The Story
Who is LissySoul?
“Somewhere between R&B, soul, Caribbean rhythms and the voices she grew up singing with, LissySoul was born.”
LissySoul is the artistic identity of Jandra Céspedes, a singer and songwriter from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Somewhere between R&B, soul, Caribbean rhythms and the voices she grew up singing with, LissySoul was born.
Her sound moves between contemporary and alternative R&B, Latin R&B, soul, afrobeat and amapiano, with bachata living underneath the rhythm and choir and opera training shaping the way she uses her voice — from a whisper close to the microphone to a full, classical lift.
Her writing sits with love, identity, vulnerability, desire, self-discovery, emotional contradiction and what it means to be a Caribbean woman making intimate music at night.
Her music explores
The journey
Beginnings
Choir and church
Learning to blend before learning to stand out.
Training
Classical & opera study
Technique, breath and the discipline behind the softness.
The name
LissySoul is born
An identity for the music that felt too personal to sign otherwise.
2026
Si Me Amas
The first release from the Soulroom.
The Voice
Six traditions in one instrument
R&B
Close-microphone phrasing, runs used as punctuation, not decoration.
Soul
Weight in the low register; nothing sung that isn't meant.
Opera
Classical lift and breath control behind the intimacy.
Choir
Self-stacked harmonies built like a congregation.
Latin
Spanish lyricism, bachata guitar and Dominican cadence.
Afro-Caribbean
Afrobeat and amapiano rhythm under Caribbean melody.