uma cantora e compositora e uma performance musical graduada em Birmingham, planeja usar seu sucesso recém-descoberto para uma mudança positiva depois de chegar ao próximo estágio do programa de TV de sucesso The Voice. Entregando uma capa espetacular do 'Your Love Is King' de Sade no programa de sábado. No comando dessa música, definitivamente. ”
Mum-of-two and Birmingham City University alumna Kezia was chosen by pop star and show co-presenter Will.I.Am to go through from The Blind Auditions to the programme’s ‘battle stages’ after delivering a spectacular cover of Sade’s ‘Your Love Is King’ on Saturday’s programme.
The Black Eyed Peas singer praised Kezia’s soulful performance, saying, “I love the approach. I love that song and I love your take on it. I just think you are awesome.”, whilst music legend and fellow coach on the ITV competition series Tom Jones told the Brummie artist, “It sounds like you know what you are doing. You were in command of that song, definitely.”
Kezia Johnson, que escreve música e canta ao vivo em sua cidade natal, Birmingham, sob o nome artístico de Kezia Soul desde 2011, pretende usar sua nova fama para inspirar os jovens com disflexia e mãe a perseguir seus sonhos musicais. Exposto a uma ampla variedade de músicas e isso me ajudou através de tantas situações e obstáculos diferentes na minha vida. Eu tinha muito baixa confiança na escola porque era disléxico
The 33 year old musician and vocalist from Moseley, said “Coming from a musical family I’ve always been exposed to a wide variety of music and it’s helped me through so many different situations and hurdles in my life. I had really low confidence at school because I was dyslexic. Os desafios que enfrentei com dislexia não estavam mais na vanguarda da minha mente e estava libertador ”. impressionando o público na cidade, tanto como um artista solo quanto com bandas tocando uma mistura de neo-soul, hip hop e RNB. Novo single, estará disponível em plataformas de streaming de domingo, 7 de fevereiro de 2020, e será retirado de um próximo EP intitulado '7 Moments', que deve ser lançado ainda este ano. Ela é uma compositora fantástica e é uma força da natureza que é de maneira brilhante e tem um grande sorriso e personalidade. Desejamos a ela boa sorte em sua aparência na voz. Ela realmente poderia ir até o fim. ” I discovered music within an educational setting at 17 and realised music has its own language; the challenges I faced having dyslexia were no longer at the forefront of my mind and it was liberating”.
An alumna of Birmingham City University’s Popular Music programme delivered in partnership with South and City College, graduating in 2015, Kezia cites a broad range of influences on her music including The Spice Girls, Lauryn Hill, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, Billie Holiday and Aretha Franklin and has been wowing audiences in the city both as a solo artist and with bands playing a blend of neo-soul, hip hop and RnB.
Kezia has spent the past 10 months of the Covid pandemic working on a new collection of music with her producer and beatmaker brother EYEBS, channelling their lockdown creativity into writing and recording 35 new songs.
‘Cup of Tea’, Kezia’s forthcoming new single, will be available on streaming platforms from Sunday 7 February 2020, and is taken from a forthcoming EP entitled ‘7 Moments’ due for release later this year.
Nils Edstrom, Popular Music Course Leader at South and City College, said, “Kezia joined the Birmingham City University BA (hons) Popular Music programmes with an amazing voice that floored us all. She is a fantastic songwriter and is a force of nature who networks brilliantly and has a big smile and personality. We wish her the best of luck on her appearance on The Voice. She really could go all the way.”
