Sweet Baboo

A single-minded, idiosyncratic singer with sparkling melody and deft lyrical turn.
Sweet Baboo is Stephen Black, a musician from rural North Wales. Sweet Baboo's earliest musical influences were fellow Welsh musicians such as Super Furry Animals and Gorky's Zygotic Mynci. Later influences have included the Beach Boys and Jonathan Richman. His musical style has been described as a mix of country and psychedelic - idiosyncratic, with a skill for writing darkly funny to piercingly tender lyrics.

Sweet Baboo's album "I'm a Dancer / Songs about Sleepin'" was nominated for the first ever Welsh Music Prize in 2011.

His album "Ships" was released in April 2013 on Moshi Moshi Records. He will be at the Islington Assembly Hall for an unique live performance.