Women Music March 2025 – Day 14 — Cleo Sol

Cleo Sol

Promise I made was to love myself
Sometimes I lie to myself
— Cleo Sol,
from her song, Promises

Cleopatra Zvezdana Nikolic (b. 3/24/90,) better known by her stage name Cleo Sol, is an English singer-songwriter.  She grew up in the Ladbroke Grove part of West London. Her parents met in a jazz band. Her mother, who is of Serbian and Spanish ancestry, is a singer who also plays flute and guitar. Her father is Jamaican and plays piano and bass. She has seven brothers and sisters, and she stood out as a singer from an early age, when she got a second-hand karaoke player from her mother in recognition of her musical talent. — from Stephanie Korney at Jamaica.com

She is a member of the UK based musical collective SAULT who have released eleven studio albums.

Very good article on her here

Official website here

16 Comments

  1. randydafoe's avatar randydafoe says:

    New to me, quite lovely.

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    1. Lisa or Li's avatar Lisa or Li says:

      Agreed, Randy, and so is Sault.

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  2. Badfinger (Max)'s avatar Badfinger (Max) says:

    I love that Royal Albert Hall clip…that was really cool…again what a voice. I sound like a broken record but it’s great. I really like the song Sunshine…great song.

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    1. Lisa or Li's avatar Lisa or Li says:

      I know what you mean, day after day, such good music from these multi-talented individuals.

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      1. Badfinger (Max)'s avatar Badfinger (Max) says:

        Yes…and I catch myself saying the same thing but I mean it.

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  3. pvcann's avatar pvcann says:

    Thanks for introducing me.

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    1. Lisa or Li's avatar Lisa or Li says:

      My pleasure, Paul.

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  4. memadtwo's avatar memadtwo says:

    Very soulful. And she can dance too. (K)

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  5. Another artist who is entirely new to me. I like Cleo Sol’s voice! It sounds like with music all around her while growing up, she was destined to become a music artist as well. Of course, she still needed to have the talent.

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    1. Lisa or Li's avatar Lisa or Li says:

      Good way of putting it, Christian.

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  6. Steve's avatar Steve says:

    A gorgeous voice, wow, jazzy-soulful in “Sunshine.” Another great pick, Li.

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    1. Lisa or Li's avatar Lisa or Li says:

      Glad you are enjoying the WMM, Steve.

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  7. Aphoristical's avatar Aphoristical says:

    Love her too, first two albums were both amazing.

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