Jana Varga

Jana Varga’s musical world embraces a wealth of styles, symbolism ancient and modern, with yearning vocals echoing Janis Ian or, more recently, Becca Stevens and Olivia Chaney. Her intimate new album ‘Chicory’ presents a highly-charged acoustic and yet quite cinematic landscape. Wearing a mixture of influences like classical music, James Taylor and the well-traveled folk of Paul Simon, Jana has her own distinct voice. Born into a musical family and raised on the green outskirts of Bratislava (Slovakia), Jana was already performing traditional Slovak songs as a child and went on to study classical music in Austria and France. In 2014 she was to become a flautist in Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra in Czechia when she decided to pursue the career of a singer songwriter and moved to London. Her debut album Foreigner Face (2022) was co-produced by Fred Mollin (Billy Joel) and nominated in the 'Emerging Artist’ category of the British Blues Awards - a testimony to its cross-genre appeal. Jana often collaborates with Varga Quartett Wien, an Austrian classical string quartet based in Vienna and also records and tours with platinum selling artist Rumer. Website - www.janavarga.net ‘A really classy sound, a fascinating mixture of styles and really original, as are the lyrics’ - Paul Sexton (BBC)