Canadian artist Ember Swift started writing songs at the age of nine and began performing just a year later. Since 1996, she's released 12 albums and 1 DVD project. As a fluent Mandarin speaker (Emery studied both Chinese language and culture) her music reflects her diverse and cultured upbringing. It features lyrics in Mandarin, English and French. In addition to this, the arrangements feature both Western and Eastern instrumentation. She's specifically known for her unique, jazz-influenced guitar playing and elastic vocals and her music also encompasses additional genres including: folk, jazz, swing, R&B, funk, pop, folk-rock, and blues. Her band, assembled in Beijing, includes Anthony Vancore from US on the drums, the UK’s Jack Lecomber on bass, Israel’s Yoav Volansky on keys and China’s Wang Ya Qi on the erhu. They are five people who come from four different parts of the world but who have chosen Beijing as their current homes proving, once again, that Beijing is truly a global magnet.

Catch Ember Swift and her band perform live at Modernista on August 24 2018, 10pm.