SAMARA JOY

Samara Joy was born on November 11, 1999, in The Bronx, New York, in the United States of America. She is the daughter of Elder Goldwire and Ruth McLendon, who sang in the lauded Philadelphia group The Savettes. Samara Joy, a 23-year-old jazz singer from the Bronx, was named best new artist at the 65th Grammy Awards on Sunday night, a rare victory by an artist from a relatively specialized field in a category dominated for years by high-profile pop and hip-hop stars. Samara initially became acquainted with jazz when she enrolled as a vocal major in the Jazz department at SUNY Purchase College. Her friends introduced her to a fantastic jazz singer with whom she proceeded to perform. In 2019, she won the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition. She released her first album, “Samara Joy,” alongside producer and manager Matt Pierson in 2021. In the same year, she appeared in read more...