Hil St Soul
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Hil St. Soul is the moniker used by singer Hilary Mwelwa and songwriter/producer Victor Redwood Sawyer. The duo has received critical raves on both sides of the Atlantic with their amalgamation of jazz and neo-soul fronted by Mwelwa’s engaging voice.
Mwelwa was born in Lusaka, Zambia, Hilary Mwelwa, but relocated with her family to London at age five. Her home was filled with a varied mix of music, ranging from traditional Zambian music to the American R&B of Stevie Wonder and Aretha Franklin. While she loved music, Mwelwa attended London’s Westminster University and earned a degree in biological sciences. However a demo she cut during a break in school became the source of a new career choice for her. It led to the recording, with Sawyer, of 2000’s Soul Organic. The disc took Europe by storm and crossed the Atlantic on the strength of a smooth cover of Franklin’s “Until You Come Back to Me.”
Soul Organic wound up being named to a number of critics’ top ten lists for the year and catapulted Hil St. Soul to the category of young acts to watch. It showed an artist with an engaging voice and developing songwriting skills, clearly immersed in the NeoSoul movement but also with a fine sense of the groove of classic soul and even smooth jazz.
Mwelwa was born in Lusaka, Zambia, Hilary Mwelwa, but relocated with her family to London at age five. Her home was filled with a varied mix of music, ranging from traditional Zambian music to the American R&B of Stevie Wonder and Aretha Franklin. While she loved music, Mwelwa attended London’s Westminster University and earned a degree in biological sciences. However a demo she cut during a break in school became the source of a new career choice for her. It led to the recording, with Sawyer, of 2000’s Soul Organic. The disc took Europe by storm and crossed the Atlantic on the strength of a smooth cover of Franklin’s “Until You Come Back to Me.”
Soul Organic wound up being named to a number of critics’ top ten lists for the year and catapulted Hil St. Soul to the category of young acts to watch. It showed an artist with an engaging voice and developing songwriting skills, clearly immersed in the NeoSoul movement but also with a fine sense of the groove of classic soul and even smooth jazz.
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Soulidified
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Soul Organic
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All That
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Nostalgia
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Just A Matter Of Time
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Until You Come Back To Me (Acoustic Version)
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Jaysilla wrote:
i can't remember how i stumbled across this singer/producer duo but damn, they're awesome.
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Lirene123 wrote:
fix your tags people! it should be Hil St. Soul
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NEW TRACK
7 Sep 2008 | from blog.myspace.com/hil st. soul
What's good everyone!
I've just posted a new track on my page called "RELEASE" featuring PHAROAHE MONCH! Hope you like it... let me know your thoughts :-)
one love
hil
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e4groove tagged Hil St Soul with nu-bluz funky grooves in the e-lounge, nu-bluz, rhythm and blues and 3 other tags. August 2009
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u_merci tagged Hil St Soul with ‘neo soul’. August 2009
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alphaseven tagged Hil St Soul with ‘soul’. January 2009
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