Skye Edwards

June 13, 2010 4:18 PM

Originally the lead singer of Morcheeba, Skye Edwards has released two solo albums: Mind How You Go in 2006, and Keeping Secrets in 2009.

She has also released a number of covers, including Gorillaz's Feel Good, Inc, Blondie's Call Me, and Duran Duran's A View To Kill

Skye talks about the process of making her first album

Skye sings a Morcheeba song

Skye recently joined back up with Morcheeba, and together they released the band's 7th album, Blood Like Lemonade

posted by hopeless romantique (15 comments total)

I like Morcheeba, this group shows up on Pandora when you make a Massive Attack, list. The group I really like that I found by accident on Pandora, is Kosheen. I know this is tangental, but their imagery was Native American, so I thought hey! But they are out of Bristol, England. The album Kokopelli, has some great sounds, and Damage is also great. I will have to listen to Skye Edwards' stuff. I thought that Morcheeba was just one person. I listen with one half of my mind, the other half is somewhere...
posted by Oyéah at 4:28 PM on June 13, 2010

Whatever you may think of the song stylings, that woman sings in tune, an increasingly distinguishing feature.
posted by StickyCarpet at 4:31 PM on June 13, 2010

Morcheeba kind of lost me around '04 or '05, but I've always loved her voice.
posted by dirigibleman at 4:36 PM on June 13, 2010 [1 favorite]

oh, hell yeah!

and, uh, can we get a follow up on Daisy?
posted by toodleydoodley at 4:37 PM on June 13, 2010

Wow! Her covers are amazing! Any place I can download them? (iTunes didn't have them)
posted by divabat at 5:12 PM on June 13, 2010

Funny, I heard her cover of Feel Good, Inc at H&M the other day and had no idea it was hers.

Morcheeba have been one of my favorite bands for a long time. I loved the Sky and Daisy periods equally--both are really great vocalists. I saw Morcheeba with Skye on, I think, the Fragments of Freedom tour when they came through NYC. Fantastic.

I had no idea about the new album! Can't wait to hear it. Thanks for posting.
posted by Admiral Haddock at 5:32 PM on June 13, 2010

Hadn't thought of Morcheeba in ages, thanks for this update. Really enjoyable.
posted by sciencegeek at 5:33 PM on June 13, 2010

I love Skye Edwards; her voice is outstanding.
posted by bwg at 5:37 PM on June 13, 2010

Morcheeba is the sound of a 90s summer for me. Thanks for the post.
posted by arcticseal at 5:43 PM on June 13, 2010

One of my favorite songs ever contrasts Sky's voice with the singer from Lambchop.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOT9bBIaJlY
posted by subtle_squid at 5:46 PM on June 13, 2010

so I thought hey! But they are out of Bristol, England

There's nothing so satisfying as discovering a new genre and realizing that it perfectly describes a kind of music you had no word for before.

(I've only heard one Morcheeba song, but I could tell it was unique enough to require new lingo.)
posted by rubah at 6:38 PM on June 13, 2010

Wow. Thanks for this. I totally gave up on Morcheeba when she left and I have no idea why I didn't just bother to hunt down her stuff instead.
posted by eyeballkid at 7:44 PM on June 13, 2010

Divabeat: her cover of Gorillaz is only available on her myspace page (so, no downloading), but the other two are part of the comp Hollywood, Mon Amour
posted by hopeless romantique at 8:17 PM on June 13, 2010

I used to love Morcheeba, and loved Skye's cover of Feel Good Inc. Had no idea she'd rejoined the group. Now I need to listen to the album.
posted by cmgonzalez at 9:37 PM on June 13, 2010

A Well Deserved Break is on my driving around in the car CD, so I listen to that when I'm not listening to the radio.
posted by warbaby at 10:49 PM on June 13, 2010