Milwaukee's very own Palestinian powerhouse, *aya. At just 21 years old, this singer/songwriter breaks boundaries and defies genres with ease.
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Rhythm Cafe MKE is a local public television program presented by MILWAUKEE PBS
Rhythm Cafe MKE
*aya - Meet the Artist
Season 2024 Episode 13 | 2m 56sVideo has Closed Captions
Introducing *aya! Dive into the soulful sounds of Milwaukee's very own Palestinian powerhouse, *aya. At just 21 years old, this singer/songwriter breaks boundaries and defies genres with ease.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipI am from Milwaukee born and raised I started music kind of in choir throughout high school and middle school I was a heavy choir kid like in like three four choirs at a time I've always loved loved like soulful music I've Loved Indie music and neo soul is like something I've always fell in love with alternative Indie [Music] R&B your words scraped into the pavement of my mind sometimes I feel like I never do this right I really loved like singing Jazzy things like Amy win housee is still one of my favorite artists to this day Ella Fitzgerald Eda James like just the super sultry Soulful but Jazzy kind of voices I just know that I have like Jazzy licks within my voice so just kind of expressing the jazziness but still like giving like a modern feel to it sometimes I don't know if I should just be all alone if I'd be happy now wishing that you'd call my I wish I could trust myself I just want them to feel the vulnerable side that I was feeling like as I was writing them a lot of my songs talk about growth I'm only 21 so a lot of my music is just about like you know trying to find my way navigate the world as like a fresh adult whether it's matters of like love overall like introspection you name it I'm just trying to get my emotions out there so I just really want them to feel what I'm feeling with the words that I write oh B maybe what we have is not good for me I want to try for so keep progressing I really love expressing myself through music and writing music and just it's really my outlet where I just get my emotions out there I just really miss performing so it was really just me trying to get my music out there and get people listening to it and just be on stage again that's what I really miss alone isolated all the words I left unstated body language untranslated spiral of my own making I just want to stop this aching just so damn hard on myself can't get out of my mind
Rhythm Cafe MKE is a local public television program presented by MILWAUKEE PBS