Half Silk Half Blade

Description

Swedish singer-songwriter based in Berlin, Nadya Albertsson, returns with her most personal work to date, Swaying, on Rebecca's Records. Blending diary-style narratives with rich and complex instrumentation, the track captures a fleeting and transformative moment of queer self-discovery. First preview of her upcoming debut album, Half Silk Half Blade, Swaying offers a moving introduction to the world Nadya has created.Finalist of the Scottish Young Jazz Musician in 2018, her music has been described as evoking Alice Coltrane, with a blend of Ella Fitzgerald, Esperanza Spalding, and Erykah Badu. Her versatile and extensive vocal palette has already been showcased on Rebecca Vasmant's Blessed and Broken Biscuits and Amanda Whiting's After Dark, projects supported by artists such as Gilles Peterson, Jamie Cullum, Jamz Supernova..