Soul Strutter: Konyikeh [2023] - Litany [FAMM] (Full EP)

London born, Essex raised of Cameroonian and Jamaican heritage, 23 year old singer/songwriter, Konyikeh McLaren, released her debut EP "Litany" yesterday which features both of her previous singles (her debut "Sorrow" (Apr '23) and "Teenage Dreams" (Jun '23)) and amongst the five tracks.

Konyikeh began playing the violin aged seven and became a music scholar at a prestigious school in West London and on Saturdays would attend the Guildhall School of Music and Drama where she played violin, piano and perform in the orchestra and chamber choir, alongside learning music theory.

Throughout the EP, produced by Charlie J Perry, there's a sense of plaintiveness and liturgy while she ruminates on her sorrows track by track. She says "It's kind of a little prayer to soothe yourself and the things that I wrote in my teenage years that held me together. These are songs from the darkest time in my life. They're like little prayers to myself".

Her sound is reminiscent of Joan Armatrading come Tracy Chapman, folk soul if you will.

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