Lemar Talks About Love From All Sides

01-09-2006 14:39

Lemar certainly deserves his position as Britain’s leading soul singer.The London born performer has already made two critically acclaimed albums – “Time to Grow” and “Dedicated,” and his impact in the musical world is highlighted by the fact that he’s already won two Brits, two Mobo awards and sold 1.5 million of his records.The sincere “old school soul” of “If There’s Any Justice” made it one of the standout tracks of 2004. After taking a well-earned break, the 27-year-old musician is now set to release what is being billed as the best album of his career, this month, entitled "The Truth About Love".He’s also getting ready to do some live dates, including at London’s Jazz Café, where he’ll be performing “stripped down” versions of songs from all three of his records.FemaleFirst managed to have a chat with the former reality TV star with the dulcet tones whilst he was in London promoting his brand new material.Can you describe your third album to me in your own words?

I would describe this album as very soulful. It’s much more of a singer’s record. I think it’s a bit more mature as well. It’s called “The Truth About Love” and it basically discusses all the different emotions that you go through when you’re in love. Usually people associate the word love with happiness, joy, sunshine and nothing ever going wrong but we all know that’s not the case. Basically the songs are about frustration, temptation, about being in love and about being heartbroken.

You’re going to be holding four live gigs at the Jazz Café in London this month (11-14 September). Are you looking forward to them?

Definitely - I think it’s going to be fun. You know I was really happy that we got that venue because it’s a bit intimate and also it just gives me the opportunity for the first time to get my message across as to what just a few of songs on the album were about and meant to me, and to showcase a few of those songs in a different light because I’m not going to have the full band there. I’m just going to have it broken down; it’s just going to be more of an acoustic set so, you know, just to get a different take on a few of the songs on the album.