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Luke Sital-Singh Zelt-Musik-Festival 2017 in Freiburg, Germany

Luke Sital-Singh
Luke Sital-Singh performing at Haldern Pop Festival 2014
Luke Sital-Singh performing at Haldern Pop Festival 2014
Background information
OriginLondon, England, United Kingdom
GenresFolk
Years active2012–present
LabelsParlophone, Raygun
Websitelukesitalsingh.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 third 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 7 December 2016, "Nearly Morning" was featured on Season 1 Episode 9 of Frequency. [7]

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.[8] The album was received with mixed reviews.[9][10][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

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)
  • "This Woman's Work" / "American Girl" (23 December 2016)
  • "Killing Me" (26 January 2017)

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

  1. ^ Kev Geoghegan (15 July 2014). "Luke Sital-Singh: How panto steered him towards music". BBC News. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  2. ^ Paul Lester. "New band of the day – Luke Sital-Singh (No 1,311)". the Guardian.
  3. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/playlist/new
  4. ^ "BBC Radio 6 Music - Steve Lamacq, With comedy writer Ruth Jones". BBC.
  5. ^ "BBC Radio 1 on Twitter". Twitter.
  6. ^ "BBC Sound of 2014 longlist revealed". BBC News.
  7. ^ http://www.tunefind.com/show/frequency/season-1/38945#songs
  8. ^ https://twitter.com/lukesitalsingh/status/501657939409907712/photo/1
  9. ^ http://www.forfolkssake.com/reviews/29871/album-luke-sital-singh-the-fire-inside
  10. ^ https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/aug/21/luke-sital-singh-the-fire-inside-review
  11. ^ http://www.timeout.com/london/music/luke-sital-singh-the-fire-inside-album-review
  12. ^ http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20140824/7502/
  13. ^ http://www.itunescharts.net/uk/artists/music/luke-sital-singh/albums/the-fire-inside/
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