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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Grammy-winning artist Samara Joy is making waves once again with the upcoming release of her third studio album, Portrait, scheduled for Oct. 11 via Verve Records. This follows her remarkable win for ...

The jazz singer’s grandfather, Elder Goldwire McLendon, participated on BET’s Sunday Best and finished in third place in the competition. He died in December at the age of 95. Samara Joy views Grammy ...

What an incredible journey for jazz singer Samara Joy over these past several years. I saw her in Indianapolis for the first time on November 3, 2022, on the small Shelton Auditorium stage at Butler ...

Grammy-winning jazz vocalist Samara Joy has announced a new studio album Portrait, set for release on October 11th via Verve Records. Emerging from the crucible of an unrelenting global touring ...

These new songs and albums are like a sneak peek into what we’re building at sea. Everything I’m doing right now, from the Big Band record to producing Ledisi’s new album, is really a part of the same ...