ABOUT JASMINE

Jasmine Power is a Welsh artist and songwriter with a vividly clear artistic vision and sense of musical integrity, something she attributes to the other-wordly beauty of her home in West Wales. Creating lyrical, cinematic worlds of jazz-informed pop, Jasmine has worked with a host of brilliant collaborators on an array of acclaimed projects spanning Wales, London, Nashville, LA, and New York. She has now returned to her roots to embark upon new projects which reflect the present moment of her artistic journey - creating something fresh and exciting while honouring all that has come before.

A Musical Journey

Jasmine moved from rural Wales to study at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, before continuing to London’s Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, where she studied jazz voice alongside some of the UK’s most engaging and talented jazz musicians. While studying, she released her debut EP, Stories & Rhymes, featuring fellow musicians Moses Boyd and Joe-Armon Jones, which quickly caught the attention of some of the UK’s best selectors and tastemakers. Radio 6’s Giles Peterson dubbed her “one to watch”, calling the EP “great new emerging British jazz”, while Robert Elms described the title track ‘Stories & Rhymes’ as “exceptionally fresh” and BBC 2 presenter Jamie Cullum said there’s “something beautifully British” about Stories & Rhymes, highlighting the “great songwriting, great voice and unique sound”. 

The daughter of a Welsh sailor and an English musician, Jasmine was born in the mountains of the Lake District and grew up daydreaming along the rain-soaked coast of Pembrokeshire. Her music has been profoundly influenced by her parents - her father being a lover of Celtic folk and classics such as the Beatles, Eva Cassidy, and The Eagles; her mother loving an electric range of music from jazz and classical to reggae and ska. Growing up, she fell in love with performance through being involved in the local musical theatre youth club, a cathedral choir, and watching wide-eyed as world-class jazz musicians performed at the local festival co-founded by her mother. Jasmine’s Swedish grandmother and Italian aunt - both professional opera singers - encouraged Jasmine to take singing seriously and see her voice as an instrument to hone and nurture. 

Jasmine’s musical journey has always been intertwined with her deep love of travel and spirituality. From walking the famous ‘Camino de Santiago’ across Spain, to writing an album as she travelled alone through Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Costa Rica, Jasmine’s work is inspired by experiencing and tasting life in all its highs and lows. 

“Writing flows in the mountains. I hiked a lot of the Andes in Patagonia and songs would pour out of me like water, it’s something to do with motion I think and the fact there were guitars everywhere, even in the smallest of refugios! I performed every night for people.” 

The South American tangos and Colombian rhythms also infected her music with a renewed life force. “It’s very exciting to have finally made my debut album, all those visions over the years, the travels, the different people I’ve encountered, the stories I have observed, the inspirations, the disappointments and life’s challenges, it’s all been drawn into this record.  It feels cathartic, almost like letting go of a stage of my life and saying okay, I can move forward now, it’s time to grow into the next stage of womanhood.” 

Jasmine then moved to the song-writing capital of Nashville, and being in the United States opened up a whole new world of exciting collaborations. She worked with an abundance of incredible artists such as Melissa Manchester, Dave Palmer, Laura Osnes, and Amanda Palmer, cultivating her songwriting skills alongside some of the biggest talents in the industry. While in the U.S she wrote for film and TV - exploring cinematic, orchestral styles whilst continuously writing music for her own projects. 

Jasmine is over the moon to be back in her homeland of Wales after so many years away, recognising the inner power the uniquely beautiful surroundings give her music, and the simultaneous sense of inspiration and escape she finds along the stormy cliff tops. 

“It is my small piece of sanity in an insane world.”