"The soul musician's journey to Ireland has given him a positive outlook on life — now he's ready for the future." - The Times
Drawing inspiration from the three places he calls home – Lagos (Nigeria), Laois (Ireland) & London (UK) – Caleb Kunle combines the power of storytelling akin to the folk traditions of Ireland and Nigeria with a big soulful sound that is bound to make you FEEL.
Caleb’s journey as a musician started as a teenager learning guitar & piano, playing with his 3 brothers. An escape from the struggle to find their place within the rural Irish community that they had moved to from Lagos, Nigeria, during childhood. Realising the limitations of growing up in rural Ireland, Caleb made the journey away from home, busking while working with other musicians and producers for a year in New York, where he was briefly homeless, and then making the jump to London. Within his first year in London, he had won the NME Emerging artist of the year competition and released his debut EP “Eden”.
"Caleb Kunle is something special." - CLASH
2022’s ‘All In Your Head’ and ‘Could Be Good’ (Pony Records), saw the world start to take notice, with Nialler9 naming ‘All In Your Head’ #7 best song of the year and the Irish Examiner nominating him as a ‘one to watch’.
‘All In Your Head’ has since been used across a number of sync placements including The Dublin International Film Festival and supported by the likes of Tom Ravencroft & Nabihah Iqbal (BBC R6), Jamz Supanova (BBC R1Xtra) and Kevin Cole (KEXP).
Over the following year, Caleb performed at Secret Garden Party, Eurosonic, Ireland Music week, Iceland Airwaves, Body and Soul & Mladi Ladi Jazz festivals, recorded a KEXP session for the legendary Kevin Cole, performed at over 50 Sofar Sounds across the UK and supported the likes of Sir Was, Michael Sebastien and more. He has collaborated with brands including Fred Perry, Nicholas Daley, Scott Fraser and Daniel Hanson and has cultivated a supportive online network & fanbase, amassing 2 million streams and over 200k video views.
"Caleb’s emotional honesty was a balm for hurt and heartache." - Jazzwise
After becoming a father in 2023 and taking time to hone his production and songwriting work, he returned in 2024 with the statement single ‘POWER’, picking up where he left off with a powerful social message as the first in a series of singles due out over the coming months.
They follow his triumph as runner up in the Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition resulting in 4 shows at Glastonbury, and 2 shows at The Great Escape 2024.
POWER, was inspired by the strife & triumph of the Nigerian youths during the SARS Epidemic in 2020 through the End SARS social movement and has seen support from Steve Lamacq (BBC 6 Music), Kevin Cole (KEXP), Spotify playlisting and his first print feature in the Sunday Times.
AGENT: Agnese Daverio