Qbanaa

Part of the all killer, zero filler Word Up Collective, this Cuban-Irish singer Qbanaa has wowed the likes of BBC Radio One, Spotify and Hot Press with her Latino rhythms, soul power horns and modern synths. Throw some West African desert blues into the stew – she’s a massive Tinariwen fan – and you’ve a young artist of real substance.

Hear: Latest single ‘Mundo En Mis Manos / World In My Hands’.

Watch: Her Secret Sessions performance of ‘Runnin’’ in the Sound House, Dublin.

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