Now residing in South London after shaping her sound in Leeds, future soul singer/songwriter B-ahwe’s ability to tell intricately woven stories has begun to turn heads. With a focus on rich vocal arrangements, lush instrumentals and poetic lyricism, she’s been likened to a ‘trip-hop Kate Bush’. Her versatility and arrangement skills have led to successful collaborations across different styles and genres with a number of artists. She has contributed her vocals to several projects in the last couple of years including underground UK hip-hop acts Lausse The Cat and NixNorthwest. She’s also consistently contributed to jazz-crossover act Yaatri, as well as featuring with London jazzers Pyjæn and Hospital Records’ Drum and Bass heavyweight Mitekiss.
Her music has had industry-wide support from the Independent, Earmilk, Atwood Magazine,Gigwise and Wordplay Magazine, plus Jamz Supernova on BBC Radio 1Xtra, Tom Robinson on BBC Radio 6, Emily Pilbeam on BBC Introducing West Yorkshire, Gilles Peterson on WorldwideFM, and Tony Minvielle and China Moses on Jazz FM. She was also named as Jazz Revelations ‘Breakthrough Artist of 2020’. Recent single ‘Smile’, featuring TAMBALA, has been picked up by Victoria Jane and Jack Saunders on BBC Radio 1, Jamz Supernova on BBC Radio 1Xtra, and Dan Alani on Reprezent Radio.
Prior to embarking on a UK tour in Autumn 2019, B-ahwe appeared at Manchester Jazz Festival, World Island Festival and Tramlines, as well as supporting the likes of Yazmin Lacey, Noya Rao and Fatima. Since the release of 2nd EP ‘Motions’ on the 17th September, she’s supported Nubiyan Twist as part of their ‘Freedom Fables’ release tour, as well as playing sold-out release shows at Hyde Park Book Club in Leeds, and The Old Queen’s Head in Islington. In Spring 2022, she performed headline shows in Birmingham, Leeds, London and Brighton, once again expanding her audience into new cities across the UK. Over the summer, B-ahwe also made appearances at Lost Village Festival and the Madame Jazz showcase at The Hootenanny in London, featuring Tru Thoughts’ Bryony Jarman-Pinto.
