Latest Release
- MAR 23, 2024
- 17 Songs
- Christine Lavin Presents - Follow That Road · 1994
- Back to What Lies Ahead - Single · 2020
- 20 Dollar Bill (For George Floyd) - Single · 2020
- Orphans of God · 1996
- Hear You Laughing · 1997
- Christmas in the Ashram · 1998
- Winds of the World · 2005
- The Silverwolf Homeless Project · 2003
- The Complete History of Love (Vol 1) · 2024
- Goodnight Regret · 2010
- 2012
- 2010
- 2007
- 2003
- 2003
Singles & EPs
About Tom Prasada-Rao
A highly-rhythmic approach to the acoustic guitar is combined with soulful vocals and well-crafted lyrics by Baltimore-based singer-songwriter Tom Prasada-Rao. A popular performer in the Washington, D.C. area since the early-1990s, Prasada-Rao has been increasingly building a much wider following. The winner of a WAMMIE (Washington area music association) award as "Best Male vocalist - folk traditional of 1994", Prasado-Rao was called, by Billboard magazine, "the most compelling presence to emerge in the singer-songwriter genre". The son of Indian parents who were living in Africa, Prasada-Rao grew up in Washington, D.C.. Studying violin at the age of seven, Prasada-Rao went on to study piano. While in high school, he switched to the guitar as a way to overcome his "shyness and make new friends". After attending college in England and India, Prasada-Rao returned to the Washington, D.C. area and played with two local bands--Mantle and Traveler's Crossroads. As a solo singer-songwriter, Prasada-Rao has continued to craft a unique sound by blending pop, R&B and world music influences. Prasada-Rao's hard work paid off in 1993 when he was a winner of the "New Folks" competition at the Kerrville Folk Festival in Texas. Together with two other winners, Tom Kimel and Michael Lille, Prasada-Rao formed a "singer-songwriter supergroup", Shepas, that has periodically toured throughout The United States. In addition to maintaining a busy career as a performer, Prasada-Rao has been involved with several politically-oriented groups including The Committee for Creative Non-Violence, Art With A Heart and The Midwest Flood Victim Relief. ~ Craig Harris
- HOMETOWN
- United States of America
- GENRE
- Singer/Songwriter