09/16/2024
The fabulous singer and guitarist Nadia Washington will be joining us at the 10th The Soular Jazz Festival this Saturday at noon at First Parish Northboro, 40 Church St. Northborough, MA, durning Northborough Applefest.
Nadia Washington rises to any occasion as a songwriter, producer, and educator, and vocalist. Nadia has performed with renowned artists in Jazz and R&B including Esperanza Spalding, Lalah Hathaway, Dianne Reeves, Terri Lynn Carrington, and the late George Duke- as well as making an impact with movers and shakers in the Hip Hop World including Ray Angry of the Root, Georgia Anne Muldrow, and Dj Mark De Clive-Lowe. Her music- a blend of Jazz, Soul, R&B, and World Music has been performed in Russia, Eastern Europe, South America, and Africa. The native of Dallas, TX, and alumna of Booker T.Washington HSPVA, began showing signs of an entertainer at the age of 3. While in High School, she won 2 DownBeat Student Music Awards and the National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts. In 2006, she received The Monterey Jazz Festival Outstanding Jazz Vocalist Award and participated in the Grammy Jazz Ensemble, and was then accepted to Berklee College of Music on the Bill Cosby Presidential Scholarship. A few years after graduating, the Berklee Alumna is now a faculty member in the Ear Training and Voice Department and Berklee Global Jazz Institute. She is in the process of recording her highly anticipated album that is set to be released in the future. “Nadia Washington is among the prominent artists that connect the lines between music’s heart and soul.” -Coffee Talk Jazz Radio