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Stacey Kent chats with bandwagon about the thrill of sharing music

In September, one of modern jazz's smoothest vocalists will take the stage in Singapore. Stacey Kent has had an illustrious, 20-year-long career, her most recent release being 2017's critically acclaimed I Know I Dream: The Orchestral Sessions.

Within the 12 tracks (and 2 bonus ones) of I Know I Dream, Kent covers significant ground, demonstrating her facility in English, French and Portuguese with chansons, bossa nova, standards, and also original songs written for her by composer Jim Tomlinson and Kazuo Ishiguro – yup, that Ishiguro, the Nobel prize-winning novelist who penned Never Let Me Go and The Remains of the Day.

We talked to Kent about her long, collaborative relationship with Kazuo Ishiguro, the orchestral aspects of I Know I Dream, what her Singaporean fans can look forward to, and the human thrill of sharing music.       READ THE bandwagon Q&A