Lindsey Abudei

Lindsey Abudei is a singer-songwriter from Nigeria. She's influenced by diverse genres including rock, blues, jazz and R&B, shaped into a genre-fluid contemporary sound made with fusions of these elements.

Raised in Jos, Nigeria by parents who poured their diverse musical tastes—Rock, Blues, Jazz, R&B—into their daughter's eager, outstretched ears, she honed her sound and has work credits as a collaborator and a featured artist in projects of MI Abaga, Jesse Jagz , Laolu Senbanjo, Sonti Mndebele. She has also had collaborations with Tom Arthurs, Grammy-nominated and winning musician, Morgan Guerin and jazz pianist/composer, Vijay Iyer.

In 2013, Lindsey released Brown, her EP which got her an RFI Prix Découvertes Award in the same year and her album, '...And The Bass Is Queen. ' in 2016. She is an Art OMI: Music 2017 Fellow, a BANFF Jazz And Creative Music 2018 Alum., a Red Bull Music Academy (RBMA) 2018 Alum. and a British Council ColabNowNow 2019 Art Alum.