British singer-songwriter Delilah‘s debut album From The Roots Up has very quickly become part of my regular music playing rotation. I got put onto her by a friend at Atlantic Records in London, when I was recently there. Born Paloma Ayana Stoecker, her influences range from Buena Vista Social Club and Nine Inch Nails to Chaka [...]
Midweek Music – Delilah
British singer-songwriter Delilah‘s debut album From The Roots Up has very quickly become part of my regular music playing rotation. I got put onto her by a friend at Atlantic Records in London, when I was recently there. Born Paloma Ayana Stoecker, her influences range from Buena Vista Social Club and Nine Inch Nails to Chaka Khan, Portishead and Sade. Having started singing at an early age and signing with Atlantic at 17 (she is 22), she paid her dues working with drum & bass/dubstep duo Chase & Status as well as touring with one of my favourite artists right now, Maverick Sabre. Her music is melodic, at times melancholic, but always beautifully written and sung. Her album, which features her own writing, was released with the the song Go as the first single. It draws lyrics from Chaka Khan’s Ain’t Nobody in a way that makes it familiar yet wonderfully different.
A truly random post after an extended period of silence. This past weekend, I joined thousands of tiny and teenyboppers in the trek to FNB Stadium to watch Justin Bieber perform courtesy of 5FM on a night when many a father was a giant in t [...]
Snoop Lion’s new reggae album Reincarnated has been posted online to live stream until the release of the album next week. I have said before I’m not sure how I feel about this reincarnation but I suspect this is one of those al [...]
The Jackson 5 kind of looked like me. Sung nothing like me, fortunately. Reflected a life I thought fun and colourful. My father still has the Off The Wall record. It is my favourite Michael Jackson album – musicianship of the highest [...]
With a subject line like the title of this post, I had to check what the email was about, albeit cautiously. With the sick people out in the world, you can never be too sure, but I’m glad I did follow through. Tamara Bubble is a Brook [...]
