She doesn’t come from mainstream pop charts, but from the stage. She doesn’t chase after traditional Italian songwriting, but the sound itself. And she doesn’t sing in English, but in a blend of Barese dialect, soul, jazz, and electronic music.

Serena Brancale, a musician from Apulia with a conservatory background and a career forged in live performance, will take the stage at New York’s Blue Note on July 7, in the heart of Manhattan—a historic club long considered a shrine to jazz.