Luke Sital-Singh
Luke Sital-Singh | |
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![]() Luke Sital-Singh performing at Haldern Pop Festival 2014 | |
Background information | |
Origin | London, England, United Kingdom |
Genres | Folk |
Years active | 2012–present |
Labels |
Parlophone Raygun Records |
Associated acts |
Martha Wainwright The Staves Villagers Fossil Collective Kodaline |
Website | lukesitalsingh.com |
Luke Sital-Singh is a British singer-songwriter.
About
Sital-Singh's first EP, entitled Fail For You, was released in 2012.[1]
On 18 July 2012 Sital-Singh was the featured artist on The Guardian's 'New band of the day', with journalist Paul Lester saying that the singer-songwriter was "breathing life into a tired form".[2]
'Bottled Up Tight', Sital-Singh's second single, gained a place on BBC Radio 1's In New Music We Trust playlist in March 2013,[3] as well as a spot on Radio 6's Rebel playlist.[4]
Sital-Singh's 3rd EP 'Tornados' was released in November 2013. Lead single 'Nothing Stays The Same' made the BBC Radio 1 Music B-list on 21 October 2013 and was also added to BBC 6 Music. It became Luke Sital-Singh's first single that charted within the Top 100 of the UK Singles Chart. [5]
On 2 December 2013, Sital-Singh was named on the longlist for BBC's Sound of 2014 poll.[6]
On 30 July 2014, Sital-Singh's song Dark was featured on an episode of Suits (S04E07).His song 'Fail For You' was featured on an episode of Grey's Anatomy (S09E09).
On 24 May 2015, he appeared on BBC's Match of the Day singing "Nothing Stays The Same" in full, and up to the credits, on the final day of the English Football Season, intercut with video of highlights of the season's Premier League games.
On 18 August 2014, Luke's first album 'The Fire Inside' was featured as BBC Radio 6's album of the day.[7] The album was received with mixed reviews.[8][9][10] 'The Fire Inside' reached number 23 in the iTunes Germany album chart.[11] It debuted at number 43 in the Official UK Album Top 100 [12] and reached number 35 in the UK iTunes album chart.[13]
Discography
Albums
- The Fire Inside (18 August 2014)
Singles
- "Greatest Lovers" (15 April 2014)
- "Bottled Up Tight" (22 June 2014)
- "Nothing Stays the Same" (9 July 2014)
- "Benediction" (23 January 2015)
- "Still" (3 August 2015)
- "Pure" (6 May 2016)
EPs
- Fail For You (8 August 2012)
- Old Flint (14 April 2013)
- Tornados (3 November 2013)
- The Breakneck Speed of Tomorrow (25 September 2015)
References
- ↑ Kev Geoghegan (15 July 2014). "Luke Sital-Singh: How panto steered him towards music". BBC News. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
- ↑ Paul Lester. "New band of the day – Luke Sital-Singh (No 1,311)". the Guardian.
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/playlist/new
- ↑ "BBC Radio 6 Music - Steve Lamacq, With comedy writer Ruth Jones". BBC.
- ↑ "BBC Radio 1 on Twitter". Twitter.
- ↑ "BBC Sound of 2014 longlist revealed". BBC News.
- ↑ https://twitter.com/lukesitalsingh/status/501657939409907712/photo/1
- ↑ http://www.forfolkssake.com/reviews/29871/album-luke-sital-singh-the-fire-inside
- ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/aug/21/luke-sital-singh-the-fire-inside-review
- ↑ http://www.timeout.com/london/music/luke-sital-singh-the-fire-inside-album-review
- ↑ http://www.itunescharts.net/ger/artists/music/luke-sital-singh/albums/the-fire-inside/
- ↑ http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20140824/7502/
- ↑ http://www.itunescharts.net/uk/artists/music/luke-sital-singh/albums/the-fire-inside/
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