"SONIC SOUL"
MAYA: Vocals, Piano, Harmonium, Wurlitzer
FABIAN JOLIVET: Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals, Noises, Sticks & Bones
- GUEST MUSICIANS ON THE ALBUM:
Skip Edwards (Lucinda Williams): Keyboards & Strings +
Tony Gilkyson (Chuck E. Weiss): Guitars +
Steve Nelson (Ricky Lee Jones): Stand Up Bass +
Deacon Jones (John Lee Hooker): Hammond B3 + Jimmy Cobb (Miles Davis): Drums + Frank Luther (Gil Evans): Stand Up Bass + Danny 'Kootch' Kortchmar (Carole King): Guitar + Larry Campbell (Levon Helm): Guitars & Fiddle + Marcy Levy (Eric Clapton): Backing Vocals + The Reverend Lois Dejean's (Mahalia Jackson) "NOLA Youth Mini-Gospel Choir" + Jerry Jumonville's (Dr. John) "Spotted Cats Brass Section". Acoustic guitars, bass & banjo by New Eltham Delta legend Sir Tony Martin & our very own Captain Crab!!! Additional Guitars & Bass by Iggy Elisavetsky, Brook Claman, Eric Corne and Oliver Steinberg.
"SONIC SOUL" ALBUM: ALL TRACKS WRITTEN BY MAYA THAMAN & FABIAN JOLIVET (c) - Recorded at Mad Dog (LA); The Music Shed (New Orleans); The Compound (Long Beach); Planet 2 Planet (NYC); D-Organization, (LA); Levon Helm's Studios (Woodstock). Engineers: Eric Corne, Anthony Arvizu, Kirk Yano, Justin Guip, Danny Kalb & Iggy Elisavetsky. Mastering: Pete Doell (Universal) Photos by Syndey Byrd, Fabian Jolivet & Marlene Hanlin - PRODUCED BY FABIAN JOLIVET -
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Influences
Her personal influences range from Nina Simone to Fiona Apple, Joni Mitchell to Kate Bush, Skip James to Elton John, Billie Holiday to Bob Dylan, etc...
Bodega Bay, Northern Californian born sweet offspring of an eccentric 60's hippie family. Father a local woodworker-musician, mother a sculptor still running a well known Sonoma County local artist gallery. MAYA spent her early days studying classical piano, sculpting, singing, and, just being a fun loving beach girl. Regardless of already having carved herself an important role as a successful organic chemistry research scientist, she has finally decided to get back to what is natural for her, putting aside the safety of this lucrative career to pursue her true love: MUSIC... A landscape of beautiful sandy beaches mixed with a steady diet of be-bop, folk, afro-latin, soul, blues & gospel music gave MAYA the ingredients to create her own sound which resonates through a variety of genres... Mahalia Jackson, Bob Dylan, John Coltrane, Ricky Lee Jones, Tom Waits, Mamas & the Papas, Joni Mitchell, Dr. John, Monk & Lady Day were always coming out of the family stereo!
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As friends, I wanted to share my news with you! I just won the SILVER SCREEN ACTORS SHOWCASE AWARD from the NEVADA FILM FESTIVAL for my new legit FEATURE FILM! NATASHA KIZMET: THE MOVIE! Please take a look!!
xoxo Natasha
Also,my movie features a sequence with a Belly Dancing show that I did under my belly dancing alter ego of Raya--TEMPTATION OF BELLY DANCE. It has been called the most artistic and sensual live belly dance DVD ever!! Please have a look, and visit the DVDs web site!
Maya, I am always amazed by your work. Each time I visit your profile I am just knocked over at how fresh and unique your posted tracks are. A glimmer of Stax and beyond to new places, Your music is simply timeless. With continued Great Respect, Ron Gallagher
JuSt RaPpEd W/ FaB... TuRnEd mE On 2 U... winehouse... duffy... WHO?!!! WHY 8-N'T U FAMOUS YET... CHILD?!!! (damn cry'n shame!!!) JuSt gLaD i CaN SaY i WaS iNtO U BeFoRe U WeRe (thou no ones gonna b'lieve me... Hee-Hee) LUV YA!!! _MonkOzypha
very cool songs guys.."give freely" was the 1st thing i had this morning and it put a big smile in my face...good work,great vocals... Greetings from Jakarta wOLf
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I really love your music. It's so New Orleans... I was once there, in 1994 and I loved the city. If you ever plan to tour Spain please drop us a line and we'll get you a gig here.
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