Music

Khaya only started sharing her music and performing in 2022. Before this, she used other mediums to find her voice and identity as an artist, particularly writing. Her music has been recognised and supported multiple times by BBC Introducing Nottingham. Lots of her music originally starts as poetry. Khaya’s lyrics are highly personable and vulnerable, and often revealing. She uses words to navigate her way through life.

Khaya has always been obsessed with singing and sounds. A lover of harmonies thanks to Destiny’s Child’s, Fulfilled and growing up singing in choirs. Khaya loves to record all of her own harmonies and is greatly inspired by a lot of the world music she heard growing up. Her influences vary from all over - from contemporary jazz to R&B, ska, pop punk, rock and soul. She takes influence from them all.

Currently Khaya is interested in how to share music in a way that feels more sustainable and holistic, and is exploring how to incorporate sound healing into the new music she is working on.

Have a listen.

Here are a few songs I’ve released publicly. Some of my own songs and some featuring me.

Performances & Highlights

  • Performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company in Julius Ceaser (2023)

  • Featured on BBC Introducing Nottingham x 4 times (2022/2023)

  • Recipient of Youth Music’s Next Gen Fund (2023)

  • Participant in the New Art Exchange’s Under the Spotlight programme (2023)

  • Performed at New Art Exchange (2023/2024)

  • Performed at Nottingham Contemporary (2023)

  • Performed at Primary uncanny christmas (2023)

  • Performance at Hot Yoga Nottingham (2023)

  • Performed with Nottingham Community Choir (2023/2024)

  • Performed at Hockley Hustle Festival (2023)

  • Performed at Acoustickle’s 15th Birthday (2024)

  • Host for Perkalater (2023/2024)

  • Radio show host for UEA’s Livewire (2024/2025)

  • Notts Community Choir, Noel song & video

🎥 Media & Visuals

Hockley Hustle (2023), performing with Benjamin Luhis

First solo show for New Art Exchange’s ‘Under the Spotlight’ (2023)

Noel song & video with Exchange

📩 Collaborations

For commissions, performances, or collaborative projects, please get in touch via the Contact page.