Denai Moore
BornSpanish Town, Jamaica
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
  • guitar
Years active2013–present

Denai Moore is a British-Jamaican artist and singer. Her most recent album Modern Dread was released in July 2020.[1] Moore's musical style is a mix of soul, folk, electronic, and other styles, and she has said she takes influence from Lauryn Hill and Bon Iver.[2] She refers to her own music as "genre free".[3] She has been described as "one to watch out for" by The Fader.[4]

Early life and career

Moore was born in Spanish Town, Jamaica, where she learned to play keyboards from her father. Her family moved to Stratford, London when she was 10.[5] After she left school, she played in small clubs in East London, and appeared as a guest vocalist on SBTRKT's 2014 album Wonder Where We Land. She later signed with Because Music.[6]

Moore's first single, "The Lake", was produced by Plan B.[7] Her album Elsewhere was released in 2015 and produced by Rodaidh McDonald (The xx, Savages).[8] Her second album We Used To Bloom was released in 2017.[9] Modern Dread was released in 2020; in a review of the album The Guardian noted that "Moore’s hypnotically sinister beats take the listener on a surrealist journey into a fantasy world."[1]

Cookbook

In April 2023, Hardie Grant published Moore's cookbook, Plentiful: Vegan Jamaican Recipes to Repeat.[10] Mayukh Sen of The Washington Post said the book's "recipes imaginatively take advantage of the bounties of Jamaica."[11] Avery Yale Kamila of the Portland Press Herald included the book on her list of the best plant-based books of 2023.[12] Fliss Freborn of National Geographic included the book on her list of the best new summer cookbooks.[13]

References

  1. 1 2 Sotire, Timi (3 July 2020). "Denai Moore: Modern Dread review – hypnotic, surrealist bid for freedom". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  2. ↑ "Denai Moore - New Faces". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "Denai Moore on 'Trickle' visual: 'it represents the unexpected nature of anxiety'". gal-dem. 3 May 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "Hear "I Swore," A Tearful Ballad From SBTRKT Collaborator Denai Moore". The FADER. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  5. ↑ "Denai Moore - New Faces". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  6. ↑ Commeillas, David. "Denai Moore, la candeur électro-folk". Les Inrocks (in French). Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  7. ↑ Cragg, Michael (11 October 2013). "Denai Moore – The Lake: New music". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  8. ↑ Cragg, Michael (5 April 2015). "Denai Moore: Elsewhere review – debut album soaked in sadness". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  9. ↑ Day, Laurence (10 May 2017). "Denai Moore announces new record We Used To Bloom". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  10. ↑ "Hardie Grant snaps up vegan Jamaican cookbook by musician and chef Moore". The Bookseller. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  11. ↑ Sen, Mayukh (15 May 2023). "This vegan chef and musician is changing the tune around Jamaican food". The Washington Post.
  12. ↑ Kamila, Avery Yale (26 November 2023). "With these books, give the gift of health (your own and the planet's): Several new cookbooks, a travel guide and two novels make excellent gifts for the vegan, vegetarian or the veg-curious person in your life". Press Herald. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  13. ↑ Freborn, Fliss (13 July 2023). "5 of the best new cookbooks for summer". Travel. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
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