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KIMAYA DIGGS is a musician and writer, born and based in the rolling hills of Western Massachusetts. The sounds of her childhood included Emily Dickinson, Ella Fitzgerald, Whitney Houston, 70’s soul, and songs around the table with her family.
A fourth-generation artist, Kimaya grew up singing with her sisters, and found her voice across the facets of neo-soul, jazz, and R&B. She’s crafted a genre-defying style that celebrates the power and dexterity of her voice. Slippery and acrobatic at times, earthy and urgency-filled at others, her voice has been called “smoothly captivating” by the Daily Hampshire Gazette. Her songwriting beautifully captures the spectrum of her vocal range, and the singular control she has over her instrument.
Her debut album Breastfed (2018) is a bittersweet chronicle of growth towards the light. Produced by LuxDeluxe bassist Jacob Rosazza, the LP features lush string arrangements and moving harmonies. The single How Am I Sposta Know placed in top 10 in 93.9 The River’s Best New Songs of 2018.
Her EP One More Holiday (2021) builds on her jazz roots for a classic Christmas sound. The title track, about the death of her mother, “captures the way that the season of joy can also intensify the feeling of loss… during the holiday season,” wrote the Greenfield Recorder. She launched the album with a Christmas-themed variety night in her native Northampton.
As a writer, Diggs’ personal essays, short fiction, and poetry has been published widely, earning her a Callaloo Fellowship in Poetry in 2017. In 2020, she headlined the Emily Dickinson Museum’s Tell It Slant poetry festival, performing live from Emily Dickinson’s historic bedroom.
More recently, to commemorate Black History Month in 2022, she released a cover of Solange’s “Cranes in the Sky,” a song that documents a journey towards self-love. Her single They Can Say What They Like, released in 2021 on A-Side B-Side Records, written to benefit Cancer Connection, Inc., raising over $2000 for the organization. It placed #6 in 93.9 The River’s Best New Songs of 2021. Her sophomore album is expected in early 2023.
NAOMI NYE was raised in Western Massachusetts, spending countless hours writing plays and choreographing dances with her siblings. At 10 years old she took to writing lyrics and never looked back.
Naomi spent much of the past decade performing with her husband in their duo, Date Night; and has had the pleasure to sing backing vocals on multiple projects, most recently joining local gem Kimaya Diggs’ all star band.
Naomi has spent the last year writing like never before and is so excited to finally be working on her debut album, Marigold - a Time Capsule of feelings(expected to release in Fall of 2023).
Naomi’s picture painting lyrics and her lush and wistful voice are sure to capture your heart. Accompanied by friend and Co-Producer Jacob Rosazza, she cannot wait to share with you some of these very special songs for the very first time.
“Smoothly captivating. ”
King Manzi
KING MANZI is a musical duo. If you're fond of harmony rich, melodically magical sounds a-la the Eagles, Jackson Browne and Neil Young, you've found a surefire way to scratch that itch. Theirdebut album ‘Not In A Shy Way’ is set to release in Fall 2022, and it’s bound to be a momentous occasion.
Naomi Nye