Morcheeba
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| - | '''Skye Edwards''' (born '''Shirley Klaris Yonavieve Edwards'''; 27 May 1974), sometimes simply Skye, is a British singer-songwriter. Her career began in 1994 when she and the Godfrey brothers (Paul Godfrey, a DJ, and Ross Godfrey, a multi-instrumentalist) formed [[Morcheeba]], which released five albums with Skye as lead vocalist. In 2003, the band split, after which Skye released two solo albums: ''[[Mind How You Go (Skye Edwards album)|Mind How You Go]]'' in 2006, and ''Keeping Secrets'' in 2009. In 2010, Edwards returned to Morcheeba, again as lead vocalist. In 2012, she released her third solo album, ''Back to Now''. Her fourth solo album ''In A Low Light'' was released in 2015. | ||
| - | 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 four children. Edwards has sung on two charity collaborations: "[[Perfect Day (Lou Reed song)|Perfect Day]]" (1997, in aid of [[Children in Need]]) and [[Band Aid 20]] (2004, in aid of [[famine relief]] in Sudan, Africa). | + | '''Morcheeba''' is an English electronic band formed in the mid-1990s with founding members vocalist [[Skye Edwards]] and the brothers Paul and Ross Godfrey. They mix influences from [[trip hop]], [[rock music|rock]], [[folk rock]] and [[downtempo]], and have produced nine regular studio albums since 1995, two of which reached the UK top ten. |
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Morcheeba is an English electronic band formed in the mid-1990s with founding members vocalist Skye Edwards and the brothers Paul and Ross Godfrey. They mix influences from trip hop, rock, folk rock and downtempo, and have produced nine regular studio albums since 1995, two of which reached the UK top ten.
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