Budding Jazz Singer TARA LILY
The Teenager Today|May 2023
Brit-Bangladeshi singer Tara Lily has just finished her set at the Vh1 Supersonic 2023 and is lazing around with her bandmates in the artists' lounge
VERUS FERREIRA
Budding Jazz Singer TARA LILY

With slightly permed hair, a necklace, bindi, nose ring and high heels and with a Rihanna-style look, Tara is a young singer who has made a mark on the London jazz scene. It’s interesting to hear about a 24-year-old new talent who got signed to Motown Records, U.K. with the distinction of being their first British singer.

Hailing from South London and of South Asian/U.K. heritage, Tara Lily spent her late teens developing her own unique brand of jazz, despite growing up around rappers and beat-makers. She secured a place at the prestigious Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music to study jazz vocals and piano, at the same time continuing to write songs and produce her own tracks.

In an exclusive meeting, Tara Lily speaks with VERUS FERREIRA on her journey in music.

Tell us something about yourself. How did you get into music?

So, both my parents are musicians; my father is a Bengali and my mother is Scottish, and they both played music together, but very different styles. My dad listened to a lot of traditional Bengali music, Bengali folk and Bollywood. He used to play the tabla and harmonium and my mum was a punk-folk singer. My mum was more into rock and jazz, so they came together and they basically brought me up with an eclectic mix of sounds. Both my parents were self-taught musicians. I’ve always been a very eccentric person because of my parents, who are from two different worlds with two different sounds. I think I am a unique musician and really embody everything that I do and love to explore new spaces.

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