Nana Adjoa is a Dutch-Ghanaian singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist based out of Amsterdam. Adjoa was raised in the Netherlands by her Dutch mother and Ghanaian father. Her musical style is influenced by her dual heritages, but also by formal jazz training and an interest in American rock bands like Wilco and Rage Against the Machines.
Her debut album, Big Dreaming Ants, was released in 2020. The title of the album comes out of the lyrics of the closing track of the album, ‘I Want to Change’, in which she sings, “Big dreaming, little ants, it’s just who we are.” Adjoa told Atwood Magazine that while, “Writing this album, there was a constant state of mind or feeling of me being a moving piece, a small part that fits into a bigger whole was a constant.”
Her track “No Room”, is built around little more than a guitar and Adjoa's stunningly gentle voice. Adjoa told Complex, "I wrote 'No Room' about this feeling I can get when you have a conversation with someone which gets stuck in habitual small talk. Trying to control the moment, leaving no room to discover the moment, each other or something new and unexpected.”
References
https://nanaadjoa.bandcamp.com/
https://www.npr.org/2021/02/08/965369165/a-name-you-should-know-dutch-ghanian-songwriter-nana-adjoa
https://www.complex.com/music/a/james-keith/premiere-nana-adjoa-no-room
https://atwoodmagazine.com/bdnj-nana-adjoa-big-dreaming-ants-feature-review-music/
from this album in RP library
