Luke Sital-Singh
Luke Sital-Singh is a British folk singer-songwriter.
Career
Sital-Singh's first EP, entitled Fail for You, was released in 2012. On 18 July 2012, he was the featured artist on The Guardian's "New band of the day", with journalist Paul Lester saying that the singer-songwriter was "breathing life into a tired form"."Bottled Up Tight", Sital-Singh's second single, gained a place on BBC Radio 1's In New Music We Trust playlist in March 2013, as well as a spot on Radio 6's Rebel playlist. His third EP Tornados was released in November 2013. Lead single "Nothing Stays the Same" made the BBC Radio 1 Music B-list on 21 October 2013 and was also added to BBC 6 Music. On 2 December 2013, Sital-Singh was named on the longlist for BBC's Sound of 2014 poll.
On 30 July 2014, Sital-Singh's song "Dark" was featured on an episode of Suits. His song "Fail for You" was featured on an episode of Grey's Anatomy, as well as an episode of the BBC comedy-drama series The Wrong Mans. On 7 December 2016, "Nearly Morning" was featured on an episode of Frequency.
On 18 August 2014, Sital-Singh's first album The Fire Inside was featured as BBC Radio 6's album of the day. The album was received with mixed reviews. It debuted at number 43 in the UK Albums Chart, and reached number 35 in the UK iTunes album chart.
On 24 May 2015, he appeared on BBC's Match of the Day singing "Nothing Stays the Same" in full and up to the credits on the final day of the English football season, intercut with video highlights of the season's Premier League games.
Sital-Singh's song "Killing Me" was used in the closing credits of Silent Witness on 28 January 2020. On 8 June 2021, “Honest Man” was used in the season finale episode Death Begins in Radiology of the American medical drama series New Amsterdam.
Personal life
Sital-Singh is of Indo-Jamaican descent. He is married to Hannah Cousins, an illustrator and printmaker who worked on the artwork for many of his albums. They have a son together named River Quinn and a dog named Tchai.Discography
Studio albums
The Fire Inside Time Is a Riddle A Golden State Dressing Like a Stranger- ''Fool's Spring''
Live albums
- ''Live at the Union Chapel''
Extended plays
Fail For You Old Flint Tornados The Breakneck Speed of Tomorrow Just a Song Before I Go Weight of Love New Haze All the Ways You Sing in the Dark Strange Weather- ''Across the Evening Sky''
Singles
- "Greatest Lovers"
- "Bottled Up Tight"
- "Nothing Stays the Same"
- "Benediction"
- "Still"
- "Pure"
- "This Woman's Work" / "American Girl"
- "Killing Me"
- "Hunger"
- "Oh My God"
- "Innocence"
- "Time is a Riddle"
- "Just a Song Before I Go"
- "Thirteen"
- "Afterneath"
- "Weight of Love"
- "The Last Day"
- "Love is Hard Enough Without the Winter"
- "Los Angeles"
- "Lover"
- "Strange and Beautiful
- "Almost Home"
- "Undefeated"
- "Call Me When You Land"
- "Summertime Low"
- "Los Feliz"
- "Both Sides Now"
- "Time After Time"
- "Maybe Tomorrow"
- "Blind Missiles"
- "Me & God"
- "California"
- "Dressing Like a Stranger"
- "Summer Somewhere"
- "Can't Get High"
- "Rather Be"