Track of the day 'Already There' by Joan Armatrading *****

Joan Armatrading is a titan of UK music enduringly. 'Already There' as a credible pop song is just perfect. From Consequences to be released on Friday three years on from Not Too Far Away. Maybe go back too and listen to Courtney Pine's take on …

Published: 16 Jun 2021. Updated: 2 years.

Joan-Armatrading

Joan Armatrading is a titan of UK music enduringly. 'Already There' as a credible pop song is just perfect. From Consequences to be released on Friday three years on from Not Too Far Away.

Maybe go back too and listen to Courtney Pine's take on Armatrading classic 'Love and Affection' on the saxophonist's Back in the Day album as well as her original treatment on 1976's Joan Armatrading (A&M). Join the dots past and present instrumentally and vocally to enhance the pleasure as the release of the new album this weekend approaches.

Joan Armatrading. Photo: via BMG

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Details of the upcoming Ledisi tribute to Nina Simone

Event release written all over it: Ledisi, who has one of the greatest R&B/soul voices frankly anywhere, pays tribute to Nina Simone on Ledisi Sings Nina to be released on 23 July. Recorded in Holland, Los Angeles, London, and New Orleans the …

Published: 16 Jun 2021. Updated: 2 years.

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Event release written all over it: Ledisi, who has one of the greatest R&B/soul voices frankly anywhere, pays tribute to Nina Simone on Ledisi Sings Nina to be released on 23 July. Recorded in Holland, Los Angeles, London, and New Orleans the album features the Metropole Orkest conducted by Jules Buckley with arrangements by Jochen Neufer plus the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra directed by Adonis Rose and with singers Lisa Fisher, Lizz Wright, and Alice Smith also featuring. Songs are 'Feeling Good,' 'My Baby Just Cares for Me,' 'Ne Me Quitte Pas (Don't Leave Me),' 'Wild Is The Wind,' 'Work Song,' 'Four Women' on which Ledisi, Fisher, Wright, and Smith collaborate on, and then finally 'I'm Going Back Home.'

Ledisi has also paid tribute to Nina in PBS TV special Ledisi Live: A Tribute to Nina Simone.