Mvula's debut is ambitiously distinct and confident, as if she and her band had perfected their sound years ago but only now decided to share it... Laura Mvula's Velvet 'Moon' Is A Revelation The very ...

I love the version of “Sing to the Moon” that appears on Laura Mvula's debut album, but when I heard her perform it live at KCRW it became an intimate story performed so delicately that it’s ...

This problem first became apparent to me during the hymn-like “Show Me Love”. The illusion that the music is taking place in some vast empty hall is suddenly dropped for a few bars, and it’s such a ...