| Denai Moore | |
| Birth Place: | Spanish Town, Jamaica |
| Years Active: | 2013–present |
Denai Moore is a British-Jamaican artist and singer. Her most recent album Modern Dread was released in July 2020.[1] Moore's musical style is a mix of soul, folk, electronic, and other styles, and she has said she takes influence from Lauryn Hill and Bon Iver.[2] She refers to her own music as "genre free".[3] She has been described as "one to watch out for" by The Fader.[4]
Moore was born in Spanish Town, Jamaica, where she learned to play keyboards from her father. Her family moved to Stratford, London when she was 10.[5] After she left school, she played in small clubs in East London, and appeared as a guest vocalist on SBTRKT's 2014 album Wonder Where We Land. She later signed with Because Music.[6]
Moore's first single, "The Lake", was produced by Plan B.[7] Her album Elsewhere was released in 2015 and produced by Rodaidh McDonald (The xx, Savages).[8] Her second album We Used To Bloom was released in 2017.[9] Modern Dread was released in 2020; in a review of the album The Guardian noted that "Moore’s hypnotically sinister beats take the listener on a surrealist journey into a fantasy world."
Moore became a vegan in 2015. In 2017, Moore founded a vegan supper club called Dee's Table.
In April 2023, Hardie Grant published Moore's cookbook, Plentiful: Vegan Jamaican Recipes to Repeat.[10] In July, the New York Times covered a dinner in honor of the cookbook at the Carl Freedman Gallery in Margate. The dinner was held at the opening of an art show curated by fashion designer Ronan Mckenzie.[11]
Mayukh Sen of The Washington Post said the book's "recipes imaginatively take advantage of the bounties of Jamaica."[12] Avery Yale Kamila of the Portland Press Herald included the book on her list of the best plant-based books of 2023.[13] Fliss Freborn of National Geographic included the book on her list of the best new summer cookbooks.[14]