Leila Adu has been played on NTS in shows including Kit Records, featured first on 10 October 2021. Songs played include Chery Pie.

Raised in New Zealand of Ghanaian descent, Adu has produced three acclaimed albums, written for and sung with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, toured extensively and had radio play in the UK, mainland Europe, the US, Australasia, Russia and the Far East. She is a composer, improvisor, vocalist and pianist/keyboardist who has explored various genres and mediums. Her most recent releases are Love Cells and Scary Love Monster, both released as EPs in 2016.

In 2010 she was voted one of Bold As…