Uwade has announced her debut album, Florilegium, will drop on April 25th via Ehiose Records/Thirty Tigers. The Nigerian-born, North Carolina-raised artist, who grew up steeped in the sounds of hymnal choral music and Nigerian Highlife on her dad’s car radio, later studied Classics at Columbia and Oxford. The album is preceded by the single “Call It A Draw”.

Says Uwade: “Over the past few years I’ve been trying to experiment with my songwriting process a bit more, and this song is one of the fruits of that exploration,” Uwade says. “‘Call It A Draw’ started with a drum loop, a chord progression, and a feeling of restlessness. The creation process was pure, playful, and visceral, relying less on structure and more on improvisation. This approach was really freeing and reflects the sense of release that I feel is central to the project as a whole.”

Uwade’s voice is what opens Fleet Foxes’ Grammy-nominated album, Shore; from there she’s gone on to tour extensively in support of the band, along with opening for R&B artist Jamila Woods, Sylvan Esso, The Strokes and more. Her solo output has included a handful of singles, like the buoyant “Do You See the Light Around Me?” and the more somber “The Man Who Sees Tomorrow.”

Uwade
Florilegium
Tracklisting
Thirty Tigers

The Place In The Sky
Call It A Draw
Eventime
Harmattan
The Second Station
Clearer Through You
(I Wonder) What We’re Made Of
Amenaghawon
Lost In Translation

Pre-order Florilegium by Uwade HERE