Skye Edwards

Skye Edwards
Skye (Paris, 2010)
Background information
Birth name	Shirley Klaris Yonavieve Edwards
Also known as	Skye
Born	(1974-05-27) 27 May 1974 London, United Kingdom
Origin	London, United Kingdom
Genres	Trip hop, downtempo, alternative
Years active	With Morcheeba: 1995–2003, 2010–present Solo artist: 2006–2010, 2012-present
Labels	Independent
Associated acts	Morcheeba
Website	www.skyeedwards.com

Skye Edwards (born Shirley Klaris Yonavieve Edwards, 27 May 1974) is a British singer-songwriter, born in East London. Her career began in 1994 when she and the Godfrey brothers (DJ Paul Godfrey and multi-instrumentalist Ross Godfrey) formed the band Morcheeba, which released five albums with Skye as lead vocalist. Since leaving the band in 2003, Skye has released three solo albums: Mind How You Go in 2006, Keeping Secrets in 2009 and Back to Now in 2012.

In 2010, Edwards returned to Morcheeba as lead vocalist.

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 three children. Edwards has sung on two charity collaborations, Perfect Day 1997, in aid of Children in Need and Band Aid 20, in 2004, in aid of famine relief in Sudan, Africa.

Early Life

Edwards was born in London and grew up in the East End of the city. Of Jamaican heritage, she was fostered from an early age.^[1] She described her growing up as 'I always say it was fish and chips, not rice and peas in our house'. Her first musical influence were the country and western records of her mother.^[2]

Mind How You Go

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.^{[citation needed]} The next single was "What's Wrong With Me". Music videos were released with both songs.^[3] Asked about her album, "People ask what this record means to me, but that's an alien question because I've been living and breathing it," said Skye. "It's not a question of what it means to me. This record is me."^{[citation needed]}

Skye's song, "Love Show", was used on a third season episode of Grey's Anatomy called "Great Expectations". It was also used in the fifth season of the Portuguese soap opera Morangos com Açúcar and in an American TV commercial for Nivea 'Sun-kissed' body lotion.

Keeping Secrets

In October 2009, Edwards released her second album, Keeping Secrets. A single, "I Believe", was released along with a music video. She made the video and a number of new songs available for viewing without charge on her Myspace page.

Other songs

In 2008, she collaborated with Marc Collin of the French group Nouvelle Vague who put together Hollywood, Mon Amour, an album of popular songs from movies from the 1980s. Skye sings several songs on this album, including Blondie's "Call Me" and Duran Duran's "A View To A Kill" from the James Bond film.

Skye has performed the Gorillaz song "Feel Good Inc" live on KCRW radio station (along with other tracks from her album),^[4] and also at some live shows; this is also available on her MySpace site.

On the John Martyn tribute album Johnny Boy Would Love This....A Tribute to John Martyn, released in 2011, Skye sings the track "Solid Air" from Martyn's 1973 album Solid Air. In the notes to the album, Skye said, "It was a bitter sweet feeling recording 'Solid Air'. I was excited to be doing a cover of one of my favourite songs but I was sad knowing that John was no longer with us."

Back To Now

This album was released on 29 October 2012.

Discography

• Mind How You Go (2006)
• Keeping Secrets (2009)
• Back To Now (2012)

References

External links

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