Reeya Banerjee: Indie-Rock Songstress
Accolades & Press
Reeya's songwriting is rooted in creative nonfiction, weaving threads of memory, loss, and healing into deeply narrative music.
Recognition: Pushcart Prize nominee.
Literary Work: Staff Writer at Story Screen, where she explores media and pop culture through the lens of personal narrative, with additional work featured on CurtCo Media’s A Moment of Your Time podcast, Peauxdunque Review, and Fatal Flaw Literary Magazine.
Digital Reach: The music video for "Upstate Rust" has exceeded 500,000 views, and her music has garnered a host of streaming playlist placements.
For booking inquiries, please contact: rebanerjee@gmail.com
Pushcart Prize nominee and masterful storyteller, Reeya Banerjee is an indie-rock force whose live show is built on high energy, catharsis, and a deep connection with the audience. Her music video for "Upstate Rust" has crossed half a million views and is still climbing, proving her significant audience reach.
The Live Experience
With a background in playwriting and film, Reeya's performances are more than just a set—they are immersive experiences built for the stage. Her music channels the anthemic power of Peter Gabriel, Bruce Springsteen, and U2, infused with the raw, emotional power of Fiona Apple and Alanis Morissette. She and her full band, the Merseyside Darby, deliver a sound that blends driving hooks and swelling arrangements with the lyrical heft of literary-minded artists.
Current Focus: Supporting her upcoming album, This Place, which features sharp lyrical introspection blended with '90s power pop and post-grunge dynamics.
The Band: Available as a powerful full-band setup (The Merseyside Darby, featuring bass, drums, and guitar) or for more intimate duo or trio acoustic sets (Reeya with one or two guitarists).
Repertoire: Extensive original material across two LPs (This Place and The Way Up) and two standalone singles released between albums, with a proven ability to fill a setlist and engage a diverse crowd. Reeya has performed sold-out album release shows for both her first and second records in Beacon, NY, demonstrating her reliable draw in the Tri-State area
“... as if Carole King came of age in the post-grunge era.”
– IndieShark
"I’ve been following Reeya for years. She’s got a fresh take on things — never approaching a song straight on. Always from the side, or underneath, or out of left field. Keep an eye on this one; she’s always got something up her sleeve!"
— Ken Fox, The Fleshtones
PRESS
"Across nine tracks, Banerjee transforms her lived experiences into soundscapes of heartache, self-reflection and healing, proving herself as a songwriter who doesn’t merely tell stories, but who really inhabits them."
—Vocal.media
“Her vocal tone is striking—solid, expressive, and anchored in a rock tradition that feels closer to the unpolished sincerity of the past than the glossy voices of today. It gives her music a timeless quality.”
— Edgar Allan Poets
“A work for those who still believe that independent rock can carry both literary weight and melodic power, proving that the most personal stories are, in the end, the most universal.”
— Radio Armazem
“To be able to do all that, write songs that already balance the fresh and familiar in a way that makes them already sound like classics, to give so much of yourself to them, be this honest, open, vulnerable and still come up with nine songs that are all strong and compelling enough be released as singles in their own right, speaks volumes about this fabulous artist.”
— The Big Takeover
“Reeya Banerjee has made the kind of album that asks you not just to listen, but to reflect on your own ‘places’—the ones you’ve lived, the ones you’ve left, the ones that live inside you whether you like it or not. It’s her most ambitious, cohesive work yet, and it cements her not just as a singer-songwriter, but as a chronicler of life’s thresholds.”
— Odyssey Magazine
