Ikevald

Ikevald grew up in sunny Los Angeles, California as a child of a classical composer and opera singer from Estonia. He is a fourth generation musician. After the Iron Curtain came down, they moved back to Estonia. At the age of 17 he started working professionally as a singer fronting rock and funk bands. After opening the show for the Rival Sons in 2013 in Heidelberg, Germany he felt a need to strive towards an international audience.
He released his first EP as a solo artist in 2015 called "LiveLoveLaugh". The song "Genius" from the EP won a songwriting competition on BBC Radio. After that he moved to London, to start working with the local songwriting scene.
In 2016 he gave up his apartment and almost everything he had and went to travel the world. In 3 years he visited 25 countries with only a backpack and a guitar to accompany him. While travelling, he was writing songs and gathering inspiration for his first full-length soul album "Synchronize”, which was released in 2019 and produced by Swedish AOR legend Ricky Delin. These were released under his former artist name Ike Rann.
In 2023 the album “Modern Mythology” was released in the spirit of modern psychedelic rock, where modern rock production elements are combined with world instruments in a new way. It also
In 2024 he moved to Granada, Spain and signed a publishing deal with the DWB Music in London.
Currently working on his fourth solo album, which first single is "Lick the Sun".