New Roots Ayanna Witter-Johnson

• 1 Deep Within 03:28
• 2 You Can Have Everything 02:46
• 3 Blue 02:47
• 4 Equinox 04:36
• 5 Now You're Flying 03:21
• 6 New Roots 04:03
• 7 First Light 03:42
• 8 Don't Want Your Company 02:30
• 9 Pioneers 03:43
• 10 More Than Enough 04:51
• Total Runtime 35:47

Info zu New Roots

‘New Roots’ is my second album, born from many moments of solitude. I wrote much of it during lockdown, on solo retreats in the English countryside, and in hotel rooms while touring. Those quiet moments became a kind of portal for me — a chance to listen more deeply, reflect, and reconnect with where I come from.

The songs explore themes that feel central to my life: my British-Caribbean identity, the wisdom passed down from the Windrush generation in my family, grief, healing, and the process of finding your centre again amid life’s unexpected shifts.

Throughout the album, my cello, Reuben, acts as a grounding force — sometimes a bassline, sometimes the drumming of a heartbeat, an anchor beneath the music. For me, ‘New Roots’ is about learning that even when emotions feel overwhelming, or life feels uncertain or fractured, it’s still possible to grow new roots.

Many of these songs were written in quiet moments of reflection, so wherever you are as you hear them, I hope they offer a place to pause, reflect, and perhaps feel a little closer to the things that ground us — the stories we carry, the people who came before us, and the possibility of growing new roots of our own.

Ayanna Witter-Johnson, lead vocals, cello, strings, piano, keyboards (tracks 1, 4, 9), bass (tracks 1 ,2, 4, 5, 7, 8), backing vocals, instrumental programming (tracks 6, 7), percussion (tracks 1, 3, 8), synthesizer (tracks 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9)
Chris Morris, bass (track 9), drums (1,2,4,9), percussion (track 10)
Camilo Tirado, percussion (track 7)
James Yarde, percussion (track 9)
Tania Ilyashova, synthesizer (track 3)
James Yarde, additional synth programming (track 4)

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