Ivy Knights

Ivy Knights is a British jazz vocalist and songwriter whose music is shaped by a life lived across languages, cultures, and continents. Singing in English, Italian, French, and Portuguese, she crafts songs that weave together the elegance of French chanson, the romance of Italian dolce vita, the rhythmic vitality of Brazilian samba, and the freedom of jazz improvisation. A graduate of the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Ivy has performed alongside acclaimed artists including Gregory Porter, Joe Stilgoe and The London Community Gospel Choir, appearing on some of Europe's most celebrated stages, from the Royal Albert Hall and Barbican to sold-out concert halls across Italy and Spain. Yet it is her songwriting that reveals her most distinctive voice. Originally a classical violinist, performing concertos from the age of eight, Ivy later studied French and Italian before living and working throughout Europe, West Africa, and the United States. These experiences inform songs rich with atmosphere, storytelling, and a sense of place: music that feels at once cosmopolitan and deeply personal. Backed by a band featuring some of the UK's finest jazz musicians, including regular performers from Ronnie Scott's, Ivy creates a sound that is sophisticated, cinematic, and unmistakably her own.