SAMPHA – PROCESS

Beyonce writes an album about bittersweet spouses on Lemonade. Her younger sister Solange writes a better one with A Seat At The Table. All things considered, it must be time for a new voice, and a black male one at that, to connect with our pain about life in this postTrump chaos. Sampha, also one name only, is a late twenties British artist who’s worked with both Bey and Sol so already there’s a familial connection. Like the Knowles gals, he’s überstressed with modern life, but gives it a beautiful voice. As someone who hangs out with Drake (musically only, sadly) and The xx, Sampha is destined for fame in that zone Frank Ocean zealously keeps to himself.