AMPLIFI: Jaz Riley - Khalid Al Khajah - Tayoh

Khalid Al Khajah
London-based singer, songwriter and producer blending alternative R&B with indie-pop. Growing up in Bahrain, Khalid spent hours listening to R&B and pop - an obsession led me to teach myself songwriting and singing while studying in Edinburgh. Alongside his own work, he writes for other artists, including James Berkeley, and Essence Martins - who recently supported Maisie Peters on her European tour.

Tayoh
Tayoh is an Edinburgh-based singer-songwriter who blends warm melodies and gentle vocals with intimate reflections on love, memory, and human connection. Drawing from his Nigerian heritage and life in Scotland, Tayoh creates emotionally honest music that turns personal experiences into something deeply shared.

AMPLIFI presents an exciting opportunity to see new and rising artists in a setting designed to amplify their voices and put them centre stage in our intimate performance space.

About the Curators

Artists hand-picked by guest curators Arusa Qureshi and Halina Rifai of We Are Here Scotland - staged in our intimate performance space - 

Arusa Qureshi is an award-winning writer, editor and speaker with a passion for music, diversity and accessibility within arts and culture. Her book about women in UK hip hop, ‘Flip the Script’, is out now via 404 Ink. She has bylines in The Guardian, NME, Clash, Time Out, The Forty-Five and The Scotsman.

Halina Rifai is a podcast producer, music writer, PR & digital marketer. She founded music site Podcart in 2009 and went on to become a podcast producer, working with the likes of The Big Light, The Ferret, Mental Health Foundation, Fringe of Colour and many more.  Podcasts she has worked on and continue to work on include Sheku Bayoh: The Inquiry and A Sonic Hug. Halina is Communications Manager for We Are Here Scotland – A space aimed at supporting and raising the voices of Black People and People of Colour creatives across Scotland.

Supported by Creative Scotland and the City of Edinburgh Council.

Winner of the Creative Edinburgh 'Inclusion' Award.

Presented by The Queen’s Hall and We Are Here Scotland