Sabrina Claudio - Based on a Feeling Tour

Sabrina Claudio is an impossibly captivating force on an album -- her lightly experimental and deeply affecting R&B is an intoxicating swirl of emotional connection, vocal seduction and all-around intimacy. Naturally, all of those qualities are intensified in a live setting, where the Miami-born singer and songwriter surrounds herself with a small band capable of creating a powerful groove. Claudio's music has occasionally been called "nü-quiet storm," referencing the moody but cool, enveloping atmosphere of her music, which plays like a mix of Sade's mellow, Maxwell's neo-soul sincerity and FKA twigs' avant tendencies swirled up with small doses of bossa nova, trip-hop, jazz and modern pop production. But Claudio herself is the primary source of slow-burning magic -- when the show strips down to just voice and guitar, the minimalism only enhances her ability to hold audiences rapt. It's no wonder she sparkles as a guest on songs by EDM producers (Chainsmokers, Kaskade) and rappers alike (A$AP Rocky, Wale), not to mention alongside seasoned smooth-talker ZAYN, formerly of One Direction, who appears on Claudio's 2019 album, Truth Is. While A-list collaborations speak to Claudio's immense talent, her artistry talks loudest, even (especially) during her hushed performances.