Morning Open Thread: Samara Joy

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Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025 Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025 at 3:30:21am PDT

I have been meaning to showcase this performer since she won two Grammys, including Best New Artist, in 2023.

Enjoy!

[Samara Joy’s] voice is warm and mellifluous, lingering over notes like she's savouring wine, and simmering with emotional intensity.

She credits some of that to her producer/manager, Matt Pierson, who told her to "pretend as though a microphone is the person's ear that's listening to you".

But she also possesses an innate ability to take an old standard and make it seem like the lyrics were torn from her diary.

www.bbc.com/...

“You Stepped Out of a Dream”

YouTube Video

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