Showing posts with label Shakura S'Aida. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shakura S'Aida. Show all posts

Friday, October 28, 2022

Shakura S'Aida - Hold On To Love

Size: 123.6 MB
Time: 53:09
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2022
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Folk
Art: Front

01. Hold On To Love (4:23)
02. Takin' It To The Streets (4:31)
03. Clap Yo Hands And Moan (4:18)
04. Glad For Today (3:58)
05. You're The One (5:11)
06. (Taste Like) Honey (3:59)
07. Doodun (3:59)
08. Too Late (5:44)
09. Complicated (3:27)
10. Ain't Got Nothin' (3:20)
11. Don't Wait For Me (5:38)
12. Heart Of Gold (4:35)

You may have spotted Brooklyn-born, Swiss-raised & Canadian-based Shakura S’Aida performing at Festivals in Dubai, Australia, Rwanda or Russia, in her 4 woman tribute to Nina Simone, ‘The Nina Project’ or in shows like Schitt’s Creek, Titans & Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker. From her beginnings as world music band Kaleefah’s lead singer, this versatile vocalist and consummate entertainer has blown audiences away with her scorching vocal style, uncanny ability to deliver powerful original songs and to get deep into the guts of the most venerable standard.

Shakura’s long-simmering career initially moved into high gear in 2008 with a triumph at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, when she earned the runner-up position, competing against more than 100 bands from more than 20 different countries. In the past 11 years since, her tour schedule has taken her to almost 30 countries.

Shakura S’Aida has been consistently thrilling audiences with her powerful pipes for years, most recently as a guest host on CBC Radio 2’s Weekend Morning. As a veteran of the international music scene, she’s performed both as a featured artist with musicians like Jimmy Smith, Lee Oskar (WAR), Bettye LaVette and Keb Mo’, as well as an award winning solo artist.
After a 8 year hiatus, Shakura is back in the studio; this time with co-producers Donna Grantis (Prince/3 rd Eye Girl), Keb’ Mo’ and Roger Costa (Jeff Healey). The new album features collaborations with international artists including Eric Gales and Lee Oskar.

Whether she’s speaking Swiss-German, French or English, Shakura instantly connects with her audience — and at the same time richly demonstrates the multiculturalism that Canada prides itself on.

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Friday, May 29, 2020

Saturday Nite Fish Fry - Volume 1 (Ft. Shakura S'Aida)

Year: 2017
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 40:34
Size: 93,8 MB
Styles: Blues, R&B
Scans: Front

1. I Just Couldn't Stand It No More (3:27)
2. Don't Freeze On M (2:52)
3. Here I Am (3:34)
4. Easy, Easy, Easy (4:51)
5. Poor Ole Me (3:40)
6. Maybelle's Blues (7:18)
7. Ain't I Talkin' To You Baby (2:31)
8. Give (4:03)
9. 2x2 (4:49)
10. Let's Stick Together (3:26)

Between 2001 and 2007, the Saturday Nite Fish Fry recorded three albums – "Jump, Shout, Rock da House" for Radioland/Universal, "Rhythm & Soul" and "Dirt Road Blues" for 7 ARTS. Each with a specific theme. “Jump, Shout,” is exactly as it hints at - jump blues, some classic Jay McShann, some low-down Professor Longhair, Charles Brown, Howlin’ Wolf and others. Second up, "Rhythm & Soul" features the vocals of Brooklyn, New York entertainer Shakura S’Aida. This was a transformational recording for the gifted singer, in that local Toronto DJ Eddie B opened his vault of unheralded recordings of female singers, most with one regional hit under their belt and exposed S’Aida to a wealth of transitional material – leading her to a career as a big-time blues belter. The players are some of the finest in Canada with mad-passion for sitting in the pocket, blues tradition, a bit of soulful jazz and laying it down with authority.

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Friday, October 23, 2015

VA - Santa's Got Mojo Vol. 1 & Vol. 2

Album: Santa's Got Mojo: An Electro-Fi Christmas Blues Celebration
Size: 127,4 MB
Time: 54:32
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2002
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

01 Mel Brown & The Homewreckers - Don't Plan No Party This Christmas (5:13)
02 Jack De Keyzer - The Twelve Blue Days Of Christmas (6:45)
03 Curley Bridges - White Christmas (3:59)
04 Mark Hummel - Thank You Santa Claus (6:38)
05 Rick Fines - Country Christmas Blues (3:47)
06 Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith - One Day Till Christmas (5:19)
07 Fathead - Tonight Feels Like Christmas (2:53)
08 Morgan Davis - We Need A Fire (3:41)
09 Snooky Pryor - Check It Out Santa (4:49)
10 Alabama Red - Goin' Home For Christmas (3:43)
11 Mel Brown & The Homewreckers - Winter Wonderland (2:48)
12 Chris Whiteley - The Lonely Shepherd (4:51)

Santa's Got Mojo

Album: Santa's Got Mojo 2: An Electro-Fi Christmas Blues Celebration
Size: 101,8 MB
Time: 43:10
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2012
Styles: Blues, Xmas
Label: Electro-Fi Records
Art: Front

01 Shakura S'aida - Be My Santa Claus (4:53)
02 Fathead - Let's Have A Christmas Party (2:41)
03 Diana Braithwaite - Bluesy Christmas (2:21)
04 Finis Tasby - Lonesome Christmas (3:56)
05 Harrison Kennedy - Hot Cider Cinnamon (3:13)
06 Paul Oscher - Christmas Blues (4:22)
07 Julian Fauth - Hallelujah In The Mall (3:51)
08 Fruteland Jackson - Fat Santa (2:06)
09 Morgan Davis - Anticipation (3:13)
10 Fathead - Santa's Drunk (3:13)
11 Johnny Laws - Christmas Comes But Once A Year (4:12)
12 Mel Brown And The Homewreckers - Merry Christmas Baby (Bonus Track) (5:05)

A follow up to 2002's highly successful Santa's Got Mojo - An Electro-Fi Christmas Blues Celebration. Vol 2. continues the tradition with 11 superb original and classic holiday recordings from some of today's top Blues acts including: Shakura S'Aida, Finis Tasby with Enrico Crivellaro, Paul Oscher, Harrison Kennedy, Fathead, Fruteland Jackson, and Diana Braithwaite & Chris Whiteley. Also included is a special bonus studio track from 1999 of the late Guitar Legend Mel Brown performing the Christmas classic Merry Christmas Baby with his band The Homewreckers. Celebrate the Holidays right with Santa's Got Mojo 2. The best Christmas Blues collection in years!

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Friday, June 5, 2015

Shakura S'Aida - Brown Sugar

Year: 2010
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:08
Size: 128,7 MB
Styles: Electric blues, soul blues
Scans: Full

1. Mr. Right (4:29)
2. Walk Out That Door (4:31)
3. Gonna Tell My Baby (6:01)
4. (Did It) Break Your Heart (4:56)
5. Angels On High (5:16)
6. Chasing The Sun (3:56)
7. Missing The Good And The Bad (4:34)
8. Sweet Spot (3:00)
9. Brown Sugar (3:52)
10. This Is Not A Love Song (5:06)
11. Anti Love Song (4:14)
12. Outskirts Of Memphis (5:07)

Born in Brooklyn, raised in Switzerland, resident of Toronto, and recording in Memphis, singer Shakura S'Aida turns in her second solo album, Brown Sugar, for the German Ruf Records label. On her first CD, UMI's Blueprint, she sang blues cover songs from the 1940s and ‘50s, but here she and her guitarist, Donna Grantis, have penned nine of the 11 songs themselves. They have done so in some familiar blues styles, starting with the opening trio of 12-bar blues tunes, "Mr. Right," "Walk Out That Door," and "Gonna Tell My Baby," then going on to less hardcore variations such as the blues-rock found on "(Did It)" Break Your Heart" and the bluesy piano ballad "Angel on High." "Missing the Good and the Bad" starts like a jump blues number before switching gears -- and tempi -- halfway through to take on the cadence of Muddy Waters' "I'm a Man." Throughout, Grantis plays stinging lead guitar in support of S'Aida, who sings powerfully. The vocalist is also a musical theater performer whose stage efforts include a one-woman show devoted to Nina Simone, and she sings in a similarly edgy contralto. She can be said to be a blues singer in the sense that someone like Simone is, too, which is to say that she is more sophisticated, and less sweaty, than most singers in the style. For her, the blues is a performance, not a lifestyle, and on this album she is playing the part of a blues mama, not being one. That allows her to have some fun with the form, however, as she does notably on the closing track, "Outskirts of Memphis," which finds her tramping around the city's tourist spots in search of a ne'er-do-well companion who owes her money. /Allmusic

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