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We spoke with Nadia Hawa Baldé, aka Hawa B, back in April. That was the month of the sadder but better EP release, nominated at GAMIQ 2024 in the Soul/R&B category. This is followed by a solo album, better sad than sorry, officially launched this Friday, November 29 at Sotterranea. She’ll be doing the same in Quebec City on December 5 at Le Pantoum. Co-produced by HAWA B with Félix Petit (Les Louanges, Safia Nolin, Hubert Lenoir, FELP, Brown Family), better sad than sorry is the main chapter of a triptych on sadness – Sad in a Good Way (2022), sadder but better (2024).
Totally free-spirited and free-thinking, Hawa B doesn’t stay glued to Afro-descendant music, which she can quite rightly claim to be, she’s also interested in other electronic or instrumental avenues well beyond jazz, hip-hop or soul/R&B. Her exceptional voice is at the service of a magnificently mixed art, reflecting her experience as a Montreal artist born of diversity. She talks about it again with Alain Brunet for PAN M 360.
