Malika Zarra

Moroccan award-winning singer/composer/producer, MALIKA ZARRA is a multi- cultural shape-shifter, an enchantress who leaps effortlessly between seemingly unconnected languages and traditions, uniting them while utilizing each to further enrich the others. The exotically beautiful artist with the velvety, sinuous mezzo- soprano voice has demonstrated a rare ability to communicate both powerful and subtle ideas and feelings in Berber/Amazigh, Moroccan Arabic, French and English now a much-in-demand headliner at concert halls and festivals the world over. “MOROCCO’S JAZZ JEWEL. Singing in Berber, Moroccan Arabic, English and French [Malika Zarra] is redefining the term fusion and adding her unique sound to the world” CNN INTERNATIONAL “African Voices” Through the beauty of her voice and the magic of her compositions Malika Zarra reminds us of the musical diversity of our ancestral homeland, Africa. Close your eyes and listen. RANDY WESTON Zarra’s timing is sharp, her command irrefutable and her instincts, among them the knowledge of when to lie back, the mark of a leader. JAZZ TIMES Zarra crosses musical, cultural, and linguistic boundaries with ease, creating a delicious sound centered in but not bounded by her ethnicity. SOUNDROOTS “Zarra is captivating, with a soft voice and a hushed style of scat-singing that makes it sound like she is casting spells” Sanjoy Roy – THE GUARDIAN UK