Two months ago some good friends came up with the name Lianne La Havas, an artist of which I never heard before. She was going to play on Eurosonic/ Noorderslag festival but she would also do a gig in Rotterdam, and my friends were going to see her. As always, I listened to some of her songs and soon became quite enthousiastic.
But what I listened to was recorded, so I asked my friends: When is this gig ? And unfortunately I couldn't attend. If I wouldn't have been in the plane to Thailand, I certainly would have joined my friends to watch this young talent.
La Havas, a young, only 22 year old, a black singer songwriter from London, UK, is relatively new in the music business. She released her first single "No room for doubt", featuring Willy Mason, last year oktober and will release her debut album later this year. This year she will be touring with Bon Iver in his North American Tour as his support act. She already worked with Gary Barlow and Bon Iver as wel.
What's so special about La Havas is her unique, vulnerable, smoky, pure voice, combined with her lovely, quiet, relaxing singer-songwriter songs. Her songs never become dull as she has enormous reach and variation in her voice (comparable with Rihanna/ Beyonce on one side and Erykah Badu on the other hand)
Enjoy your weekend with this promising talent of which we will definitely hear more this year.
"We all make mistakes, we do. I learned from you"
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