About the event
AKIN SOUL - Born in Dallas, Texas, Akin Soul is a 21-year-old jazz and soul singer, multi-instrumentalist & songwriter from South East London who plays keys, guitar and trombone. Raised on a diet of Marvin Gaye, Stevie, Quincy, Lalah & Donny Hathaway, Amy & Corinne Bailey Rae... In 2018 Akin founded the 12 piece band - Akin Soul & The Soul Tribe who have gone on to perform across London at Glastonbury, We Out Here Festival, Brainchild Festival, Love Supreme, All Point's East, Brainchild, Great Escape…Akin has blessed the mic at McNasty's Fireball Sessions & Belmont Villa and is currently on tour with an Erykah Badu Tribute band who made their Sold out Debut at Jazz Cafe. Akin is playing his Debut show in New York City this December...
NAYANA AB - Nayana AB, comes from a Trinidadian family who have a great respect for music, from Soca to classical, soul and beyond. Having studied music performance and the intricacies of creating new and exciting sounds, Nayana is championing her own soulful strain of jazz fused R&B.
Highlights in 2023 include winning the Dr Martens Made Strong competition in the UK, landing herself a headline show alongside Ezra Collective in the process, playing The Great Escape, We Out Here and GALA Festival. Other memorable moments came from hosting Orii Jam, Steamdown and UD's Open Mic. Furthermore, as a performer, Nayana.AB, alongside UD's Flames Collective, delivered backing vocals for Jake Bugg's Liverpool Olympia show and Raye's Royal Albert Hall and Glastonbury shows respectively.
LIZMNK - East London multi-disciplinary artist Liz Muntunkaye, also known as Lizmnk, began creating art when she was a young girl. This journey has lead her through visual arts to spoken word and music - and while having Congolese roots meant she has built a naturally free-spirited approach to manifesting art. As a result of this, you can hear various elements of worldly genres like soul, funk, African and jazz music when listening to her music.
After years of producing her original tracks on Garageband, Liz now produces her sound with the help of her 8-piece band, and is expected to release her anticipated project with the band in 2024. The band features all talented musicians from London and Brighton.
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