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Nubya Garcia with Magi Merlin
Among the vanguard of the exploding British jazz scene, London-based tenor saxophonist Nubya Garcia brings elements from her Caribbean heritage into her sophisticated au courant approach, mixing spiritual, afro-futurist jazz with hip-hop rhythms and global influences.
The product of a musical household in Camden Town, Garcia began on saxophone at 10, studying at the Royal Academy of Music and eventually receiving a summer study scholarship to Berklee in Boston before graduating with honors from London's Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.
She is a recipient of the Steve Reid InNOVAtion Award (named for the visionary drummer), and appears on five of the nine tracks on influential BBC DJ Gilles Peterson's Brownswood Recordings compilation We Out Here, a landmark chronicle of the artists making up London's emergent jazz community. Garcia released her debut EP, NUBYA's 5IVE in 2017 and the follow-up, 2018's When We Are, and regularly collaborates with Sons of Kemet tubist Theon Cross, drummers Makaya McCraven and Moses Boyd, and the collective septet NÉRIJA. She won the Jazz FM Breakthrough Act of the Year Award and the Sky Arts Breakthrough Act of the Year Award in 2018, and the Jazz FM UK Jazz Act of the Year Award in 2019.
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Nubya Garcia isn't an artist you can easily classify. Is it jazz? Sure, the London-born saxophonist, composer and bandleader grew up studying the genre under the noted pianist Nikki Yeoh at Camden Music. But it isn't until you listen to albums like 2020's Source and 2024's Odyssey that you hear broader creativity shining through: It's jazz, classical, dub, R&B and whatever else Garcia wants to convey. It all comes from a place of exploration and self-study, of wanting to do all the things across all disciplines while ignoring arbitrary boxes that don't t.
Garcia's sophomore album Odyssey, out in September 2024 via Concord Jazz, is a majestic feat on which she blends orchestral arrangements with R&B, jazz, broken beat and dub, resulting in a grand, nuanced record that feels airy and celestial without sacricing the groove. It's a deeply personal oering about her trek to falling back in love with musical composition over the past four years.
Source, her 2020 debut album, was released via Concord Jazz to massive critical acclaim, an NPR Tiny Desk (Home) Concert, a Pitchfork "Best New Music" review and a Rolling Stone "Album of the Month" mention. In a prole, The New York Times called Source "a sweeping set of jazz with Afro-Caribbean inuences that funnels a life's worth of experiences into an hourlong listen." Also upon release, the album entered the UK charts in the Top 30, and she was just one of three artists selected to perform live at Glastonbury's 2020 Experience, which aired on the BBC to thousands of viewers. Source was also nominated for the Mercury Prize, a prestigious award given to the best albums from the UK or Ireland.
In 2022, Garcia toured the US in support of Khruangbin, performing in sold-out venues including Radio City Music Hall in New York, the Ryman in Nashville and the Met in Philadelphia. She then headlined her own tour in the UK and US, performing at various festivals including Glastonbury, Love Supreme, Pickathon and Newport Jazz.
Garcia continues to tour worldwide while also collaborating with major brands like Lululemon, Paul Smith, Labrum, Nicholas Daley and Burberry. She was one of three creatives selected for Fossil's "Moment In Time" campaign, which was published globally in VOGUE, GQ, and GLAMOUR magazines. Elsewhere, Garcia has been featured in numerous print publications, including Mojo, Vogue and Ebony.
As a composer, Garcia's original music has been placed with Apple TV (Ted Lasso); OWN Network (Cherish The Day); FX TV (Atlanta); EPIC GAMES (Fortnite); and on multiple podcasts (including the theme tune for Anika Noni Rose's Clio award-winning podcast Being Seen).
It would not be entirely accurate to refer to Magi Merlin as only a singer or a songwriter. Music is indeed at the core of her artistry, but her world expands beyond the medium. It is one that is equally visual as it is auditory, one that is continuously shaped through collaborations with producers such as Funkywhat, designers, photographers, video directors and even film directors: Magi Merlin recently made her acting debut with a role in the movie "Mile End Kicks" from writer-director Chandler Levack ("I Like Movies").
In the fall, Magi Merlin returned with the double single Bip / 9volt: two complementary, cathartic songs. One is docile, clever, and a bit sad as it goes on about acquiring confidence in coping with womanhood. The other is fierce and is meant to give you the energy to make the difference in a world that definitely needs it. They represent two sides of the same coin, share the same BPM, and are a great reflection of Magi's artistic versatility.
Bip / 9volt provides a glimpse of what's to come from Magi Merlin in the next year or so, after having spent the last two years in the studio exploring and refining her craft.
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Nubya Garcia with Magi Merlin
Among the vanguard of the exploding British jazz scene, London-based tenor saxophonist Nubya Garcia brings elements from her Caribbean heritage into her sophisticated au courant approach, mixing spiritual, afro-futurist jazz with hip-hop rhythms and global influences.
The product of a musical household in Camden Town, Garcia began on saxophone at 10, studying at the Royal Academy of Music and eventually receiving a summer study scholarship to Berklee in Boston before graduating with honors from London's Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.
She is a recipient of the Steve Reid InNOVAtion Award (named for the visionary drummer), and appears on five of the nine tracks on influential BBC DJ Gilles Peterson's Brownswood Recordings compilation We Out Here, a landmark chronicle of the artists making up London's emergent jazz community. Garcia released her debut EP, NUBYA's 5IVE in 2017 and the follow-up, 2018's When We Are, and regularly collaborates with Sons of Kemet tubist Theon Cross, drummers Makaya McCraven and Moses Boyd, and the collective septet NÉRIJA. She won the Jazz FM Breakthrough Act of the Year Award and the Sky Arts Breakthrough Act of the Year Award in 2018, and the Jazz FM UK Jazz Act of the Year Award in 2019.
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Nubya Garcia isn't an artist you can easily classify. Is it jazz? Sure, the London-born saxophonist, composer and bandleader grew up studying the genre under the noted pianist Nikki Yeoh at Camden Music. But it isn't until you listen to albums like 2020's Source and 2024's Odyssey that you hear broader creativity shining through: It's jazz, classical, dub, R&B and whatever else Garcia wants to convey. It all comes from a place of exploration and self-study, of wanting to do all the things across all disciplines while ignoring arbitrary boxes that don't t.
Garcia's sophomore album Odyssey, out in September 2024 via Concord Jazz, is a majestic feat on which she blends orchestral arrangements with R&B, jazz, broken beat and dub, resulting in a grand, nuanced record that feels airy and celestial without sacricing the groove. It's a deeply personal oering about her trek to falling back in love with musical composition over the past four years.
Source, her 2020 debut album, was released via Concord Jazz to massive critical acclaim, an NPR Tiny Desk (Home) Concert, a Pitchfork "Best New Music" review and a Rolling Stone "Album of the Month" mention. In a prole, The New York Times called Source "a sweeping set of jazz with Afro-Caribbean inuences that funnels a life's worth of experiences into an hourlong listen." Also upon release, the album entered the UK charts in the Top 30, and she was just one of three artists selected to perform live at Glastonbury's 2020 Experience, which aired on the BBC to thousands of viewers. Source was also nominated for the Mercury Prize, a prestigious award given to the best albums from the UK or Ireland.
In 2022, Garcia toured the US in support of Khruangbin, performing in sold-out venues including Radio City Music Hall in New York, the Ryman in Nashville and the Met in Philadelphia. She then headlined her own tour in the UK and US, performing at various festivals including Glastonbury, Love Supreme, Pickathon and Newport Jazz.
Garcia continues to tour worldwide while also collaborating with major brands like Lululemon, Paul Smith, Labrum, Nicholas Daley and Burberry. She was one of three creatives selected for Fossil's "Moment In Time" campaign, which was published globally in VOGUE, GQ, and GLAMOUR magazines. Elsewhere, Garcia has been featured in numerous print publications, including Mojo, Vogue and Ebony.
As a composer, Garcia's original music has been placed with Apple TV (Ted Lasso); OWN Network (Cherish The Day); FX TV (Atlanta); EPIC GAMES (Fortnite); and on multiple podcasts (including the theme tune for Anika Noni Rose's Clio award-winning podcast Being Seen).
It would not be entirely accurate to refer to Magi Merlin as only a singer or a songwriter. Music is indeed at the core of her artistry, but her world expands beyond the medium. It is one that is equally visual as it is auditory, one that is continuously shaped through collaborations with producers such as Funkywhat, designers, photographers, video directors and even film directors: Magi Merlin recently made her acting debut with a role in the movie "Mile End Kicks" from writer-director Chandler Levack ("I Like Movies").
In the fall, Magi Merlin returned with the double single Bip / 9volt: two complementary, cathartic songs. One is docile, clever, and a bit sad as it goes on about acquiring confidence in coping with womanhood. The other is fierce and is meant to give you the energy to make the difference in a world that definitely needs it. They represent two sides of the same coin, share the same BPM, and are a great reflection of Magi's artistic versatility.
Bip / 9volt provides a glimpse of what's to come from Magi Merlin in the next year or so, after having spent the last two years in the studio exploring and refining her craft.
(((folkYEAH!))) & KALW 91.7FM present...
Nubya Garcia with Magi Merlin
Among the vanguard of the exploding British jazz scene, London-based tenor saxophonist Nubya Garcia brings elements from her Caribbean heritage into her sophisticated au courant approach, mixing spiritual, afro-futurist jazz with hip-hop rhythms and global influences.
The product of a musical household in Camden Town, Garcia began on saxophone at 10, studying at the Royal Academy of Music and eventually receiving a summer study scholarship to Berklee in Boston before graduating with honors from London's Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.
She is a recipient of the Steve Reid InNOVAtion Award (named for the visionary drummer), and appears on five of the nine tracks on influential BBC DJ Gilles Peterson's Brownswood Recordings compilation We Out Here, a landmark chronicle of the artists making up London's emergent jazz community. Garcia released her debut EP, NUBYA's 5IVE in 2017 and the follow-up, 2018's When We Are, and regularly collaborates with Sons of Kemet tubist Theon Cross, drummers Makaya McCraven and Moses Boyd, and the collective septet NÉRIJA. She won the Jazz FM Breakthrough Act of the Year Award and the Sky Arts Breakthrough Act of the Year Award in 2018, and the Jazz FM UK Jazz Act of the Year Award in 2019.
~~~
Nubya Garcia isn't an artist you can easily classify. Is it jazz? Sure, the London-born saxophonist, composer and bandleader grew up studying the genre under the noted pianist Nikki Yeoh at Camden Music. But it isn't until you listen to albums like 2020's Source and 2024's Odyssey that you hear broader creativity shining through: It's jazz, classical, dub, R&B and whatever else Garcia wants to convey. It all comes from a place of exploration and self-study, of wanting to do all the things across all disciplines while ignoring arbitrary boxes that don't t.
Garcia's sophomore album Odyssey, out in September 2024 via Concord Jazz, is a majestic feat on which she blends orchestral arrangements with R&B, jazz, broken beat and dub, resulting in a grand, nuanced record that feels airy and celestial without sacricing the groove. It's a deeply personal oering about her trek to falling back in love with musical composition over the past four years.
Source, her 2020 debut album, was released via Concord Jazz to massive critical acclaim, an NPR Tiny Desk (Home) Concert, a Pitchfork "Best New Music" review and a Rolling Stone "Album of the Month" mention. In a prole, The New York Times called Source "a sweeping set of jazz with Afro-Caribbean inuences that funnels a life's worth of experiences into an hourlong listen." Also upon release, the album entered the UK charts in the Top 30, and she was just one of three artists selected to perform live at Glastonbury's 2020 Experience, which aired on the BBC to thousands of viewers. Source was also nominated for the Mercury Prize, a prestigious award given to the best albums from the UK or Ireland.
In 2022, Garcia toured the US in support of Khruangbin, performing in sold-out venues including Radio City Music Hall in New York, the Ryman in Nashville and the Met in Philadelphia. She then headlined her own tour in the UK and US, performing at various festivals including Glastonbury, Love Supreme, Pickathon and Newport Jazz.
Garcia continues to tour worldwide while also collaborating with major brands like Lululemon, Paul Smith, Labrum, Nicholas Daley and Burberry. She was one of three creatives selected for Fossil's "Moment In Time" campaign, which was published globally in VOGUE, GQ, and GLAMOUR magazines. Elsewhere, Garcia has been featured in numerous print publications, including Mojo, Vogue and Ebony.
As a composer, Garcia's original music has been placed with Apple TV (Ted Lasso); OWN Network (Cherish The Day); FX TV (Atlanta); EPIC GAMES (Fortnite); and on multiple podcasts (including the theme tune for Anika Noni Rose's Clio award-winning podcast Being Seen).
It would not be entirely accurate to refer to Magi Merlin as only a singer or a songwriter. Music is indeed at the core of her artistry, but her world expands beyond the medium. It is one that is equally visual as it is auditory, one that is continuously shaped through collaborations with producers such as Funkywhat, designers, photographers, video directors and even film directors: Magi Merlin recently made her acting debut with a role in the movie "Mile End Kicks" from writer-director Chandler Levack ("I Like Movies").
In the fall, Magi Merlin returned with the double single Bip / 9volt: two complementary, cathartic songs. One is docile, clever, and a bit sad as it goes on about acquiring confidence in coping with womanhood. The other is fierce and is meant to give you the energy to make the difference in a world that definitely needs it. They represent two sides of the same coin, share the same BPM, and are a great reflection of Magi's artistic versatility.
Bip / 9volt provides a glimpse of what's to come from Magi Merlin in the next year or so, after having spent the last two years in the studio exploring and refining her craft.
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Nubya Garcia with Magi Merlin
Among the vanguard of the exploding British jazz scene, London-based tenor saxophonist Nubya Garcia brings elements from her Caribbean heritage into her sophisticated au courant approach, mixing spiritual, afro-futurist jazz with hip-hop rhythms and global influences.
The product of a musical household in Camden Town, Garcia began on saxophone at 10, studying at the Royal Academy of Music and eventually receiving a summer study scholarship to Berklee in Boston before graduating with honors from London's Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.
She is a recipient of the Steve Reid InNOVAtion Award (named for the visionary drummer), and appears on five of the nine tracks on influential BBC DJ Gilles Peterson's Brownswood Recordings compilation We Out Here, a landmark chronicle of the artists making up London's emergent jazz community. Garcia released her debut EP, NUBYA's 5IVE in 2017 and the follow-up, 2018's When We Are, and regularly collaborates with Sons of Kemet tubist Theon Cross, drummers Makaya McCraven and Moses Boyd, and the collective septet NÉRIJA. She won the Jazz FM Breakthrough Act of the Year Award and the Sky Arts Breakthrough Act of the Year Award in 2018, and the Jazz FM UK Jazz Act of the Year Award in 2019.
~~~
Nubya Garcia isn't an artist you can easily classify. Is it jazz? Sure, the London-born saxophonist, composer and bandleader grew up studying the genre under the noted pianist Nikki Yeoh at Camden Music. But it isn't until you listen to albums like 2020's Source and 2024's Odyssey that you hear broader creativity shining through: It's jazz, classical, dub, R&B and whatever else Garcia wants to convey. It all comes from a place of exploration and self-study, of wanting to do all the things across all disciplines while ignoring arbitrary boxes that don't t.
Garcia's sophomore album Odyssey, out in September 2024 via Concord Jazz, is a majestic feat on which she blends orchestral arrangements with R&B, jazz, broken beat and dub, resulting in a grand, nuanced record that feels airy and celestial without sacricing the groove. It's a deeply personal oering about her trek to falling back in love with musical composition over the past four years.
Source, her 2020 debut album, was released via Concord Jazz to massive critical acclaim, an NPR Tiny Desk (Home) Concert, a Pitchfork "Best New Music" review and a Rolling Stone "Album of the Month" mention. In a prole, The New York Times called Source "a sweeping set of jazz with Afro-Caribbean inuences that funnels a life's worth of experiences into an hourlong listen." Also upon release, the album entered the UK charts in the Top 30, and she was just one of three artists selected to perform live at Glastonbury's 2020 Experience, which aired on the BBC to thousands of viewers. Source was also nominated for the Mercury Prize, a prestigious award given to the best albums from the UK or Ireland.
In 2022, Garcia toured the US in support of Khruangbin, performing in sold-out venues including Radio City Music Hall in New York, the Ryman in Nashville and the Met in Philadelphia. She then headlined her own tour in the UK and US, performing at various festivals including Glastonbury, Love Supreme, Pickathon and Newport Jazz.
Garcia continues to tour worldwide while also collaborating with major brands like Lululemon, Paul Smith, Labrum, Nicholas Daley and Burberry. She was one of three creatives selected for Fossil's "Moment In Time" campaign, which was published globally in VOGUE, GQ, and GLAMOUR magazines. Elsewhere, Garcia has been featured in numerous print publications, including Mojo, Vogue and Ebony.
As a composer, Garcia's original music has been placed with Apple TV (Ted Lasso); OWN Network (Cherish The Day); FX TV (Atlanta); EPIC GAMES (Fortnite); and on multiple podcasts (including the theme tune for Anika Noni Rose's Clio award-winning podcast Being Seen).
It would not be entirely accurate to refer to Magi Merlin as only a singer or a songwriter. Music is indeed at the core of her artistry, but her world expands beyond the medium. It is one that is equally visual as it is auditory, one that is continuously shaped through collaborations with producers such as Funkywhat, designers, photographers, video directors and even film directors: Magi Merlin recently made her acting debut with a role in the movie "Mile End Kicks" from writer-director Chandler Levack ("I Like Movies").
In the fall, Magi Merlin returned with the double single Bip / 9volt: two complementary, cathartic songs. One is docile, clever, and a bit sad as it goes on about acquiring confidence in coping with womanhood. The other is fierce and is meant to give you the energy to make the difference in a world that definitely needs it. They represent two sides of the same coin, share the same BPM, and are a great reflection of Magi's artistic versatility.
Bip / 9volt provides a glimpse of what's to come from Magi Merlin in the next year or so, after having spent the last two years in the studio exploring and refining her craft.
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