Maya Delilah
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| Born | Maya Delilah Shoul 5 May 2000 |
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| Years active | 2020–present |
| Label | Blue Note Records |
| Website | www |
Maya Delilah Shoul (born 5 May 2000) is an English singer and songwriter and guitarist, born and raised in North London. Growing up playing in Jazz youth clubs and busking around London, Delilah first gained attraction as a finalist of The Mayor Of London's Gigs Big Busk competition. In 2016 Delilah joined the prestigious BRIT school in Croydon. After starting to self release music during Covid, Delilah began to build a fast growing social media following and shortly after signed to jazz record label Blue Note Records since 2022.
Career
Delilah was born and raised in Islington, London.[1] When she was 15, she was a finalist in The Mayor of London's Gigs Big Busk, the UK's biggest annual street music competition.[2] She attended the BRIT School.[3]
In 2020, lockdown put a pause on the background session work Maya had begun to do within her community of music-making friends, so she turned to livestreams and TikToks where she build up a devoted following with clips where she would sit cross-legged on the floor, a bed, or a table. Over the course of two self-released EPs (2020's Oh Boy, 2021's It's Not Me It's You), she amassed more than 50 million streams of fan favourites like 'Breakup Season featuring Samm Henshaw' and 'Tangerine Dream' and sold out her first London headline show at The Jazz Cafe.
Maya began releasing music on Blue Note/Capitol Records in 2022, reinterpreting Cassandra Wilson's cover of Neil Young's Harvest Moon for Blue Note Re:imagined II, followed by her debut album The Long Way Round. The album charted number 2 on the overseas Billboard Charts in Japan, where shortly after Delilah played Fuji Rock Festival to her biggest crowd yet. Delilah was also brought out as a guest for headliners Vulfpeck, performing to 50,000 people.
She the release of her album she has since been named a 2025 Spotify Artist to watch and a Fender next artist - a huge co sign from the guitar brand she's been playing since she was 8.
Her style has been described as a "unique blend of jazz, soul, and pop", and she has listed Anderson .Paak, Tyler, The Creator, John Mayer, and Derek Trucks as musical influences.[4]
Discography
Albums
- The Long Way Round (2025)
EPs
- Oh Boy (2020)
- It's Not Me, It's You (2021)
Singles
- "Pretty Face" (2022)
- "Silver Lining" (2023)
- "Necklace" (2023)
- "Actress" (2023)
- "Look at the State of Me Now" (2024)
References
- ↑ "Hackney musician features on compilation by legendary jazz label". Islington Gazette. September 29, 2022. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
- ↑ "15-year-old Islington singer songwriter in grand final of Big Busk competition". Islington Gazette. September 5, 2014. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
- ↑ "Maya Delilah Biography". Bluenote.com. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
- ↑ "Spotlight: Maya Delilah Works Catharsis Into Music With Her New EP". Thelunacollective.co. September 27, 2021. Retrieved November 28, 2022.