Fresh into the New Year with a gorgeous song from a lady I first saw on Jools Holland’s show back in October. Alone in the spotlight with her guitar she played and sang this song so effortlessly, and once again it was the sheer simplicity which completely hypnotised me into the performance.
Recently nominated in the BBC’s Sound for 2012, Lianne hails from London with a Greek father and a Jamaican mother. Jill Scott, India Arie, that laid back, soulful vocal collective of women are clearly an influence but Lianne certainly carves her own style into the genre.
A slightly tongue in cheek song about age, her affections for an older man and how this maybe frowned upon. ‘Is it such a problem if he’s old? As long as he does whatever he is told.’ Girls, you gotta love that, right?
Fresh from a December tour of America supporting Bon Iver, who was bowled over by her performance when appearing on the same Jools Holland show; I hate to coin a phrase but this time I mean it - for me, Lianne Le Havas is ‘one to watch’ for 2012.
Fresh from a December tour of America supporting Bon Iver, who was bowled over by her performance when appearing on the same Jools Holland show; I hate to coin a phrase but this time I mean it - for me, Lianne Le Havas is ‘one to watch’ for 2012.
From the EP ‘Lost & Found’ (2011) / @liannelahavas
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