Jordan Mackampa

This British-Congolese singer/songwriter delivers heartfelt, assured, pop-focused material dealing with themes of identity, struggle, reflection, and love. Whereas Mackampa's earliest EPs betrayed an affinity with the searching, pastoral indie folk of artists like Bon Iver and M. Ward, later material, such as 2024's Welcome Home, Kid!, greater amplified the influence of classic soul artists such as Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield, and Bill Withers. Born in 1994 in Zaire, Mackampa relocated the following year with his mother to London, England. By school age, he was required to...