introducing: Tamzene

TAMZENE is a singer, writer and multi-instrumentalist from the coastal town of Cromarty in the Scottish Highlands. Her unique mix of Jamaican and Irish heritage encouraged an immersion in Soul, Folk, R&B and Reggae from an early age, with her initial influences coming from hearing Roberta Flack, Aretha Franklin and Nina Simone played around her home- before progressing to contemporary artists like Birdy, Solange and James Bay. Spotted busking on the streets of Inverness by bookers from Scotland’s Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival.


”Soldier is one of the first songs I wrote with my best friend Brandon Hill. It was really the beginning of us writing and performing together, so it’s super special and helped us both through a period of mild inner turmoil. It’s about blocking out the noise and deciding to try and live authenticity, rather than being weighed down by obligation and the opinions of others. We also had the pleasure of working on it together with Lewis Gardiner.” -Tamzene