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2011 saw a busy year for
Delilah; after supporting British drum'n'bass/dubstep producers
Chase & Status on their nationwide tour, the single "Time" (which appears on their album, co-written by Delilah) was released, after which the London singer joined
Maverick Sabre as main support act on his UK tour.
Following the September release of her first EP, entitled
Go, which spawned the single of the same name, 2012 is penned to be pinnacle year for Delilah’s career. SoulCulture reviewer
Billi John headed down to North London venue KOKO on Tuesday night (April 24) to check out Delilah's headline show and see what the hype's about.
On August 14 2000, the UK music industry laid witness to an album which would not only find major success at the time, but would also help to shape the future sound of Black British Music as well as Contemporary Pop Music. Craig Ashley David, at the age of 19, released his debut album Born To Do It; a 12 track LP which fully captured the sounds of the then new and thriving Garage scene, as well as providing some mature R&B and soul which created an unforgettable project which many still reference today.
South London’s Speech Debelle snuck in the back door this year with alternative Hip Hop album Speech Therapy. This time last year, many of us had never heard of her. Then in September, having developing a media buzz surrounding the album’s June 1st release on Big Dada (British home to Hip Hop from the likes of Roots Manuva and Ty), the 26-year old proudly won the Mercury Prize 2009 awarded to the year’s ‘best British album’ for her unique blend of jazzy, soulful Hip Hop.
Admittedly, I’m not too satisfied with that genre description either – but this difficulty in placing Debelle is probably what attracted the Mercury Prize judges in the first place.