Ancestry by Samantha Lindo

'Ancestry' uses the stories from Samantha’s family history to explore themes of dual heritage identity, inter-generational healing, climate justice and community.

Her exquisitely produced contemporary soul/rnb sound, spanning spiritual jazz, gospel and progressive folk, is also inspired by classic artists like Marvin Gaye, Carole King and Minnie Riperton as well as contemporaries such as Robert Glasper, Cleo Sol, Sault, and Jordan Rakei.

This compelling album explores the stories from Samantha’s family history, including her great, great grandfather: a black methodist minister who defiantly married a white Scottish teacher in Jamaica in 1880. It also explores the history of his son, the Conservator of forestry of the whole island, who planted and protected the trees that are now under threat from the extreme weather and flooding of the climate crisis, as well as her grandparents who came to the UK in the fifties as part of the Windrush generation.

It was produced by Doug Cave, whose music features regularly on BBC Radio 1, BBC 6 Music, Worldwide FM and has frequent rotation on Spotify's jazz/leftfield Playlists, and features some of Bristol's finest new wave jazz musicians from Snazzback, Dundundun and Cousin Kula.

It was funded by Arts Council England and the Help Musicians UK MOBO fund.

Samantha Lindo’s artistry lets you step into her shoes through storytelling, from-the-heart honesty, and poetic lyricism.

Fusing spiritual jazz, gospel, folk and spoken word, Her debut album 'Ancestry' is the deep breath we didn’t know we needed to take.

Clash Magazine described it as “exceptional,” and it received national attention from Gilles Peterson on 6 Music & Jamie Cullum on BBC Radio 2

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