“Little Simz asked me to play some shows, but the dates clashed with a family holiday. She asked again a month later, and I ended up playing Glastonbury”: How Marla Kether landed the Little Simz gig and made her debut on the UK’s biggest festival stage

“Little Simz asked me to play some shows, but the dates clashed with a family holiday. She asked again a month later, and I ended up playing Glastonbury”: How Marla Kether landed the Little Simz gig and made her debut on the UK’s biggest festival stage

Marla Kether's Congolese heritage and a musical upbringing in the University of Bristol's Jazz, Funk and Soul Society has given her a unique feel for blending Afro-Brazilian rhythms with dancefloor-inspired grooves.“My approach is instinct-driven,” says Kether. “I play whatever feels right in the moment. Most of the time, consciously or not, my goal is to emulate James Jamerson. I truly prioritise feel and placement over all else.”Kether found t…