Fyonna Nsubuga - Lay Me Down (Video)

The 256up welcomes Fyonna Nsubuga into our league of certified dimez as she is trying to promote her new single Lay Me Down. A lil about her is that

Fiona Namutebi Nsubuga (born January 16, 1986 Jinja hospital, Uganda) now known by her stage name Fyonna is a UK based Ugandan artist.
At 13 years Fyonna moved to the UK with her two young brothers to unite with the rest of their family. She has been writing songs since the age of 15. At the age of 18 Fyonna started to sing after joining a music course. She studied and took a series of extensive music performance and vocal training, music theory, and musicology while on ‘High National Diploma in Popular Music Practice’ at City and Islington College in Camden, London. Fyonna and her friends from college formed a small band and start to experiment on different music genres and styles (from Latino, Jazz, Soul/RnB, funk, Indie rock and Afro), organising and putting on live shows outside college. She was also chosen by her college as one the five students requested to represent the College at the BBC Radio 1 music week program situated at London Metropolitan University in Holloway. At 19 Fyonna joined Tab Impala (London based African band), which she still occasionally performs for as a vocalist. Tab Impala band have played a greater part in grooming Fyonna as a musician as well as enhancing her skills vocally and performing live in the world music sector. As part of the band, she has been able to do backing vocals for a string of Ugandan based artists while they were on tour around the UK. These include Iryn Namubiru, the Late Paulo Kafeero, Chance Nalubega, Winnie Munyenga, Queen Florence and so on. She has also toured with the band around the different cities within the UK, back and forth between the UK and the US. Most recent to tour to the US was Kyeyo Project by G&G Productions USA in Boston MA.
Despite her tight schedule of music outside school, Fyonna has still managed to cope with her education. At age of 24 now, she is completing her final year in Music industry Management and artistic development at the Buckinghamshire New University.
Her earliest compositions include; ‘Beautyteen’ and ‘Never Had’ (all on her upcoming album),’ Dance with me’ (unreleased), ‘Raining’ (unreleased) and many others. Her debut video for the single ‘Lay me down’ which was released on the 7th march 2010 and is in heavy rotation online and a number of radio stations. Others still in the works and to be released soon include ‘Free Me’ feat Jhustle of ‘Kroniklz’ (UK based Lugaflo group), followed by ‘Nkumaze.’ All three songs are in English and Luganda and taken from her upcoming debut album which will consist of songs written in the above mentioned languages as well as Swahilli.
Outside music Fyonna is also involved in a number of projects which include voice acting in the Ugandan gorilla animation film ‘GALIWANGO (Obulamu Bwe Kisodde)’. She’s voice acting as mother character to the main character Galiwango.

Check her new video entitle Lay Me Down