Based: Cape Town
HAILING FROM THE TINY TOWN OF MAGALIESBURG, JUST OUTSIDE OF JOHANNESBURG, JAMIE-LEE SEXTON STARTED SINGING AND WRITING HER OWN MUSIC AT THE TENDER AGE OF 4YEARS OLD. HER POWERFUL VOCALS AND MOSAIC OF MUSICAL TALENTS; ARE A PROGRESSIVE PRODUCT OF HER PURSUIT OF MUSIC FROM HER CHILDHOOD. PLAYING GUITAR AND PIANO FROM HER ADOLESCENCE, JAMIE-LEE WAS ALWAYS DESTINED FOR SOMETHING GREATER THAN WHAT THE SMALL TOWN SHE GREW UP IN COULD OFFER. JAMIE-LEE PURSUED A CAREER IN MUSIC AND DRAMA, BY ENROLLING AT AFDA IN JOHANNESBURG.
MAJORING IN LIVE PERFORMANCE, JAMIE-LEE HAS APPEARED IN AN ARRAY OF CELEBRATED FILMS AND WON BEST ACTRESS AT HER UNIVERSITY TWICE. FROM STUDIO TO JAM SESSIONS AT VARIOUS VENUES; JAMIE-LEE IS A VORACIOUS AND VERSATILE ARTIST; DISPLAYING HER DRIVE, TALENT, PASSION, DYNAMISM AND DEDICATION TO HER CRAFT. WITH MUSIC ENCASED IN EVERY BEAT OF JAMIE-LEE’S BODY, SHE ENTERED IDOLS IN 2010, AND MADE IT TO THE PRESTIGIOUS TOP 8. ALTHOUGH JAMIE-LEE IS A MULTIFACETED ARTIST, AND ABLE TO PERFORM AN ASSORTMENT OF GENRES; HER SIGNATURE SOUND IS A MÉLANGE OF NEW AGE POP.
AFTER IDOLS, JAMIE-LEE COLLABORATED WITH SOUL CANDI’S DJ PARKAH, THEY WERE A FUSION BETWEEN AFRO HOUSE, SOUL AND HIP HOP KNOWN AS AUDIOPHRNIQ AND PERFORMED AROUND SOUTH AFRICA. JAMIE-LEE THEN FOUNDED THE SEXTONS IN 2013. THIS ENERGETIC LIVE ACT CAPTURED AUDIENCES AT SOME OF SOUTH AFRICA’S AND AFRICA’S BEST MUSIC FESTIVALS INCLUDING; OPPIKOPPI, FORR- MOZAMBIQUE, SPLASHY FEN, AFRISKI- LESOTHO AND MORE., THE SEXTONS HAD FAST-TRACKED THEIR WAY INTO THE HEARTS OF ALL MUSIC LOVERS.
IN 2017 JAMIE-LEE DECIDED TO REBRAND HERSELF AND PURSUIT HER CAREER AS A SOLO ARTIST FOCUSING ON HER OWN SONGWRITING EXPERIENCES AND SHARING IT WITH THE WORLD. THIS NEWFOUND DIRECTION WAS ABOUT REINVENTING HERSELF AS AN ARTIST WITH A RENEWED ENERGY AND VISION, A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF CONNECTION AND THE CREATION OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL FUTURE IN MUSIC. HER DEBUT SINGLE, MAGIC WAS A REMINISCENT OF THE MAGIC THAT JAMIE-LEE BELIEVED IN AS A CHILD. MESMERIZING AUDIENCES WITH HER MUSIC, THIS SONG WAS PRODUCED BY SAMA AWARD-WINNING PRODUCER, CRIGHTON GOODWILL. THIS WAS THE ECHELON THAT JAMIE-LEE ENVISIONED FOR HER SOLO CAREER AND WAS FOLLOWED BY A SUCCESSFUL NATIONAL TOUR AROUND SOUTH AFRICA.
JAMIE-LEE HAD THEN TAKEN THE TIME TO ENDURE THE CREATIVE SPACE OF WRITING AND DEVELOPING NEW MELODIES TO INTRODUCE TO THE WORLD AND GIVE THE WRITING PROCESS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP. HER FIRST SINGLE- IT’S TRUE, OFF HER EP MEDICINE WOMAN WHICH WAS RELEASED IN 2022, WAS A COLLECTION OF SELF-EXPRESSION AND CREATIVITY. JAMIE-LEE SAYS, “I NEEDED TO LIVE A LITTLE, TO HAVE SOMETHING TO WRITE ABOUT”. THERE AFTER JAMIE-LEE RELEASED 4 OTHER SINLGES FROM THE SAME EP, WHICH ALL HAD GREAT ACHIEVEMENT AND RADIO CHARTING SUCCESS. THE EP DEBUT AT NUMBER 1 ON APPLE MUSIC.
THESE SONGS ARE IN A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN WITH REFRESHING MELODIES, INSTRUMENTAL HOOKS AND A TOUCH OF 80’S AND 90’S POP REVIVAL. BURSTING WITH MOVING BEATS AND CATCHY RIFF’S, THESE SONGS ARE LIKE A MELODIC EARWORM THAT ARE BOUND TO HAVE YOU HUMMING ALONG LONG AFTER THE SONG HAS ENDED. WITH HER SIGNATURE RASPY VOCALS AND SMOOTH TONES THAT SHINE THROUGH IN THE TRACKS, ARE ALL WRITTEN WITH POWERFUL AND CLEVERLY COMPOSED LYRICS AND COMPOSITIONS BY JAMIE-LEE HERSELF. COMBINED WITH MULTI-PLATINUM SELLING PRODUCER DANIEL BARON’S VISION, MAKES THIS A SONIC FIREWORK DISPLAY TO PUT ON REPEAT.
SINCE THE EP RELEASE, JAMIE-LEE HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR 2 PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS – BASADI IN MUSIC AWARDS 2022 – POP ARTIST OF THE YEAR & SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR.
CURRENTLY IN STUDIO, JAMIE-LEE WILL BE RELEASING HER NEW BODY OF WORK THIS YEAR AND YOU CAN EXPECT AN ALBUM FILLED WITH HER EXCITING NEW VISION & STORIES, KEEPING TO HER SIGNATURE SOUND.
BE SURE TO CATCH HER LIVE PERFORMANCES AROUND SOUTH AFRICA.