Weaving together a global soundscape that takes inspiration from the deep grooves of Africa, the lyrical sensibility of folk-pop, and the improvisational freedom of jazz, Namvula transports listeners into different worlds with refreshing honesty, crossing boundaries with sonic sensitivity and evocative lyricism.

Namvula pens emotive and thought-provoking songs. She sings about the beauty and ugliness of life, its creativity, its tenderness and cruelty, and the power of the stories that it holds, both simple and complex. Her music invites listeners to join her on this journey of introspection and connection. Her admiration for the strong women who populate her lineage has informed her interest in and sensitivity to broader politics including feminism, the climate emergency, and migration.

At the core, Namvula is a storyteller with an over-arching hope in our capacity as humans to touch each other’s hearts and to fill the world with a little more grace, and a little more love.

Namvula performs Chasing Shadows, her new project, a delicate and evocative exploration of memory, and the people and moments that form the tapestries of our present. Weaving together composed songs and improvisation, it explores themes of joy, tenderness, grief, nostalgia and transience.