
Ten years after Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood picked an unsigned Yazmin Lacey for its first Future Bubblers cohort, the programme’s newest class takes over our stage. Peruvian saxophonist and flautist Allexa Nava leads, alongside trumpeter and singer Hana Amaya, whilst Faith Folorunso brings a voice steeped in gospel. Nottingham singer Vee Adu offers jazz and blues tinged songs of love and loss, with Newcastle producer Lovellious’ percussive broken beats, whilst India Shan brings softer, more personal soul. The label built Future Bubblers to find artists the industry tends to overlook, prioritising those based outside London and giving each a mentor, production sessions and time recording in the Brownswood basement. This is the Future Bubblers 9.0 cohort in full, the next wave of artists with jazz at their roots.