Vanessa Maria Music

Vanessa Maria was raised on the Holmewood council estate in Bradford, West Yorkshire, she was influenced to start making music by the celestial sounds of M83, The 1975, SZA and The Weeknd. She blends energetic glittering alternative r’n’b with undertones of trap, trip-hop and dream pop

Her songwriting expresses raw emotion and honesty and aims to inspire people to be self-confident,mindful and to express their own creativity .

On stage Nessa parades around stage in her pyjamas and recalls tales of coming of age, sneaking out to parties, first love and the nostalgia of youth. Then she describes her journey of moving to Manchester, dealing with the darkness of social anxiety and sharing shameless confessions of a 20-something’s hotel room rendezvous and crawling home at 5am.

In this last year Vanessa has performed a plethora of shows in 2018. Playing Manchester’s Dot to Dot festival.
She was handpicked by artist development company Punch Records to go on her first U.K tour Summer 2018. Playing Indie Week in October then followed by her biggest show to date supporting Brit Award and Mercury Prize nominee Kate Tempest at Women Of The World Festival 2018.

"Her trip-hop sensibilities make everything she does effortless" Alan Raw
BBC Introducing In West Yorkshire

“ STRAIGHT OUTTA BRADFORD ! ” DJ Target, BBC 1Xtra