source: Paloma Faith's Facebook page

I mentioned Paloma Faith a little while back on the Music Monday post dedicated to music heard at London Fashion Week, but it was sort of in passing. Paloma Faith had been making the rounds here in the U.S. to promote her single "Picking Up The Pieces," after signing with Epic Records here in the U.S. in mid-2012.

Paloma hails from England, has dabbled in acting, and has had two of her albums reach platinum status in the United Kingdom. I first heard of Paloma while watching season 7 of "The X Factor UK" (the season that spawned One Direction) -- contestant Nicolo Festa covered her song "New York" in the Judges' Houses round. I really liked the way Nicolo sang it, and was struck by the lyrics of the song, which personifies New York City.