Liam Bailey

Vocalist/songwriter Liam Bailey might can see Amy Winehouse, but his soulful delivery and highly person songs stand independently. Given birth to in Nottingham in 1983 for an British mom and Jamaican dad, Bailey was raised hearing his parents’ Bob Marley, Stevie Question, and Jimi Hendrix information. As an associate of hip-hop collective 1st Bloodstream, who have been briefly authorized to Tricky’s right now defunct Brownpunk label, he made an appearance on the recording Eat Beat by Bloodleech and documented an LP, THERE HAVE BEEN Wolves, as you one fourth of short-lived folk clothing the Accidental in 2008. After shifting to London to carve out a single profession, his emotive and heartfelt make of acoustic guitar-driven spirit soon attracted the interest of Winehouse, who monitored him down after hearing one of is own songs through a shared friend. Furthermore to teen vocalist Dionne Bromfield, Bailey became the next artist to indication to her Lioness Information imprint and released two EPs through the label, 2AM Tough Tracks therefore Down, Cold, this year 2010. While dealing with her maker Salaam Remi on his debut recording, he backed Ellie Goulding on her behalf U.K. tour and offered vocals for Run after & Position’ Loleatta Holloway-sampling number 4 hit “Blind Beliefs.” After putting your signature on to Polydor Information, he released his debut one, “You Better Appreciate Me,” and its own parent record, From the Shadows, was planned to follow afterwards in 2011 nonetheless it was taken on the last second. Bailey spent another couple of years in record label limbo, but he re-emerged in 2014 on Traveling Buddha/Sony along with his long-delayed debut record, Definitely Now.