

Thanks go to the amazing owner Raf who is from Brazil. “It’s an old hole-in-the-wall blues bar that nurtures upcoming talent, especially new musicians playing more classic-sounding music. “I grew up playing at the Spiritual Bar in Camden,” she says. London’s borough of Camden has special meaning to Bird. I love how you can get on the Tube a couple destinations and arrive somewhere that feels like a completely different place.” I think my classmates thought I was a bit mad. “I went to a music school there and gigged constantly - like four times a week. “I lived in London for about three years before I started on the road,” she says. She moved there at age 16 to become part of the city’s folk music scene. (Photo: Mike Lawrie/Getty Images) Getty Imagesīird treasures her time in London during her teenage years. Jade Bird performs at the 2019 Newport Folk Festival at Fort Adams State Park in Newport, Rhode.
