British singer-songwriter
Skye Edwards
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Shirley (Paris, 2010)
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Birth name
| Shirley Klaris Yonavieve Edwards
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Also known as
| Shirley, Skye
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Born
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1974-05-27
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27 May 1974
(age 49)
London, England
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Genres
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Years active
| 1995?present
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Labels
| Independent
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Member of
| Morcheeba
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Musical artist
Skye Edwards
(born
Shirley Klaris Yonavieve Edwards
; 27 May 1974
[1]
), sometimes simply
Skye
, is a British singer-songwriter. Her career began in the mid-1990s when she and the Godfrey brothers (Paul Godfrey, a DJ, and Ross Godfrey, a multi-instrumentalist) formed the band
Morcheeba
, which released five albums with Skye as lead vocalist. In 2003, the band split, after which Skye released two solo albums:
Mind How You Go
in 2006, and
Keeping Secrets
in 2009. In 2010, Edwards returned to Morcheeba, again as lead vocalist. In 2012, she released her third solo album,
Back to Now
, while in 2015 she released her fourth album,
In a Low Light
.
Edwards decided to shorten her name to Skye by taking the first letter of each of her names and putting them together. She is married to bass player Steve Gordon and they have four children. Edwards has sung on two charity collaborations: "
Perfect Day
" (1997, in aid of
Children in Need
) and
Band Aid 20
(2004, in aid of
famine relief
in Sudan, Africa).
[2]
Early life
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Edwards was born in London and grew up in the East End. Of Jamaican heritage, she was fostered by ethnic
English
parents from an early age.
[3]
She described her growing up as 'I always say it was
fish and chips
, not
rice and peas
in our house'. Her first musical influences were the
country and western
records of her mother.
[4]
Solo music career
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Mind How You Go
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Produced by
Patrick Leonard
, Edwards' first solo album,
Mind How You Go
, was released on 27 February 2006 in Europe. The first single, "Love Show", was a radio hit throughout Europe.
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The next single was "What's Wrong With Me". Music videos were released with both songs.
[6]
She has said: "People ask what this record means to me, but that's an alien question because I've been living and breathing it. It's not a question of what it means to me. This record is me."
[7]
Keeping Secrets
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In October 2009, Edwards released her second album,
Keeping Secrets
independently via her own label, Skyewards Recordings. Produced by Alexis Smith and
Emmy
nominated
Grace Jones
collaborator
Ivor Guest
. A single, "I Believe", was released along with a music video and she completed a tour of several weeks around Europe.
[8]
Back to Now
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This album was released on 29 October 2012 and produced by
Steve Fitzmaurice
, Irish record producer of, among others,
Depeche Mode
and
U2
.
Cover songs
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In 2007, Edwards performed the
Gorillaz
song "
Feel Good Inc.
" live on
KCRW
radio station, along with other tracks from her album,
[9]
and also at some live shows. In 2008, Edwards collaborated with
Marc Collin
of the French group
Nouvelle Vague
who put together
Hollywood, Mon Amour
, an album of popular songs from films of the 1980s. Edwards sang several songs on this album, including
Blondie
's "
Call Me
" and
Duran Duran
's "A View to a Kill" from the
James Bond
film of the same name
.
As a Christmas gift to her fans, Edwards recorded a version of "River" by
Joni Mitchell
which was uploaded to YouTube in November 2011. On the
John Martyn
tribute album
Johnny Boy Would Love This....A Tribute to John Martyn
, released also in 2011, Edwards sang the track "Solid Air" from Martyn's 1973 album
Solid Air
.
In February 2013, Edwards performed "As Long as You Love Me" by
Justin Bieber
on
KCRW
,
Morning Becomes Eclectic
. She also sang on
Uncovered: QOTSA
, by
Olivier Libaux
of the French band Nouvelle Vague; it is an album of
Queens of the Stone Age
songs covered by female singers, which was released on June 10, 2013 digitally and on vinyl in limited edition.
[10]
In 2020, Edwards performed the
Yazz
song "
The Only Way Is Up
" for the compilation
Goodnight Songs for Rebel Girls
produced by
Rebel Girls
, which involved a lineup of 19 female singers including
Ani DiFranco
,
Macy Gray
,
Alicia Keys
,
Carole King
and
Anastacia
.
[11]
Discography
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- Mind How You Go
(2006)
- Keeping Secrets
(2009)
- Back to Now
(2012)
- In a Low Light
(2015)
References
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- ^
"Skye"
. Retrieved
17 July
2020
– via BnF Catalogue general (
http://catalogue.bnf.fr
).
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Kelly, Emma (11 November 2014).
"The Band Aid 20 line-up: Where are they now?"
.
Daily Star
. Retrieved
9 August
2015
.
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Ann Powers,
Profile
, latimes.com, 30 July 2006.
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Teddy Jamieson,
"Skye Edwards interview"
, heraldscotland.com, 15 November 2013.
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Sinclair, Emma (19 November 2012).
"How Morcheeba's Skye Edwards became an accidental businesswoman"
.
The Telegraph
. Retrieved
9 August
2015
.
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"Myspace.com"
. Myspace.com
. Retrieved
8 November
2012
.
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"Angel of the Month: Skye Edwardss"
.
Angelic Voices
. 1 September 2006
. Retrieved
9 August
2015
.
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"Skye "I Believe"
"
.
Youtube
. Archived from
the original
on 16 August 2010
. Retrieved
9 August
2015
.
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"Kcrw.com"
. Kcrw.com
. Retrieved
8 November
2012
.
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Danton, Eric R. (9 July 2013).
"Queens of the Stone Age Gets a Feminine Touch (Album Premiere)"
.
Wall Street Journal
. Retrieved
9 August
2015
.
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Pingitore, Silvia (19 November 2020).
"From Rome Wasn't Built in a Day to singing lullabies: interview with Morcheeba's Skye Edwards"
.
the-shortlisted.co.uk
. Retrieved
12 August
2021
.
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