Laura Mvula
Laura Mvula
Laura Mvula is a British soul singer-songwriter from Birmingham. Her debut album, Sing to the Moon, was released on 4 March 2013 with an orchestral re-recording released on 11 August 2014...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionSoul Singer
Date of Birth23 April 1986
CityBirmingham, England
school london reputation
London audiences have this reputation for being a bit too cool for school.
moving voice inspire
Lizz Wright is my favourite singer. Her voice moves me and takes me to another place. She also grows her own food, and that inspires me.
chocolate skins shade
I like pastels and lighter shades on darker skins. I feel like it lifts everything and accentuates being chocolate.
space creative church
I love church buildings, particularly cathedrals, and I like living in spaces that remind me of music or evoke that creative energy.
writing amy singers
I don't talk about Amy Winehouse as a 'singer.' She's a pioneer. I listened to her endlessly when I started writing.
thinking one-day world
You don't have to aim to be the best of everything, thinking that one day you're going to be the top of the world; I don't think it exists.
soul jazz kind
Taxi drivers used to ask me what kind of music I did, and I'd say, 'Well, it's kind of jazz, soul, classical' - but that makes no sense to anyone.
dream writing thinking
I always said when I was younger, I wanted to write film music, and I think that's what my ultimate dream is.
parent instruments grades
My parents encouraged us to commit to things, so if we wanted to learn an instrument, it was all the grades and all the theory.
dream love-is thinking
I really love jazz, but I will never be a jazz musician as much as I dream. But, I think that the jazz music I love is there in my music.
made center-of-the-universe universe
Who made you the center of the universe?
song mean writing
My songs are very personal, which means they are fantastically therapeutic to write, but performing them night after night is emotionally draining.