Imelda May

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About Imelda May

Irish singer Imelda May boasts the kind of enduring voice that would make her a pop star in any decade. By the time May (born Imelda Clabby in 1974) released her solo debut, No Turning Back, in 2003, she was already a nightclub veteran with a command of rockabilly and jump blues. Three more records followed—2008’s Love Tattoo, 2010’s Mayhem, and 2014’s Tribal—that solidified her reputation as a singer who, not unlike English counterpart Amy Winehouse, exudes old-school soulfulness. Accolades rolled in, with legendary musicians like Bono, Jools Holland, and Jeff Beck singing her praises. But May wasn’t about to get comfortable. Teaming up with roots-music producer T Bone Burnett, she created one of the boldest reinventions of her career in 2017’s Life Love Flesh Blood, a meditation on heartache painted with deliciously contemporary folk and pop textures. When May quickly turned around and transformed herself again into a classic jazz crooner for actor/pianist Jeff Goldblum’s 2018 set The Capitol Studios Sessions, it served as further proof that May knows how to hop across entire genres and eras at will.

FROM
Dublin, Ireland
BORN
July 10, 1974
GENRE
Rock
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