Laura Mvula was born in 1986 in the suburbs of Birmingham. Her mother is from Saint Kitts, and her father is Jamaican. It was her father who introduced her to jazz and soul at a young age. She started playing the piano at 8 and the violin at 10. After graduating from the Birmingham Conservatoire in composition, she wrote her first lyrics and recorded a demo that caught the attention of British manager and producer Kwame Kwaten (a member of the group D-Influence, who produced for Jay-Z and Mick Jagger, and opened for Michael Jackson). He encouraged her to release her first two albums, "Sing to the Moon" (2013) and "The Dreaming Room" (2016). Both projects received multiple nominations, including the Mercury Prize, the BRITS, the Ivor Novello Awards, and the MOBO Awards, and entered the top charts in a dozen countries (including France). After more than three years of absence, Laura Mvula is making her big return on July 2 with a new album, "Pink Noise."
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