I was watching a TV show and a man was talking about a singer and he said that singer was a left to center artist. Clearly it was a compliment but I kind of got lost there. What exactly does that mean? By the way, I'm sure this is not related to politics, not in this specific case at least.
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They probably described the singer as left OF center, which is just another way of saying the singer is liberal.
There may or may not be a political connotation. I think the term left of center sometimes describes people (particularly artists or deep thinkers) who are "liberal" in the sense that they're willing to innovate. In other words, "left of center" could describe someone who isn't afraid to deviate from the mainstream.
So I would venture to guess that this particular singer is either very innovative or different, is a political liberal or both.