A week ago, I released a 5 track record called HOME
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| Picture by Jendella Artwork by Charles Juba |
Prior to the release, I had the privilege of putting
together a Living Room Sessions tour.
Sharing music with a live audience is a
beautiful thing because you have the opportunity to see people respond to the
music you've been crafting and perfecting in your own little world or room in real time.
Having to go into people's living spaces and sharing music with them, their
friends and family was even a more beautiful experience because the gap between
stage and audience is removed. I wanted that same feeling of closeness to be
felt on my new record.
When you think of home, you immediately think of family.
I have discovered that what also connects people apart from bloodline or DNA is
music. I have seen it happen when I toured Paris and got to play with amazing
musicians whose English speaking ability is way French's which is nonexistent and it made
absolutely no difference. We just connected.
On this record, I wanted to play with friends and
musicians that I've shared the stage with at some point and that's exactly what
happened.
Cello - Nora Kalcheva | 2nd
Guitars - Richard Burrell | Bass - Stewart Rawle | Drums & Percussion -
Feranmi Ogunseyinde
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| Picture by Janssem Cardoso at Resident Studios |
All five of us (and a six month old bump) spent ten hours
recording together in one room with Simon Small at the desk. It's an experience
I won't be forgetting for a long time. What a blessing to be supported by these
musicians.
We later asked Mike Dunne to
sprinkle some gold dust on Memories and did he do that or what?
When you ask anyone what home
means to them, it's interesting to note that it means different things to everyone.
For some, it's a space and for others, it's a state of mind. I wanted anyone
who listened to this record to feel connected to that place they call home,
their own comfortable place, their home. All I told Rohan Budd, who did an
amazing job of lovingly piecing together everything we recorded in that room,
was "imagine being wrapped up in a blanket and handed a hot cup of
chocolate on a cold winter night"
Every artist will tell you that sharing your work with the world carries with it a whole lot of excitement as well as nervousness. You wrestle with your inner voice...
will it be well received?
oooh I hope the like it..
i should have tweaked that song here and then there
What I've come to learn is that, after all is said and done, you have to let it go... to my surprise though, the EP did climb to #53 on the iTunes chart a few hours after release. For some, that's nothing but for me, THAT IS AMAZING
I hope the record continues to reach out and finds it's way into people's homes, cars and cafes.
So when you listen to this EP I'd like you to close your
eyes and allow yourself to be wrapped up in the voices, strings and rhythms coming
out of your speakers into your ears, till your whole body is immersed in the
music.
Thank you for telling a friend
and a friend's friend :-) - below are the links to the new EP
Stream - Spotify
