Ancestry explores dual-heritage identity and the reality of this experience as she delves into her own family history through deeply well-crafted lyricism.

We begin with ‘Child in me’, a gentle yet hard-hitting piano piece that sets the scene for the album – the atmosphere continued by the more textured ‘Worthy’. A driven, jazzier piece that builds vocals on vocals until it all comes together in a powerful chorus –underpinned with delicate strings.

Patterns intensify with ‘Little Songbird’, where even catchier vocal and bass hooks place the song firmly into your brain for the new week (speaking from personal experience.)  All of it coming to head with the best example of a modern sax solo you’ve heard in a long time.

The fifth track, ‘Shades of Yellow’ cuts in with a spoken word section that pierces the atmosphere with meticulous poetry – ‘’there’s a vastness in between our pages, and a rage that’s contagious when we speak’’. The depth of their meaning in relation to the themes of identity are clear and ever present. Like the later track ‘Bloodline’, only this is swept up by a funk influenced bassline, washed over with the familiar string section into the final tracks. These are still forged from blisteringly hard-hitting spoken word pieces, namely the final track ‘Legacy’ which becomes a hypnotic fusion of piano and choral poetry.

An incredibly infectious jazz/soul album, whose nuanced exploration of social identity elevates it to a whole new level that would be a huge achievement for any artist.

‘’We can do better than what history could find. You told me a story, well now I’m speaking mine.’’ – (Track #5 – Shades of Yellow)