Emma-Jean Thackray
Emma-Jean Thackray is an English musician and DJ, described by The Guardian as a "musical polymath". She is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer and vocalist. She has directed the London Symphony Orchestra and performed at Glastonbury, won the Jazz FM public vote for act of the Year in 2021, and the following year won their Album of the Year awards for her debut album Yellow. She played every instrument, wrote every song and recorded each aspect of the music on her 2025 album Weirdo, apart from cameo appearances by Reggie Watts and Kassa Overall. She is signed to Gilles Peterson's Brownswood label and Parlophone.
How Critics See Emma-Jean Thackray
Chorus pulls the clearest critic-consensus signals out of this discography: the highest-rated record, the tightest agreement, the sharpest split, and the best place to start.
Weirdo
2025
Highest ChoruScore in this discography at 85/100 across 6 reviews.
Emma-Jean Thackray's Weirdo arrives as a bold, humane rejoinder to loss, marrying funk and jazz fusion with a restless, genre-hopping energy that critics call both consoling and co...
Weirdo
2025
Best balance of score, review depth, and critic agreement for a first listen.
Emma-Jean Thackray's Weirdo arrives as a bold, humane rejoinder to loss, marrying funk and jazz fusion with a restless, genre-hopping energy that critics call both consoling and co...
