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LIANA FLORES

Liana Flores' story is one of cultural cross-pollination, unlikely chances, and quite possibly a signpost for the evolution of folk music in the digital age.

Raised in rural Norfolk pre-internet ubiquity, the bossa nova CDs belonging to Liana's Brazilian mother were a first glimpse into a musical world beyond Eleanor Rigby on cassette and Gilbert & Sullivan in the village hall.

At 19, she went from building an early listener base with showtune covers in the YouTube era, to penning her own songs. The influences all started coming together, in self-recorded songs combining the harmonic stylings of bossa nova guitar with personal lyrics - often gloomy but persevering,  expressing anxieties and depicting the nature in her hometown.

Three years later, one of these unassuming songs, ‘rises the moon’, was uploaded to TikTok without the singer's knowledge and became a surprise hit, spawning countless cover…