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Mercy Myra
Mercy Myra Grundberg, better known as Mercy Myra, is an R&B musician from Kenya.[1]
Biography
In , she joined the Calabash Band but left it the next year to join the R&B group Destinee and in she joined a band called Black Ice.
She turned solo and released her first single "Sitaki" (featuring K-South) in the end of , produced by Samawati Studios.[2]
She has performed in various concerts abroad, including the Zanzibar International Film Festival,[3] and Festival Mundial in Tilburg, the Netherlands in and [2]
Mercy Myra was part of the Divas of The Nilesupergroup, that featured four Kenyan female musicians.
The others were Suzzana Owiyo, Achieng Abura, and Princess Jully.
Mercy myra biography Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent. Mercy Myra returned to the music scene in after signing a new deal with Atlanta-based label, Nu Royal Records, where she plans to collaborate with Grammy Award winning producer, Herman Little to create a "new" sound. The industry was different socially for women, if you were a woman you were in a band— going solo was rare. Even though Afro Fusion was her sound, she did the hit song Nimeamua, if only to prove that she could also do Kapuka.The group performed at the Festival Mundial in [4]
She moved to the United States in , and consequently faded out of the limelight.[5] In she won the Best Female Artiste category at the Msanii Awards, honouring US-based Kenyan musicians.[6]
She was married to Malimo Chahonyo Andega, an aspiring Kenyan hip hop musician using the stage name Attitude.[7] Their marriage ended in divorce in December [8]
Mercy Myra returned to the music scene in after signing a new deal with Atlanta-based label, Nu Royal Records, where she plans to collaborate with Grammy Award winning producer, Herman Little to create a "new" sound.[9]
Discography
Albums:
- TABA SAMU ()
- NYISRI MALONG'O ()
Singles:
- MALO featuring Khaligraph Jones ()
- FEELS LIKE LOVE featuring VicMass Luo Dollar ()
- BACK HOME ()
- AFRIKAN TANGO ()
Featured on:
- Rhythm Jets – VELOCITY ()
Awards
Nominated:
References
- ^Tom Parkinson, Matt Phillips, Will Gourlay: Lonely Planet - Kenya.
6th edition, Lonely Planet Country Guide Series, ISBN&#;
- ^ abTrue Blaq Entertainment: Featured Artist - Mercy MyraArchived at the Wayback Machine
- ^Fly Global Music, September 29, Festival of the Dhow Countries, Zanzibar
- ^Sarakasi Trust: Annual Report
- ^The Standard, March 28, The International Connection
- ^, July 10, Msanii awards honor Kenyan artists
- ^The Standard, January 29, Rapper Attitude back with Attitude
- ^The Star, Dec 4,
- ^PR Log, April 16,
- ^Binyavanga Wainaina: Kwani?
1 Kwani Archive Online, ISBN&#;
- ^Kora Awards Nominees