ZARA MCFARLANE
Genres: Vocal Jazz, Dub, Ska, Reggae, African Fusion, World Fusion • United Kingdom

Contemporary jazz vocalist signed to Gilles Peterson's Brownswood whose first album, released in 2011, earned a MOBO nomination. Rich-voiced vocalist, composer, and producer Zara McFarlane is a MOBO-winning artist whose progressive approach to jazz draws from soul, folk, and reggae. Crucial to Gilles Peterson's Brownswood Recordings and U.K. jazz at large, her extensive work includes four varied and exploratory studio albums issued on a triennial basis: Until Tomorrow (2011), If You Knew Her (2014), Arise (2017), and Songs of an Unknown Tongue (2020). Born to Jamaican parents in Dagenham, England, McFarlane grew up listening to reggae and R&B. At the age of 14, she made her first appearance on television when she performed a Lauryn Hill song on the program Stars in Their Eyes. She attended the BRIT School, the University of West London's Tech Music School, and the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, where she developed her love for read more...