Sarah Packiam is a British singer-songwriter from London with Tamil Sri Lankan roots. She started writing songs that drew from soul, gospel, and traditional Indian music, which gave her early material a particular texture.
Her debut single "Everybody Needs Somebody Sometimes" came out in 2016 and became her breakthrough. The song's straightforward message about needing connection found an audience. She followed it with albums like "Heart in Motion" in 2017 and "The Loop" in 2019, and later tracks like "New York City All The Way" and "Dream" kept her sound moving between soul and pop.
Packiam sometimes performs with a band that includes guitarist Dean Stuart, bassist Al Cherry, drummer Carmen Vandenberg, and keyboardist Anthony Phillips. Her more recent albums, "Prism" and "Hope," continued her pattern of writing about everyday themes without much fuss.
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