New Orleans-born (London-based) rising Soul artist Acantha Lang has been compared to legends Aretha Franklin and Gladys Knight. Her acclaimed debut album ‘Beautiful Dreams,’ released in 2023, charted at #3 on The Official UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart, garnering critical praise and rave reviews with 5-star ratings in Echoes Magazine and Soul Bag Magazine (France). Acantha graced the covers of the iconic Blues & Soul and Echoes Magazines and received Album of the Month honors from Soul Tracks, Relix, American Songwriter, KCRW’s ‘Top Tune,’ and more. Tastemaker Craig Charles (BBC 6Music’s Funk & Soul Show) notes: “She’s brilliant…destined for world domination.”

Lang has also been captivating audiences globally, making her US TV debut on CBS Saturday Morning and performing at the prestigious 2024 SXSW Music Festival in Austin, Texas, major venues in Spain and the UK, and renowned clubs like Bizz’Art (Paris, France) and Melkweg (Netherlands). In April 2024, she was a featured artist at The Dew Drop in New Orleans and performed alongside The New Mastersounds at The House of Blues and Blue Nile as part of the BACKBEAT Jazz Fest series during New Orleans Jazz Fest weekend where she met new fans like Anderson.Paak. She was also invited as a special guest for Jon Cleary at his sold-out show at the renowned Jazz Cafe in London.

Her debut EP, Sugar Woman, earned critical acclaim and won the 2021 Soul Tracks Readers’ Choice Award for New Artist of the Year. She was also accepted into the Recording Academy’s (Grammy) 2022 member class. She has established a dedicated legion of fans with her 13m+ viewed “Standing On The Shoulders Of” soul series.

A GRAMMY-nominated songwriter for Robert Randolph & The Family Band, Lang has garnered over 5 million streams and landed on top Spotify playlists including All Funked Up, Best Retro Songs, and Best Funk Songs of 2023. Her music has resonated with a global audience, with radio support from BBC 6 Music’s Funk & Soul Show in the UK to KCRW’s Top Tune of the Day in the US.

Praised by Blues & Soul Magazine as “a soul singer of the highest order,” she is currently writing her second album while continuing to tour internationally.