In 2021, jazz vocalist Samara Joy graduated from college. Months later, she released her first album. Now, she has three. She's won three Grammys and is up for two more for her latest Christmas ...

This feature is from Complex Magazine Issue No. 2 - Spring 2025 (The Innovation Issue), which is available now for pre-order on Complex Shop. Samara Cyn is a self-identified “genre-bender,” following ...

2025 XXL Freshman Samara Cyn made her late-night television debut on Wednesday (July 23) with a dreamy performance of “Hardheaded” from her new EP Backroads on The Daily Show. Guest host Josh Jackson ...

In October 2024, Samara Cyn dropped her debut EP, The Drive Home. It apparently didn’t take her long to get going on another one, as she started sharing new songs a few months into the new year. That ...

The 25-year-old singing sensation now has five Grammy wins to her credit, including for Best Jazz Vocal Album in 2023 for her chart-topping “Linger Awhile” and this year for “Portrait.” She also won ...

Joy has been dazzling the jazz scene, as such, for a handful of years, but another important aspect of her brilliant unfolding career is her almost evangelical expansion of her audience appeal into a ...

At just 25, we’re comfortable anointing Samara Joy as the face of American jazz. The Bronx native champions an unsung wave of contemporary jazz musicians who pay equal attention to respecting the ...

The winner of three Grammy Awards at just 24 years old, jazz singer Samara Joy makes her Baton Rouge debut Sunday at the Raising Cane's River Center Theatre for Performing Arts. Joy’s fall tour ...

With family at the core of the holiday season, Grammy-winning jazz artist Samara Joy is bringing her musical family with her for a holiday concert next week. The 25-year-old Bronx native was immersed ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Samara Joy’s voice has the ability to transform listeners to the early jazz clubs, filling them with warm nostalgia for legends like Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan. Iraqi women ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 17: Samara Joy performs during the Jazz Foundation of America presents the 2025 Spotlight Jazz Concert ...

Music runs in Samara Joy’s blood. Her grandparents founded a gospel group in Philadelphia called The Savettes, and her father, Antonio, is a bassist and singer. But while it always made sense for her ...