After studying jazz at the prestigious Trinity Laban Conservatoire, British-Bengali singer Tara Lily decided to explore her own musical heritage. “A lot of jazz music is very similar to Indian classical music. So I was kind of doing that transfer of the scales and the chords and looking at those relationships and bringing them together,” she told gal-dem of her explorations. The resulting soulful pop is as much a testament to cross-cultural fusion as her eclectic on-stage style.

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Tara Lily

Rough Trade Bristol and Tru Thoughts are very excited to present a live performance from Tara Lily plus special guests. This unique event celebrates the release of the South-London, British-Bengali musician's album 'Speak In The Dark' released via Tru Thoughts.

Growing up in Peckham as part of a British Bengali family has given Tara Lily a unique perspective on music and global culture. She has spent her life absorbing a multitude of sounds and genres from her surroundings, ranging from electronica to jazz and RnB to traditional Bengali folk music. From training at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music, where she studied jazz piano and voice, to learning Indian classical music. It was this intriguing blend of sounds and her deep understanding of the worlds they come from which caught the attention of the likes of Virgil Abloh, Gilles Peterson, Iggy Pop, Jamie Cullum and Motown Records UK, who signed Tara as their first British artist. Tara is a musical anomaly.

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Rough Trade Bristol

Rough Trade East is very excited to present an in-store live performance and signing from Tara Lily. This unique event celebrates the release of the South-London, British-Bengali musician's album 'Speak In The Dark' released via Tru Thoughts.

Tickets for this event also include a physical copy of the fantastic new album on your format of choice to be collected from Rough Trade East on the day of the show. More product information can be found HERE >> https://www.roughtrade.com/en-gb/product/tara-lily/speak-in-the-dark-2

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