A global artist by any measure, eclectically versatile and ever-passionate
Yvonne Mwale is a Zambian Afro-Fusion, jazz and blues singer. She is the former vocalist of the Zambian band B-Sharp where she received advanced musical education of Jones Kabanga. In 2009, Yvonne was awarded with “Best Upcoming Female Artist” at the Ngoma Awards, the national music awards in Zambia. The same year, she formed with friends the Band “Nyali”. The group with Yvonne Mwale as lead singer participated in the Music Crossroads InterRegional Festival held in Livingstone, Zambia in August 2009. They won the competition and took the prize for the first time ever to Zambia. In 2013, her well-travelled nature found her as a finalist at the RFI Prix Decouverté in France, and in 2018 she took second place at the World Citizen Artists Awards in Jamaica.
Yvonne Mwale recently released her fourth album, the brilliant vibrant and immersive ‘Free Soul’. A supreme collection of original recordings, designed to provoke feelings of energy and blissful escapism, ‘Free Soul’ incorporates tribal rhythms and a number of different genres and styles. Leading with an organic world music vibe, yet skillfully fusing this with multiple layers of pop, jazz and even EDM, the album is an easy must for world music and pop fans far and wide. Wherever the moment takes her, the songs represent this in a unique instance of expression and creative freedom. Even amidst such variety though, Yvonne’s inherent connection to her roots can always be relied upon to breathe life and authenticity into the process
The journey has been a long and unpredictable one, but these qualities and experiences undoubtedly shine with stunning brightness throughout this latest project. From mellow layers of melody to choir-like harmonious anthems and outright dance-floor smashes, ‘Free Soul’ encapsulates precisely the concept implied by its title. Yvonne Mwale is a free soul, through and through. A talented, emotionally intentional and musically skilful artist, who we can expect and hope to see performing on stages across the globe in 2020 and beyond.
