Michael Garrick, Shake Keane and Hastings Girl Choir – Rising Star is one of those records that reminds you how amazingly emotional some music can be. Uplifting music at its best. This has been giving me chills since the first time I heard it on Dom Servini’s Unherd radio show.
The LP has been reissued by Trunk Records. Get it here.
Michael Garrick And Shake Keane – Rising Star – Rising Stars (trunk records) by pdis_inpartmaint
We managed to catch up with the beautiful Stac recently to hear about the sounds that have helped shape her life. A truly lovely insight into where this lady with a ‘heart of soul’ has been musically and we look forward to where she will bring us next also.
A member of the Wah Wah 45s label and involved with the great One Taste Collective (whom I first heard about from Jay/ Check The Guns) Stac is one to watch as she builds on the successes of her recent releases and moves onto bigger and better things. Exciting times for all that work with her on that journey.
Influences below followed by some music and a documentary.
Much love to Stac and the Wah Wah crew.
Always a delight to cross paths.
Enjoy.
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My influences. Well! It all began when I was young and my mum listened to George Benson and Earth Wind and Fire. I was destined for a heart of soul and that’s what I got. I like all sorts of music, pretty much all genres, sub genres and semi-demi genres, apart from Trance. Don’t much like any type of trance. Out of all the styles of music that I do like, pretty much every song has one thing in common and that’s that it has soul, even if it’s Nirvana’s “Rape Me”.
So I shall start at the beginning and then get progressively jumbled up!
Whitney Houston – ‘I’m Your Baby Tonight’
God I wish Whitney was an artist that kept her shit together. One of my all time favourite pop tunes is ‘Im Your Baby Tonight’. I still listen to it regularly before I pop out to the disco.
Erykah Badu – I Want You
Baduizm (Live) was in my car stereo for 5 years straight (possibly longer). I know every single word and every single note that everyone sings on that album. The backing singers are phenomenal. I’ve chosen ‘I Want You’ because I think a lot of people bought Worldwide Underground and didn’t really give it much of a chance because it was so different to Baduizm and Mamas Gun but I did (about 3 years after it came out) and ‘I Want You’ is my favourite cut off the album! Erykah is a big influence on me and actually just through singing along to her albums for the entirety of my adult life I have learnt a lot about how to use my voice. She basically found mine for me.
A little while back we wrote about the excellent Laid Back and their collaborations, projects & dedication to all their all school flavor ethos. They continue to build on all the work they’ve done so far, to connect some of the dots from around the world and to support the artists close to their heart by releasing the first (of many I am sure) Laid Back compilations. And what a compilation.
For those that know me, or have read cubikmusik they’ll know that I am big on compilations as you are always going to find many musical gems buried in them and I have to say that this is one of the best compilations I’ve come across in quite a while. Putting together a group of tunes from various artists, that will convey your message is no easy task yet what we have with this compilation is a neat summary of what you can expect from the Laid Back crew in their various forms.
Some of my faves tunes are from 40 Winks (check out their ‘Under The Influence with…’ post over on cubikmusik form 2006! Wow, how time flies), Melissa Czarnik (feat. Eric Mire), 74 Miles Away & LeFtO.
So yeh, check out the tunes below and support everyone involved. You can help to fund the release here and get various bits and pieces of goodness based on how much you can afford.
Just caught this via Jose James on twitter. Great tribute to the don Marvin Gaye at the Detriot Jazz Festival. Special performances.
