And the Welcome everybody to Soda Jaker on songwriting. This is Simon here as always with Brian and joining us today

is a genre-defying Mercury Prize nominated British singer, songwriter and musician whose

distinctive voice, thoughtful lyrics and moody atmospheric Sonic approach of

one of the respect of fans, critics and peers alike since he first arrived on the

UK scene in 2010. In early May of this year he released his critically acclaimed

fifth album I grow tired but I dare not fall asleep and we chatted with him back in mid July as the UK began to hesitantly emerge from the first COVID lockdown.

We're excited to welcome the excellent ghost poet to the show.

Our guest was born Obaro and Jimmaway in London in 1983 and raised in Tooting, where his parents ran

a mini cab business and later in the state agency.

Growing up, Obaro had no real hankering for a career in music,

though he and his family were all keen music fans.

It wasn't until he was studying immediate production at university and Coventry

that he began experimenting and making tracks with the software program Reason in his bedroom as well as joining the Grime Collective.

Following graduation, Abborough stayed put in the Midlands as he continued to hone his skills and work on material

whilst working a series of day and night jobs to help pay the bills.

He returned to London in 2010 and that same year self released his first DP under the

Ghost Poet moniker The Sound of Strangers which brought him to the attention of veteran

Jiles Peterson who licensed it for his Brownswood label.

Obaro's debut album, Peanut Butter Blues and Melancholy Jam, also issued Brown's Wood, arrived the following year and was nominated for the prestigious Mercury Prize.

Second Album, 2013's darker, more emotionally complex, Some Say I So I Say light, was also Mercury shortlisted, while 2015 shedding skin

saw him utilise a full backing band on record for the first time. Third effort, Dark Days and Canopays dropped in 2017.

Following the release of Dark Days, our guest to temporarily quit London for the relative peace and

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