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Monday was Windrush Day (22nd June 2020) and I was honoured to celebrate my Grandparents and all the Windrush heroes by being featured in 'The Windrush Suite', a very special new piece composed by bassist/composer Renell Shaw in association with the Vortex Jazz Club and PRS Foundation. Enjoy! x [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHkLvRbPLZM[/embed] ...
When Iām not busy serenading you š I spend some of my time composing classical music and āFairtrade?ā is the title of one of my first compositions for orchestra. It was commissioned by the wonderful London Symphony Orchestra at Barbican Centre (LSO) and is my response to the mistreatment of workers in the many sweatshops fuelling the fashion industry. Iām over the moon to share that āFairtrade?ā has been recorded by the LSO and...
Really loved collaborating with such amazing composers (Alex Baranowski, Olly Shelton, Chris Green, Shervin Shaeri, Manu Delago, Anil Sebastian & Anna Phoebe) on a very special Lockdown Vol. 2 composer collaboration. Each day a composer adds to a piece of music that travels during this period of lockdown. See the video below to listen to the whole thing and massive thanks to Elizabeth Alker for premiering it last night on BBC Radio...
So excited to be invited by my dream venue (the Royal Albert Hall) to do my first ever livestream from my home via their site during the Corona Virus Lockdown season. See the video below to check it out and enjoy my Spotify playlist too :-) Let me know which song is your favourite...
Gosh, I am on a roll this January! Today is the release of the first official single from the album (Road Runner) - Crossroads! Whoop whoop! We had so much fun making the video with all our friends, you check it out HERE and let me know what you think. Enjoy! AY xx ...
Last year, Anoushka and I co-wrote a beautiful song (Those Words) and I was so overjoyed to hear that she wanted to release it on her latest Love Letters EP. Here's what she had to say about it: Speaking of 'Those Words', Anoushka says, āIt all started with Jamaican food. Ayanna came over with an open heart, asecret recipe and the seed of a new melody. She played me her cello idea and...
What an honour to share the BBC Proms Extra Sofa with host Katie Derham,Ā violinist Joshua Bell, ahead of his Prom performance, soprano Nadine Benjamin and moi! Replay here - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bfq6vm to hear our take on everything from Brahms to New York disco....