Ambient musical artists are a monochromatic and mostly male bunch, so it’s a real treat to find non-white and non-male composer/performers.
Ana Roxanne is an American of South Asian descent, and she is also intersex (and identifies as a woman). Her new album “Because of a Flower” mixes together layers of gentle electronics, what sounds like effected guitar and bass, and her soothing voice which is multiplied into choral cascades. The music has a transcendent, slightly ecclesiastic feel. Perfect soundtrack to misty days, full of pastel grey and blue clouds.
Nailah Hunter is a harpist of African American descent. She weaves a sonic tapestry of harp, electronics and sometimes, her rich beautiful voice. Her music, which as of now is a handful of EPs, sounds like a cross between jazz harpist Dorothy Ashby and that other singing harp lady, Joanna Newsom. Though mostly instrumental, she does sing lyrics, which are in the Newsom mystical mode.
Craig Laurance Gidney 
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