Last Wednesday Sanya N’Kanta dropped the official audio for the song “Waste My Time” on all platforms. The Charlotte based artist moves through classic rock, reggae, and electro-pop to deliver this sleeper hit.
The genre-hopping musician has just started to make his mark in the music industry releasing his first full-length album. The Counterfeit Revival was a platform for Sanya to talk about issues of race, immigration, and the black experience in 2020. Most recently, N’Kanta released “The Hard Lesson“– A Blues-like track about letting go of relationships.
The New Project
Sanya N’Kanta is releasing These Are the Days on February 12, 2021, via Cash Hill Records. Grammy-Award winning Chuck Alkazian and mastered by Grammy-Award winning Scott Hull produced the six-song EP.
Like many artist, 2020 was a year to just focus on the basics and Sanya did just that, “When the pandemic hit, I decided to jump right back into the studio with an acoustic and an electric guitar,” writes Sanya. “My most significant adjustment was having my wife and kids around 24/7. My goal for this album was to be introspective and my family and friendships the inspiration for that.” He continues,
“I’ve been known to blur music genres, but I decided early on that this would be a rock record. I’ve always done rock n’ roll—my early bands were all rock—it comes naturally, and it’s what I love.”
Sanya N’Kanta Background
Sanya was born in Kingston, Jamaica and first started playing guitar there at 13. When his family relocated to the U.S. Sanya found himself immersed in a new culture of musical influence, but also head on with the issues of culture and racism.
Sanya N’Kanta found peace in music and explored a variety of genres. He grew up listening to 80s synth-pop, hip-hop, neo-soul, industrial grunge, retro-rock. As a musician, they all had an impact on his sound today. He defines as himself as a rocker in the Midwest scene where he records and performed originally.
