Luke Sital-Singh

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Luke Sital-Singh
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Background information
Origin London, England
Genres Folk
Years active2012–present
Labels Parlophone, Raygun
Website lukesitalsingh.com

Luke Sital-Singh is a British singer-songwriter.

About

He is of Indo-Jamaican descent. [1]

His first EP, entitled Fail for You, was released in 2012. [2] [3]

Contents

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". [4]

"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, [5] as well as a spot on Radio 6's Rebel playlist. [6]

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. [7]

On 2 December 2013, Sital-Singh was named on the longlist for BBC's Sound of 2014 poll. [8]

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) as well as an episode of the BBC comedy-drama series The Wrong Mans (S01E06). On 7 December 2016, "Nearly Morning" was featured on Season 1 Episode 9 of Frequency . [9]

On 18 August 2014, Luke's first album The Fire Inside was featured as BBC Radio 6's album of the day. [10] The album was received with mixed reviews. [11] [12] [13] It debuted at number 43 in the UK Albums Chart, [14] and reached number 35 in the UK iTunes album chart. [15]

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.

"Killing Me" was used in the closing credits of Silent Witness on 28 January 2020.

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

Extended plays

Singles

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