Naima Adams

South London-based artist/vocalist, Naima Adams melds contemporary R&B with finely layered vocal textures, personal storytelling and a soul-capturing tone. Having launched her solo career in 2024, after touring & performing alongside Sampa the Great , Allysha Joy, Celeste, Nadeem Din-Gabisi and Sofia Grant, she continues to push forward her artist project with her debut EP, When We Let Go, a collection of songs written across the last four years – six tracks, connected by kindred tussles with closure, endurance and freeing one’s past. Following her live festival appearances at 2024’s Cross The Tracks, last year’s Jazz on Wick, and the release of her first two singles, she received praise and support from BBC Radio 3 & Radio London, Bandcamp Radio and Jazz FM, with playlist support from Line of Best Fit, Somewhere Soul, and Spotify. Within that time and now, Adams has guested on a handful of collaborations including ‘Morning Light’ with London producer/multi-instrumentalist, Marla Kether (released on the Somewhere Soul compilation, Somewhere Soul Rituals Volume 01, and featured on Gilles Peterson’s BBC 6Music ‘Best of 2025’). Stretching beyond her artist, Adams operates as Touching Bass’s label & community manager (and DJs regularly at their seminal south London parties) in addition to her role as creative producer for We Out Here Festival since 2021, helping organise the festival’s best year yet in 2025. Her debut EP, When We Let Go, is set for release 27 May 2026.