Who is laura mvula married to

After that, you have to deal with getting over the shame of calling for help. Sony were delighted with the result and put it out with minimal fuss. Mvula was one of the domestic musical triumphs of My anxiety shot up from what it was. It shifted gears. Her anxiety — and in particular her difficulty with being left alone — got worse.

In London for gigs or other engagements she had to be accompanied at all times by her younger sister, Dionne, who was then a student in the capital. Themba would be everywhere with her in Birmingham. People outside the immediate family were deliberately kept in the dark about her anxiety. I was ashamed. As her music career got busier, Dionne and Themba stopped being able to cope. An assistant, Mariama Abudulai, was employed, so that at least Mvula could lean on someone who was paid to be there, with a smaller measure of guilt.

And we all know the machine is huge — you have the record label, you have publishing, publicity, agents. You have the video team, stylists, all the people who are making your career move forward. None of those guys knew. Two years ago, things got extremely difficult. Then, a year ago, we split. This anxiety thing is something that has dictated my life. I know it was a factor in my marriage breaking down. It was a combination of lots of things.

I would say… quite honestly, that I failed him. I failed him as a wife. There is no animosity between her and Themba. When I ask if it ever came down to a choice between her marriage and her career, Mvula says that would be an oversimplification. In , an orchestral re-recording of the album with the Metropole Orkest was released.

Her second album, The Dreaming Room , was also received with critical acclaim, and won the Ivor Novello award, and garnered a Mercury Prize nomination. Laura Douglas Aka Laura Mvula is currently 35 years old. She was born on April 23, Laura was born and raised in Birmingham, England. Her mother is a humanities professor and is from Saint Kitts.

Her father is from Jamaica and is a youth legal protection educator. She took up piano and violin at primary school and later attended Swanshurst School for girls. In her teens, she sang with Black Voices, a cappella group set up by her aunt Carol Pemberton; on they toured Italy and other countries.

She has also previously directed the Alvechurch Community Choir in Alvechurch. Mvula is happily marry to her beloved husband, Themba Mvula. Themba Mvula was born in Zambia Baritone. Themba can also be the musical director of Lichfield Gospel Choir, a gaggle he has led for over ten years.

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