keiyaA
Friday
Curated by Lonnie Holley
Singer-songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist keiyaA synthesizes her jazz training, R&B sensibilities, and hip-hop upbringing to create new soul sounds inundated with her powerful, sultry voice and dense lyricism. The nu-soul landscape soundtracks stories of loneliness and self-empowerment, as the author centres the perspective and intellect of the Black woman in the late-stage capitalist world. keiyaA’s soulful and subdued vocal melodies flow over homespun productions: grainy samples and lo-fi beats meet vibrant, dissonant electronic textures. Her deeply personal style doesn’t hold back, outlining grimy metropolitan atmospheres that are emotionally resonant and alive.
