My World Is the Sun, from Québécois vocalist and songwriter Dominique Fils-Aimé, is introduced by her Haitian mother, Claudette Thomas, singing “Ma Mélodie” from an old ’70s-era cassette. Its placement inspires the entire 15-track set. My World Is the Sun offers lyrics populated by the elements, weather, the sun, and the moon sung in both French and English. Fils-Aimé’s voice lies at the center of 21st century soul, jazz, pop, folk, and blues. The album is nocturnal, warm like a bath, and yet gently mercurial in its subtle abstractions. “Sea of Clouds” opens with the sounds of waves crashing against the shore. Keyboardist David Osei Afrifa offers a dark, subtle synth drone under her vocal, appended by percussion, chimes, and a wordless, chantlike lower-register…
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Dominique Fils-Aimé (FEE-yay) is a singer and songwriter from Quebec equally adept at singing jazz, soul, gospel, blues, reggae, and pop.
After taking the runner-up spot on The Voice’s 2015 season, she signed with Montreal’s Ensoul label and released Nameless, her debut, in 2018. With the exception of two standards, she wrote the album, revealing herself as a first-rate jazz singer and composer influenced by Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, Miriam Makeba, and Mahalia Jackson. In 2019 she returned with the self-composed Stay Tuned, and in 2021 she released Three Little Words that included one of the greatest covers of Ben E. King’s “Stand by Me” cut to tape.
In 2023 she released Our Roots Run Deep, composed of original songs.