Joy Jones on the vocals, Keith "The Soulful Fundamentalist" Harris on the bass, Kevin "cosmic keys" Nicholson, Asa "the animal" Watkins on drums
Influences
fela kuti, john coletrane, thelonius monk, bugz in the attic, celia cruz, cassandra wilson, alice coletrane, the winans, aretha franklin, tito puente, poncho sanchez, roy davis jr., the roots, kurtis blow, commissioned, the clarke sisters (the whole family!), cersaria evora, ella fitzgerald, dinah washington, carmen mccrae, betty cater,sweet honey and the rock, mos def, herbie hancock, mary mary, kim burell, sarah vaughn, sun-ra, earth wind and fire, the police, sting, janis joplin, thelonius monk, zap mama, erykah badu, simon and garfunkle, carol king, take 6, pat benetar, mahalia jackson, michael jackson (early stuff of course), stevie wonder, jill scott, donny hathaway, lalah hathaway, ty, eska, bries, tony allen, julie dexter, kim hill, the mighty clouds of joy, common, curtis mayfield, nina simone...
Afro-beat lullabies, future jazz protest songs and electronic hymns is how I would best describe the collection of ditties that is my debut full-length album, Godchild. I've spent quite a bit of time thinking about what I want to say and the messages that I want to put out. This has been a complete labor of love and I hope that it translates and transforms into a tool for change. Thank to some fabulous folk, incredible blessings, good ole fashioned elbow grease and divine unction, we are finally here.
For starters, you can check the new 12" out on Love Jones Recordings/Recordbreakin. You can get yo vinyl on or check for it on itunes! Godchild, the album, will be dropping early 2009 so stayed tuned for details. I look forward to sharing it with you. Until then, this is your girl Joy...always on the grind, in the shine, trying to pay my rent on time!
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Oh wow ma that's great! On tour in NYC can't ask fo anythang betta. Yes u need to come to Dallas. I know a dope spot where u can perform. It's call the Prophet Bar. Alot of neo soul artist performs there. Badu Keyboard player/music director do wed night's there. They have a house band call the Gritz and have local artist performin openin up fo the big artist. Bilal, Jaguar wright Stokely from mint condition, Rahassan Patterson, etc. There is always sumone performin every wed. U can b a guest. Prophet Bar is a perfect spot fo you style and vibe. Well just let me know if u slide thur Dallas it will b great seein ya and seein ya perform.
"Quand j'étais petite, mon grand-père m'a dit quelque chose. Il m'a dit, si je suis perdu, suis les constellations jusqu'à la maison!!!" Iz dat true??? ahahahaha Anyway...be meditating on Constellations right now!!! Im in teh outerspace everytime I listen to your voice I think!!!! 1nce again thanks alot for the album!!! If u hit Europe and specially switzerland hit me up pleeeaaaase!!!! Peace sistah
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