Nabiha
Aug 2010 13

Nabiha Bensouda is a Danish singer/songwriter with North-West African roots (Gambia, Mali and Morocco) influenced by a variety of genres of music, from her mother’s Malian lullabies to Disco, Soul, Reggae, Rock, R&B, and Electronica. Bensouda was born and raised in Copenhagen as the eldest child in a family of seven. She grew up listening to Disco music and Soul, but at the age of five she fell in love with Reggae. Later, her love turned to Rock music, R&B and electronic music. She has been exposed to most genres and has now developed her own unique style, which is strengthened by her sublime and distinctive vocals. She possesses an energy and attitude that bewitches the listener of her music in a brilliant way .In 2004, Bensouda adopted the Tiger Lily moniker, first rapping as part of the band Geeza, playing at the Roskilde Festival 2004, and at Vega (Citadel Awards), Christiania (Distortion Festival), Rust, Kat (Copenhagen), and Spot Festival in June 2005. She also joined the DJ team Delicious as MC at their residencies. Things are really building up well on the live side and Nabiha has already performed at a number of huge venues including opening for James Morrison at Falconer Theatre in Copenhagen and at the Danish National Football stadium Parken her performance was highly praised in the review by the leading Danish music magazine Gaffa (Danish equivalent to e.g. NME). 2010 saw the release of her debut album Cracks.

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