Blossom is someone that has come onto my radar fairly recently with the release of her single “Jah Bless” Produced by SHK THT. That first impression left me wanting to hear more and that wish was granted with the release of her EP Eclectic Garden. I wanted to catch up with Blossom in the midst of such positive momentum and introduce her to our readers.

503tv: For those that don’t know, who is Blossom?

Blossom:I am a neo-soul- jazz influenced r&b singer song-writer! Whoo! Say that 3 times fast. I was the lead player in a steel band orchestra with my family for years. I used to be a ballet/jazz dancer – started back up singing for money and was in a girl group for a year in LA until the city tried to steal my soul. Moved back home and started over.

503tv: I understand you’re from Trinidad. How does that influence your music? How the hell did you end up in Oregon?

Blossom: My dad moved up here when I was a baby for work. He played in a steel drum band with my aunt and uncles as the drummer and met my step-mom at Saturday market. Cute right. They came for me when I was 5 – on Easter actually- and I’ve been living here on again off again ever since.

503tv: What can fans look forward to from you in the near future?

Blossom: So much music! It never stops. While working on my EP I met with a lot of musicians that were interested in making moves and we started working long before my EP was done . Id rather be working on a million things at once. I work better under pressure. I know what I want to say and how I wanna say it. I need people to know i’m a girl of action striving to be a woman of product. I will be making silent mistakes and showing you the lessons I’ve learned through my songs. The only fear I have is living with regret- I just won’t do it.

I feel like people weren’t expecting it- in all the right ways. It was different enough for them to respect what I was doing. People that listened to the whole project are like “ahhhh ok I get it” it’s pretty much a musical. Shout out to my big brothers Stewart Villian, Neil Von Tally and SHK THT for the beats. Ya’ll rock.

503tv: Any words of encouragement for the many starving artists of the Northwest and beyond?

Blossom: Well since I’m still starving  id say “SHARE WITH EACH-OTHER” I wouldn’t have gotten anywhere with my project if it was for the help and generosity of other starving artist. You scratch my back I scratch yours. This city is small – we should have each others backs way more then we do. Why you wanna leave the city or take your talents outside the city when you can do the same shit in your city. Be a part of making your city be that place. I’m tryna do it big out here. Portland is dope as shit , ya’ll just gonna wait for someone else to realize that? Stop fucking with these venues that don’t give a fuck about your music and sound quality.

#SUPPORTTHEUNDERGROUND . Musicians in General should stop being worried about their music being played and people hearin it and more worried about putting on a quality show that’s worth hearing.  I got very lucky to be working with Creatives that are about perfecting their craft and concerned about the message they are putting out there.