Rising soul sensation Samantha Lindo has released her new single ‘Worthy’ today.

The single was inspired by the story of Lindo’s great, great grandfather Samuel Brown; a black Methodist minister from Barbados whose faith and knowledge of himself as a worthy child of God, enabled him to defy societal prejudice and pursue an interracial marriage to Ada – a white Scottish teacher and daughter of previous plantation owners – in 1891.

“I called the track ‘Worthy’ because that is what I receive from their story”, Lindo elaborates, “in a world where still so often we base worth and identity on outside appearances, I wanted to claim his courage to defy social norms and a worthiness that comes from an inner knowing, not an outward status or position”. Throughout the track, Lindo’s warm, soul-tinged vocal soars effortlessly over spiritual jazz soundscapes, allowing her impassioned lyrics to take centre stage.