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You are what you make with Ibeyi, Kindness, Hiatus Kaiyote and Charlotte Day Wilson

A global gathering as part of the 大象传媒 World Service Festival, with Ibeyi, Kindness, Charlotte Day Wilson and Hiatus Kaiyote's Nai Palm discussing why they create.

Music Life this week joins the World Service Festival and brings together a truly global gathering. Ibeyi talks to Kindness, Charlotte Day Wilson, and Nai Palm from the band Hiatus Kaiyote about their first emotional dealings with art, why they create, and celebrating culture and ancestors.

Ibeyi are French Cuban duo Naomi and Lisa-Kaind茅 D铆az, currently based in Paris. They weave together everything from jazz and gospel to hip-hop and soul, pushed through a modern electronic filter and have released two albums to date: their self-titled debut, and Ash.

Joining them is cinematic pop and soul producer and artist Adam Bainbridge, aka Kindness. They鈥檝e produced for the likes of Blood Orange, Solange and frequent collaborator Robyn. Charlotte Day Wilson is a Canadian R&B singer-songwriter who鈥檚 released three EPs to date and has worked with the likes of Daniel Caesar, River Tiber, and BadBadNotGood. And Nai Palm from the band Haitus Kaiyote is a Grammy-nominated future soul vocalist and guitarist from Melbourne, Australia. Only six months after the band formed, they collaborated with Q-Tip from A Tribe Called Quest, and their second album Choose Your Weapon took them all over the musical spectrum.

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36 minutes

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Kindness, Ibeyi (Credit: Gio Cardava), Nai Palm (Credit: Lauren Parker) and Charlotte Day Wilson (Credit: Othello Grey)

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  • Sat 20 Mar 2021 12:06GMT
  • Sun 21 Mar 2021 20:06GMT

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