Grace Galu Kalambay

Grace Galu Kalambay (performer) is a vocalist, actor, guitarist, and composer. She combines the sounds of her Irish and Congolese heritage with her LES upbringing in a soulful and gritty twist. Kalambay was recently featured in Buskerball 2022, and recorded Firelight with Fearless Music. Her composition “Ordinary Sentiment” was featured in the Ed Burns film Purple Violets, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. Kalambay devised The Mendelssohn Electric with Trusty Sidekick, and was cast as the lead in their production of The Gospel Electric, commissioned by the Park Avenue Armory. She is a core member of the band Soul Inscribed, and has for the third time been selected as a cultural ambassador for the American Music Abroad program. Kalambay is also a recipient of the NEFA NTP grant. Soul Inscribed has recently been signed to the Tokyo Dawn music label and just released its EP, “Tune UP.” Kalambay is an artist in residence at HERE Arts Center and the composer for Cannabis! A Viper Vaudeville. She voiced Wisdom in Nia Witherspoon’s production The Dark Girl Chronicles (2021) at The Shed. She is currently touring Haint Blu with Urban Bush Women.