UKNY for August 15
Nana Adjoa (photo by Latoya van der Meeren, PR)
Amsterdam's Nana Adjoa doesn't release her debut album, Big Dreaming Ants, until September 24 on Bloomer Records, but the singles previewing it are a marvelous promise of what's to come. Adjoa studied jazz-focused electric and double bass at Conservatorium van Amsterdam, but her own music is an amalgam of multiple influences, including her own Ghanaian heritage. Earlier this summer, I played the Dutch multi-instrumentalist's "No Room" on "UKNY," and tonight at 11, another song from her very impressive first album.
Also in tonight's mix: Bristol's IDLES and Katy J. Pearson; Oxford's Glass Animals and the eclectic nonet Mandrake Handshake (which was formed at Oxford University); a chamber pop jewel from Melbourne's Thibault; and Johannesburg-based gqom superstar Moonchild Sanelly, who has also collaborated with Beyoncé (Black is King, The Lion King: The Gift) and with Damon Albarn's Africa Express collective.
That's "UKNY" on Saturday nights, 11p.m.-midnight on 90.7 and streaming online, also found in the "Weekend Archives" after broadcast.
