The singer is Billboard's 2026 Indie Power Players cover star and Indie Spirit Award winner.
Raye performs during the Billboard Indie Live concert held at Blue Note on June 10, 2026, in New York.
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In the middle of a week celebrating the independent music industry, one of the world’s most groundbreaking indie artists, RAYE, delivered an unforgettable private concert at New York City’s Blue Note Jazz Club on Wednesday night (June 10) for Billboard‘s Indie Live event.
Having just finished a headlining North American tour through large theaters — and now gearing up to play stadiums as support for Bruno Mars — the iconic West Village jazz club was a much smaller venue than the London native is growing used to. But that didn’t take away from RAYE’s singular performance abilities in the slightest, with her larger-than-life voice filling the room as she coursed through a mix of jazzy classics and tracks from her 2023 debut album, My 21st Century Blues, and 2026’s critically acclaimed This Music May Contain Hope.
