Danelle harvey

Our girl Danelle Harvey has been busy living her mantra, “actively choose to be positive”. Since the release of ‘Home’ she has established her own music label ‘Tygahoney Music’ which is set to launch alongside with the retail store ‘Ethical Music Downloads’.  She will be the next spokesperson for Shelter’s new campaign and is performing at benefits organized by Limaloka.  If that weren’t enough she’s also currently planning a Fair Trade tour too. 

The usual trappings of fame and the industry have not lured this girl away from her mission of uniquely defining the responsibility artists play in raising social awareness.  On her new EP ‘Only Human’ Danelle sings “Don’t be scared by the news you hear, we grow as a race by the love we share.”

She explains that “those lyrics refer to the scare mongering that happens in our media and through our politicians, helping to sow the seeds of hate, doubt and ignorance.”  Danelle’s mission is to peacefully fight against the fear and ignorance.  People are listening because her music is infectious, uplifting, inspiring and because she’s never preachy or self-righteous in her approach.  “I’m not trying to be political, I just sing about things that I believe in.”

 “We empower people by encouraging them to be vocal and active about their concerns. We are a human race, we all bleed – we are all equals, it is your actions that determine things not your race, gender, sexuality or other silly stereotypical misconceptions.  We empower people by encouraging them to be vocal and active about their concerns.”

Danelle cleverly makes you consider how you are living while she entertains you.  “So many things are told to us that we accept and consequently we are very much a brainwashed, immune and numb nation, desensitised to the point that we don’t know who we truly are anymore.” 

Rather than folding to the dictates of the music industry, Danelle along with her label, ‘Tygahoney Music’ pioneered Fair Trade Music and she’s the world’s first Fair Trade Music and Media artiste.  What does that mean?  It means she puts her money where her mouth is and donates a percentage of all earnings to various charities. 

The new EP ‘Only Human’ is being released this Monday, June 2nd  with the leading title track, ‘Only Human’ currently available now for download from all major download stores. The new EP is furthering Danelle’s mission with a percentage of proceeds being donated directly to various Fair Trade producers, and other global and local charities that are initiating humanitarian causes.

Danelle is an advocate for several charities including Fairtrade, Shelter, Refuge, and Traidcraft.  Just visit her Myspace page at: http://www.myspace.com/danelleharvey for the full details.  She has recently been appointed ambassador to award winning youth group, ‘Let’s Be Positive’ and is touring around the UK all summer; visit her website at http://www.danelle.co.uk/tour.html for tour details.

Raechelle Dias