Folkestone Harbour Arm
Harbour Approach Rd
Folkestone
Kent, CT20 1QQ
Tickets: Free!
Doors: 1:00 pm
Call: 01227459243
Zambian-Scottish singer and songwriter Namvula has been described as “a true original” by the Guardian.
Her debut album Shiwezwa was released in 2014 to critical acclaim, and was selected as one of the top 100 albums of 2014 by The Sunday Times. The album release was followed by numerous radio and TV appearances, including the BBC’s Focus on Africa (TV and Radio), Jazz FM, BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour, BBC Radio 3’s World on 3, and Zambian national TV and Radio, as well as repeat airplay on various stations including Late Junction and World Routes.
This was followed on by her sophomore album, Quiet Revolutions, released in 2017 to equal critical excitement. A concept album, it delves into aspects of femalehood, tracing an arc of stories from ancestry through girlhood and adulthood, into death.
Namvula has been named as one of 13 voices for the future of African music by Rede Angola alongside artists including Fatoumata Diawara, Jupiter & Okwess International and Sidiki Diabaté, and has been harkened to the likes of Cape Verdean diva Maya Andrade.
Namvula travels as a four to six piece band comprising vocals, percussion, guitar, bass, saxophone and drums. The band is based in London, England.
