Genre : JAZZ , classic , Electronic , 0

It would be hard to talk about the most exciting up-and-coming local artists without mentioning R&B songstress Alex Vaughn. After signing to the Love Renaissance (LVRN) label last year, she wasted no time leaving her imprint on 2022, particularly in the D.C. region. 

It would be hard to talk about the most exciting up-and-coming local artists without mentioning R&B songstress Alex Vaughn. After signing to the Love Renaissance (LVRN) label last year, she wasted no time leaving her imprint on 2022, particularly in the D.C. region. Vauhgn performed at Broccoli City in May — a surreal moment for the Prince George’s County native: “I’ve gone to that festival many times with my friends,” Vaughn says. “So for my first festival to be on the same stage that I used to watch and watch my peers be on, it was just full circle.”

In October, she released her first major label EP, The Hurtbook, which serves as a personal introduction to the artist’s impressive vocal range and lyricism. Locals loved it, made apparent through her sold out show at Songbyrd Music House in November, where she performed the album in full to a packed house. “I hadn’t put out a body of work in four years,” she says. “So for my first show as a headliner to be sold out, it was crazy.” Vaughn is set on expanding her fanbase in 2023. She’s an opener for fellow D.C. area-native Ari Lennox’s Age/Sex/Location Tour, which ends with four local shows: two at The Fillmore Silver Spring (March 25 & 26) and two at Howard Theatre (March 28 & 29).