- 2023-09-04
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MUSIC
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Sarah Jane Morris Announces New Album “The Sisterhood”, Shares New Song “Jazz Side of the Road”
British soul and jazz singer-songwriter Sarah Jane Morris has announced her new album “The Sisterhood” will be released on March 8, 2024 (International Women's Day).
A representation of indefatigable love of contemporary music-making and its iconic pioneers the album celebrates ten female stars who dominated the singing and song writing of the 20th century - Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Nina Simone, Miriam Makeba, Aretha Franklin, Janis Joplin, Joni Mitchell, Rickie Lee Jones, Annie Lennox, and Kate Bush.
From the album, she released the first single called “Jazz Side of the Road” on September 1, 2023.
The song is a tribute to American singer-songwriter Rickie Lee Jones, who has won two Grammy Awards from seven nominations.
It was written by Sarah Jane Morris, Mark Pulsford and Tony Remi.- “Her grandfather was a one-legged tap dancer in vaudeville. You couldn't make that up” Sarah Jane Morris said. “She went out for a year with Tom Waits. Dr John got her hooked on heroin. She was influenced by Van Morrison and she was hitching her way round America aged 12. It's all in this song and musically written with my right-hand man Tony Remy in her genre.”
She continued, “She's always been a troubadour poet, the teller of the woman's tale. Her live performances are spellbinding – she makes you laugh. She makes you fall in love with her. Her survival to this day and her artistic triumph are miracles of latter-day Americana. This song celebrates those miracles; it is also an elegy to those heady dreams of the sixties, when peace and freedom were demanded, and youth seemed to point the way.” - source : YouTube
