Nikhil D`Souza- The voice that tugs at heartstrings
Updated on: 28 December, 2022 02:26 PM IST | Priyak Dhar
Nikhil D Souza is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist from Mumbai, India, currently signed to Warner Music UK’s East West Records. He made his debut as a singer in Rajshree Ojha’s film Aisha (2010), playing back his hit single “sham”. He was also featured on MTV’s Coke Studio Season 3 (2013) with Hitesh Sonik and Pandit Sanjeev Abhyankar He Sings Moh. In 2020, D’Souza, along with Dhvani Bhanushali, won the Listener’s Choice Award for the Independent Music category for Vaaste, released in 2019. Nikhil has always tried to maintain a balance between his Bollywood songs and indie music. He sings in multiple languages with ease.
Nikhil was born on November 21, 1981 in Mumbai and studied Geology at St. Xavier’s College before returning to his musical roots after meeting a friend. Nikhil’s genre and musical style can be loosely defined as electric acoustic guitar-based pop. His songs use alternative tuning (favored by artists such as Nick Drake and Jeff Buckley) and thus have a full melodic quality. Nikhil’s main musical influences are Sting and Jeff Buckley. He was the winner of the South Asia Soloist at his SUTASI ’09.
Recently Nikhil collaborated with Pune based band Easy Wanderlings` song Sunflower.
