{{Short description|Canadian rock singer}} '''SATE''' is the stage name of '''Saidah Baba Talibah''', a Canadian rock singer from Toronto, Ontario.<ref>Freddie Mojallal, [https://torontoguardian.com/2015/08/sate/ "SATE – aka Saidah Baba Talibah"]. ''Toronto Guardian'', August 9, 2015.</ref> Her 2021 album ''The Fool'' was named a Juno Award nominee for Alternative Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2022.<ref>Jackson Weaver, [https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/2022-juno-award-nominees-1.6367948 "Charlotte Cardin, The Weeknd, Justin Bieber lead 2022 Juno Award nominees"]. CBC News, March 1, 2022.</ref>
==Background== The daughter of restaurateur Howard Matthews and influential Canadian blues and jazz singer Salome Bey,<ref>Bill King, [https://www.fyimusicnews.ca/articles/2015/07/05/conversation-with%E2%80%A6-singer-formerly-known-saidah-baba-talibah "A Conversation with… the Singer Formerly Known As Saidah Baba Talibah"]. ''FYI Music News'', July 5, 2015.</ref> she began her musical career as an occasional performer with her mother under the name Salome Bey and the Relatives.<ref>Martin Morrow, "Fiercely talented singer Salome Bey, 86, led the way for other Black artists: Ms. Bey was a radiant musician, actor, producer and composer who wielded a powerful influence on generations of younger Black artists". ''The Globe and Mail'', August 19, 2020.</ref> She was a vocalist with the funk rock band Blaxäm in the 1990s, alongside her sister Tuku and Washington Savage of Infidels.<ref>Dorin Grunwald, [https://theeyeopener.com/1998/10/blaxam-finds-its-own-groove/ "Blaxäm finds its own groove"]. ''The Eyeopener'', October 14, 1998.</ref> The band released the EP ''Kiss My Afro'' in 1998,<ref>Ben Rayner, "Blaxam fuses a Toronto sound". ''Toronto Star'', July 9, 1998.</ref> but broke up before releasing a full-length album.<ref>Linda A. Fox, "Making his own way serenading the city". ''The Globe and Mail'', November 3, 2001.</ref>
==Solo career== As Saidah Baba Talibah, she continued to perform as a solo artist,<ref>Greg Quill, "Mother and daughter blues reunion; Grew up in famous moms' shadows: Daughters now making names for themselves". ''Toronto Star'', November 25, 2006.</ref> and released her debut solo album ''(S)cream'' in 2011.<ref>Errol Nazareth, "Lady sings the blues; Saidah Baba Talibah to perform at Massey Hall revue". ''Toronto Sun'', November 23, 2012.</ref> In this era, she described herself as having been inspired in part by Black Rock Coalition artists such as Living Colour.<ref>Errol Nazareth, "Think outside the box with Talibah". ''Toronto Sun'', March 23, 2012.</ref>
In 2014, she performed at Toronto's Luminato Festival with TV on the Radio.<ref>David Paterson, [https://streetsoftoronto.com/weekend-warrior-luminato-toronto-taste-summerworks-launch-annex-and-dundas-west-fests-and-more/ "The irrepressible musical maven Saidah Baba Talibah ready to cook up a storm at Luminato"]. ''Streets of Toronto'', June 6, 2014.</ref> In 2015, she received a Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination for Best Leading Actress, Musical Theatre for her stage performance in ''What Makes a Man''.
She subsequently changed her stage name to SATE, on the grounds that performing under her given names was giving audiences a false impression that they would be seeing a world music artist, when in fact her music blends elements of soul and funk with blues rock and punk rock.<ref name=krewen>Nick Krewen, "Toronto rocker is following her path: Singer and songwriter SATE veers into tarot territory to help make sense of the signs life gives her". ''Toronto Star'', December 21, 2021.</ref> As SATE, she released the album ''RedBlack&Blue'' in 2016;<ref>Graham Rockingham, "Graham Rockingham's best bets". ''Hamilton Spectator'', July 21, 2016.</ref> the album's track "Know My Name" has been used as backing music in promotional advertisements for Sportsnet.<ref name=raine>Michael Raine, "SATE going back to the foundations to tear sh*t up". ''Canadian Musician'', Jan./Feb. 2022.</ref>
''The Fool'' was released in 2021.<ref name=raine/> Her video for the song "Nobody" features The OBGMs appearing as her backing band;<ref name=raine/> the album track "Guardian Angel", a short interlude, is a recording of SATE as a child singing along with her mother, which Saidah found in her mother's possessions only after her death in 2020.<ref name=krewen/>
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