21 year-old Nabiha Bensouda was born and raised in Denmark, but also has family roots in Gambia, Mali and Morocco. Growing up, she listened to her mother's Malian lullabies as well as to rock, pop, reggae, soul, R&B, electronica, and disco.
Nabiha's debut album "Cracks" was released in Denmark in 2010 - she co-wrote all of the songs on the album together with London-based Swedish producer/writer Carl Ryden who also produced the album.
Her very strong, classic soul voice is put to highly effective use on tracks that can easily compete with songs by similar artists in the US and the UK and even outshine them.
The catchy hit single "Deep Sleep" has a fun, colorful video to go with it, but my favorite track is "Midnight Blues" with its perfect background vocals "Love, sweet love" accompanying the chorus. A close second favorite is the super funky, poppin' "Sneaking Out the Back Door".
Here's hoping some more music videos are in the works - they would greatly aid in getting the word out on Nabiha's natural and immense, international caliber talent.
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