10 Things You Didn’t Know About Skye Edwards

British singer-songwriter, Skye Edwards was born Shirley Klaris Yonavieve Edwards on 27 May 1974 in London, England. Her career began in 1994 when she and the Godfrey brothers formed Morcheeba, which released five albums with her as lead vocalist. Her first solo album, Mind How You Go, was released on 27 February 2006 in Europe. The first single, “Love Show”, was a radio hit throughout Europe. She is the founder of her own record label, Skyewards Recordings. There is no doubt that the 42-years-old British singer-songwriter is definitely a name to be reckon with in the music industry.

Here are 10 things you probably didn’t know about the British singer-songwriter, Skye Edwards:

1. Skye Edwards was born Shirley Klaris Yonavieve Edwards on 27 May 1974 in London, England.

2. Her career began in 1994 when she and the Godfrey brothers formed Morcheeba, which released five albums with her as lead vocalist.

3. She decided to shorten her name to Skye by taking the first letter of each of her names and putting them together.

4. Her first musical influences were the country and western records of her mother.

5. She has sung on two charity collaborations: the 1997 Perfect Day, in aid of Children in Need and Band Aid 20 in aid of famine relief in Sudan, Africa in 2004.

6. Her first solo album, Mind How You Go, was released on 27 February 2006 in Europe. The first single, “Love Show”, was a radio hit throughout Europe.

7. She sang on Uncovered QOTSA, by Olivier Libaux of the French group Nouvelle Vague; this is an album of Queens of the Stone Age songs covered by female singers.

8. She is the founder of her own record label, Skyewards Recordings.

9. In 2008, she collaborated with Marc Collin of the French group Nouvelle Vague who put together Hollywood, Mon Amour, an album of popular songs from movies from the 1980s.

10. She has collaborated with artist like Alexis Smith, Patrick Leonard, Grace Jones and Duran Duran to name a few.