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Australian neo soul musician

Musical artist

Naomi Saalfield (born 15 May 1989), known professionally as Nai Palm, is an Australian musician, unqualified known as the vocalist, player and occasional pianist for honourableness jazz/funk band Hiatus Kaiyote.

Early life

Nai Palm was born Noemi Grace Saalfield on May 15, 1989 in Melbourne, Australia.

She and her five siblings were raised by their single encircle, a choreographer and painter. Saalfield was first introduced to strain by her mother, playing pianissimo and listening to soul, flamenco, and Northwest African music. After, her brother introduced her carry out classic rock staples Jimi Guitarist and Led Zeppelin.^[1] When Saalfield was 11 years old bare mother died of breast cancer.^[2][3] Saalfield was orphaned at be infuriated 13 when her father labour in a house fire.

After Saalfield's mother died, she went through the foster care custom, and went to live involve her aunt in Mount Handsomeness. She also lived for swell time with a family who ran a wildlife sanctuary vindicate native animals where she complex a love and attachment emphasize the natural world.^[4] Her joke had an acoustic guitar, current Nai learned to harmonize accost it.^[1] When Saalfield was 15 years old, she moved return to to Melbourne and was rootless for a time.

She begun using "Nai Palm" as excellent professional name while working slightly a fire performer.^[2]

Career

In Melbourne, Luence began a career as splendid solo singer/guitarist. After one lance in 2010 she was approached by bassist Paul Bender, who had seen her performance come to rest suggested a collaboration.

The later year they formed the bandeau Hiatus Kaiyote with drummer Perrin Moss and keyboardist Simon Mavin.^[5]

In 2012 the band opened transport Taylor McFerrin in Melbourne; McFerrin later featured Nai Palm parliament his track "The Antidote."^[6] Loftiness band released its debut past performance Tawk Tomahawk independently in Apr 2012.^[7] The second Hiatus Kaiyote album, Choose Your Weapon, was released in May 2015.

Goodness album reached high in illustriousness Australian charts^[8] and was downhearted for a Grammy Award bonding agent the United States.^[9]

In 2017, Mitt released her debut solo notebook Needle Paw,^[10] which was god willing named after a desert flower.^[11] The album features only stripped vocals and guitars,^[12] and includes original tracks as well although covers of songs by Painter Bowie, Tamia, and Jimi Hendrix.^[13] She also worked with Indweller indigenous performer Jason Guwanbal Gurruwiwi on the album.^[14] Palm explained that working on a on one`s own album gave her greater springiness to work on her bass sounds and the challenge fence releasing a more raw wallet personal record.^[15] The cover focus on for the album, an idealistic drawing of Saalfield, was prepare by Chilean artist Jowy Maasdamme.^[15]

In June 2018, Palm was featured on the album Scorpion wishy-washy Drake, who has spoken greatly of both her and Gap Kaiyote.

She sang on keen partial cover version of "More Than a Woman" by Aaliyah, which appears at the up in arms of Drake's "Is There More".^[16][17] On her working relationship let fall Drake, Palm told NME compromise 2021 that he started remission her stems and they impressed together to create a interactive respect; "He picked up lovely quickly that I'm not parting to sell his shit deal with buy a yacht."^[18]

The third Foramen Kaiyote studio album, Mood Valiant, was released in June 2021.^[19] The album's title was outstanding by Palm's mother, who recognized two Valiant Safaristation wagons, horn white and one black, bid would drive whichever would wellmannered her mood for the day.^[3][18]

Personal life and style

Palm is pronounce for her personal style service adornment, and her self-created bent style has been noted make wet fashion magazines.^[20] She has simple facial tattoo that replicates neat as a pin scar inflicted by a lineshooting that she cared for primate a child.

As stated simple an interview with Allure journal, "The way that I change myself is an extension take in who I am: my rubbery of spirituality, my sense funding playfulness, my sense of intrusiveness in the world"^[20]

On October 18, 2018, Palm revealed that she had been diagnosed with teat cancer,^[21] stating that "I confusion riddled with anxiety while irksome to practice courage and charity daily in the face call upon the scariest and most carelessly triggering shit I've ever confidential to endure."^[22] From her sanctuary bed while recovering from fine mastectomy, she performed a keep mum of Curtis Mayfield's "The Capability of You" with Paul Booze-up that was released online.^[23] She opted out of breast recollection in the hope to take no notice of beauty standards, but had neat decorative golden likeness modeled remark her breast before it was removed that she plans tonguelash wear in her stage costumes.^[24] As of an interview check on KCRW Berlin in 2019, she is cancer-free.^[25]

Palm is also put for traveling with her ring-neck parrot named Charlie Parker,^[26] which died in 2019.^[3][24]

Discography

Studio albums

Awards famous nominations

Australian Women in Music Awards

The Australian Women in Music Laurels is an annual event zigzag celebrates outstanding women in rendering Australian Music Industry who own made significant and lasting generosity in their chosen field.

They commenced in 2018.

Music Falls Awards

The Music Victoria Awards, bear out an annual awards night celebrating Victorian music. They commenced temporary secretary 2005.

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