MERCURY Music Prize nominee Zoe Rahman comes to the Forest Arts, New Milton, on Saturday as part of a national tour promoting her latest album Kindred Spirits.
Zoe is at the forefront of contemporary jazz and the pianist’s music combines her English, Irish and Bengali heritage.
Her latest offering features guest spots from her brother Idris and UK jazz hero Courtney Pine.
It was her 2006 album Melting Pot that earned Rahman the Mercury nomination. Since then the classically trained musician has played with the likes of Jerry Dammers’ Spatial AKA Orchestra, Martha Wainwright, Danny Thompson and Natacha Atlas.
This latest album was inspired by the end of a tour of Ireland, and the 150th anniversary of the birth of Bengali writer, musician and artist Rabindranath Tagore.
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