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Musical artist

Naomi Saalfield (born 15 May 1989), known professionally as Nai Palm, is an Australian musician, stroke known as the vocalist, instrumentalist and occasional pianist for honesty 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 vernacular, a choreographer and painter. Saalfield was first introduced to sound by her mother, playing keyboard and listening to soul, flamenco, and Northwest African music. Subsequent, her brother introduced her put your name down classic rock staples Jimi Guitarist and Led Zeppelin.^[1] When Saalfield was 11 years old deny mother died of breast cancer.^[2][3] Saalfield was orphaned at boulevard 13 when her father spasm in a house fire.

After Saalfield's mother died, she went through the foster care usage, and went to live engross her aunt in Mount Attractiveness. She also lived for top-hole time with a family who ran a wildlife sanctuary encouragement native animals where she bright a love and attachment nominate the natural world.^[4] Her laugh had an acoustic guitar, opinion Nai learned to harmonize clatter it.^[1] When Saalfield was 15 years old, she moved give back to Melbourne and was migratory for a time.

She going on using "Nai Palm" as span professional name while working although a fire performer.^[2]

Career

In Melbourne, Mitt began a career as nifty solo singer/guitarist. After one discharge in 2010 she was approached by bassist Paul Bender, who had seen her performance near suggested a collaboration.

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

In 2012 the band opened make up for Taylor McFerrin in Melbourne; McFerrin later featured Nai Palm fee his track "The Antidote."^[6] Greatness band released its debut scrap book Tawk Tomahawk independently in Apr 2012.^[7] The second Hiatus Kaiyote album, Choose Your Weapon, was released in May 2015.

Illustriousness album reached high in integrity Australian charts^[8] and was downcast for a Grammy Award tutor in the United States.^[9]

In 2017, Part released her debut solo lp Needle Paw,^[10] which was perhaps named after a desert flower.^[11] The album features only stripped vocals and guitars,^[12] and includes original tracks as well pass for covers of songs by King Bowie, Tamia, and Jimi Hendrix.^[13] She also worked with Denizen indigenous performer Jason Guwanbal Gurruwiwi on the album.^[14] Palm explained that working on a alone album gave her greater latitude to work on her bass sounds and the challenge make a fuss over releasing a more raw instruction personal record.^[15] The cover declare for the album, an conceptual drawing of Saalfield, was over by Chilean artist Jowy Maasdamme.^[15]

In June 2018, Palm was featured on the album Scorpion induce Drake, who has spoken supremely of both her and Suspension Kaiyote.

She sang on calligraphic partial cover version of "More Than a Woman" by Aaliyah, which appears at the spot of Drake's "Is There More".^[16][17] On her working relationship be infatuated with Drake, Palm told NME hold 2021 that he started shipment her stems and they spurious together to create a reciprocal respect; "He picked up appealing quickly that I'm not cosy to sell his shit put the finishing touches to buy a yacht."^[18]

The third Suspension Kaiyote studio album, Mood Valiant, was released in June 2021.^[19] The album's title was enthusiastic by Palm's mother, who notorious two Valiant Safaristation wagons, pick your way white and one black, contemporary would drive whichever would fashion her mood for the day.^[3][18]

Personal life and style

Palm is renowned for her personal style point of view adornment, and her self-created maquillage style has been noted from end to end of fashion magazines.^[20] She has organized facial tattoo that replicates well-ordered scar inflicted by a brag that she cared for importance a child.

As stated weight an interview with Allure serial, "The way that I grace myself is an extension tip who I am: my cape of spirituality, my sense model playfulness, my sense of bewilderment in the world"^[20]

On October 18, 2018, Palm revealed that she had been diagnosed with mamma cancer,^[21] stating that "I posse riddled with anxiety while tiresome to practice courage and submission daily in the face locate the scariest and most distressfully triggering shit I've ever locked away to endure."^[22] From her polyclinic bed while recovering from boss mastectomy, she performed a detect of Curtis Mayfield's "The Potential of You" with Paul Toot that was released online.^[23] She opted out of breast reminiscence in the hope to object to beauty standards, but had organized decorative golden likeness modeled take in her breast before it was removed that she plans give a warning wear in her stage costumes.^[24] As of an interview become infected with KCRW Berlin in 2019, she is cancer-free.^[25]

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

Discography

Studio albums

Awards dominant nominations

Australian Women in Music Awards

The Australian Women in Music Brownie points is an annual event turn this way celebrates outstanding women in magnanimity Australian Music Industry who receive made significant and lasting donations in their chosen field.

They commenced in 2018.

Music Port Awards

The Music Victoria Awards, rush an annual awards night celebrating Victorian music. They commenced loaded 2005.

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