Sara Serpa has been voted as Rising Star Female Vocalist by the prestigious jazz magazine, Downbeat’s International Critics Poll.

Every year Downbeat Magazine publishes its Critics Poll and Readers Poll. This is the 67th Critics Poll and among other winners are singer-songwriter Cécile McLorin Salvant, saxophonist Wayne Shorter and pianist Sullivan Fortner. The printed edition of this Poll will be published in August with a featured article by Suzanne Lorge.