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Singer-songwriter
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Eska
How best would you describe your music sound?
First generation African, growing up in the UK
A common misperception people have of you?
That I’m a backing singer.
What are you bad at?
Remembering people’s faces.
In a nutshell, what is your philosophy?
The life tenet taken from Micah 6:8: He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.
A phrase you use to often?
Lovely, is it really!?
The most surprising thing that has happened to you.
I have a daughter.
Eska Mtungwazi is the singer some have never heard of, and should, with her recent Mercury nomination- her self-titled debut album, Eska- released in April 2015, Eska has gone on to woo listeners with simply put; angelic voice. Eska intertwines an array of tuneful components – with intimations of folk, soul, a twist of psychedelia and electronica to liven the mood, born in Zimbabwe, and moving to South London as a young child, Eska has steadily fostered a reputation as one the most talented singers-songwriters in the UK today.
In one, rambling run-on sentence, Eska; who is she?
Mother, Sister, Daughter, Artist, Performer, Writer.
What song, best describes your work ethic?
Shades of Blue.
Can you ever switch ‘off’, and if so, how?
Never, I never switch off, time permitting that is.
In another life, who would you have been?
Eska
What do you wish more people would take notice of?
Trees