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Chilean Singer-Songwriter Camila Meza Sets A Brooklyn Loft Aglow

Rising singer, guitarist and composer Camila Meza reverberates songs from her latest record Ámbar off the walls of a light-filled Brooklyn loft.
Camila Meza performs in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Some musicians don't have to expend much effort to achieve radiance. is one of these — a singer-songwriter and improvising guitarist originally from Santiago, Chile, and now a luminous fixture on the scene inher major-label debut, just out on Masterworks, captures the deep synthesis in her music, with a chamber-jazz cohort she calls the Nectar Orchestra.

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