"Mr. Percival - out of the loop" in stores now!! Do yourself a favour and get it!Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Chaka Khan, Otis Redding, Black Crowes, Rolling stones, Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, The Meters, Tina Turner (and Ike & Tina), The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Lauryn Hill, D'angelo, Al Green, my dad of course....i've also been very influenced by the wonderful singers and musicians around me that i am honestly blessed to work with...people like Jade MacRae, Juanita Tippins, Tina Harrod, Jackie Orsaczky (RIP), Jeremy Gregory, Gary Pinto, James Uluave (RIP) Darren Dowlut (RIP), Clayton Doley, Lachlan Doley, Danny Spencer, Warren Trout, Kristian Attard, Jak Housden, Ben Rodgers and all of the other wonderful players and singers i've worked with over the years....you all inspire me and make my life easier!I love good music, whatever style...songs and singers, guitar solos, heavy grooves...i love it all!!!
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Hmmm....a bit of a mixture of soul, blues, rock and pop. All the things I love, done my way!.. ..> PROUD MARY LIVE AT THE HORSHAM TOWN HALL DECEMBER 06
Mahalia Barnes is finally making her move. After eight years singing back up and fronting her own groups, Mahalia Barnes and the Soul Mates released their first studio EP “It’s A Shame” with a debut album Mahalia Bsrnes + the Soul Mates - Volume 1 also in stores now!!
The daughter of Australia’s most successful vocalist Jimmy Barnes, Mahalia has her own firm ideas about her own music – and much of it revolves around old school soul.
Since the turn of the century, Mahalia has been singing in soul clubs and on concerts with friends such as Jade MacRae with whom Mahalia wrote the track “It’s A Shame”.
“We met through my drummer Dave Hibbard about seven or eight years ago,” Mahalia recalls. “He said, ‘you guys are going to love each other. You really like the same sort of music and you’re both tiny little brown people with curly hair who like cooking’. He was right. We started doing original gigs together about a week after we met.”
The album was recorded with Mahalia’s band the Soul Mates (Dave Hibbard, drums, Ben Rodgers, bass, and Clayton and Lachlan Doley ..s with Mark Lizotte gusting on guitar) and was co-produced by Mahalia and James Freeman. The album also features special guests: Darren Percival, Gary Pinto, Juanita Tippins and Tina Harrod on vocals; Matt Ottignon, Andy Bickers and Anthony Kable on horns; Jak Housden (The Badloves/The Whitlams) also plays guitar on one track, and the percussionist on the album is none other than Jimmy Barnes!
“It’s a Shame” is backed with another original, “Wasted”, plus a version of Aretha Franklin’s “I Never Loved A Man” and the standard “You Are My Sunshine” a duet with Mr Percival. “There’s so many different versions of that song,” she says. “I found all these different versions of the song by Aretha, Ray Charles, Ike and Tina … so I thought I’d do my version. It was really fun.”
The album features a mixture of old soul songs, including the crowd favourite "Proud Mary", Ann Peebles' "How Strong is a woman", "We're still friends" - featuring Gary Pinto, "So Fine" with Juanita Tippins and Tina Harrod, and "Steppin' in Her I Miller Shoes" and more, as well as a handful of stand out originals, including the ballad "Is This A Love" penned with Ben Rodgers, "Never Walk Away", "Good Friend" (and more!).
The live band varies slightly from the album players, but includes some of Australias finest musos - Dave Hibbard and Ben Rodgers are a permanent fixture in the soul mates, but are joined on tour by Rob Woolf and Jonathon Pease, as well as special guests whenever available!
Mahalia has just completed several national tours supporting the likes of Lionel Ritchie, James Morrison and the Roots – to give you an idea of the diversity in her show. She has also been singing with Jimmy’s band and squeezing in Soul Mates club shows – which often turn into old school soul revues. Most recently The Soul Mates opened up for Jimmy's Out in The Blue tour in theatres across the country.
“Being Jimmy Barnes’ daughter is something that I always get asked about,” says Mahalia. “But I’ve been out doing my own shows for years now and try and work really hard so that people know it’s not a free ride. That’s why I’ve taken my time to make sure I had the sound that I wanted and I’m able to make a record that’s not a compromise. This has come out of me and what I do.” MAHALIA BARNES + THE SOUL MATES - VOLUME 1 OUT ON ITUNES WORLDWIDE NOW!!!! HAVE YOU GOT YOUR COPY??????????????? Make sure to get along to a show near you!
I grew up on your father's music. His solo work and the tunes he cut with CHISEL were an everyday experience for me. I love his voice. Now I love your voice too. It is so cool that you are forging a career on your own terms.
Thanks for all the funk, soul and heart that your music gives...
HI! N THANK U 4 URR FRIENDSHIP! DUDETTE! U HAVE AN INNER GLOW! A TRULY SOULFUL TUNE! THAT RESINATES TOO THE HEART! A SOUND THAT HITZ HOME IN URR GENRE! OF R&B/SOUL/JAZZ!
Toronto born K Note has travelled the world collecting his musical influences.He has supported 50 Cent, Sean Paul, LL Cool J (Guvernment Warehouse), Lil Kim, De La Soul, Black Eyed Pea’s ,The Roots and was requested to be the official tour Dj for Shaggy’s Rumba tour , tour DJ for the Outlaws . K Note's fiery sets consist of fiery sets of old and new school Hip-Hop, R&B, Dancehall, Soul and R&B
