Shakura S'Aida - Time... (2012) CD-Rip

Blues singer Shakura S'Aida (pronounced "Shack-oora Sigh-ee-da") was born in Brooklyn and raised in Switzerland before settling in Toronto. She first began singing professionally with a Toronto band called Mystique, after which she worked with the world music band Kaleefah. Simultaneously, she pursued a legitimate stage career, appearing in Canadian productions of such shows as Ain't Misbehavin', and acted on television and in films. As a singer, she provided backup vocals for Patti LaBelle, performed in a Ray Charles tribute band, and appeared on albums by Bill King and Saturday Nite Fish Fry. Her own debut solo album, Blueprint, released by UMI on February 19, 2008, was a collection of blues songs of the 1940s and ‘50s. Two years later, the German label Ruf Records released her second album, Brown Sugar, which consisted largely of her own original compositions, co-written with her guitarist, Donna Grantis. Time… is a 2 CD set, Disc 1 'Time To Rock My Soul' and Disc 2 'Time For The Blues' and features special guests Kenny Blues Boss Wayne, Donna Grantis, Scott Cable, and Harrison Kennedy. Shakura S'Aida is proud to sing the blues,the time is Shakura's and the time is right.

Tracks:



CD1 - Time To Rock My Soul…:

01. (Dont Try to Lay No Boogie Woogie on the) Queen of Rock and Soul [3:44]
02. Time [4:10]
03. Bring Me Back [3:23]
04. Your Love Always Got Me By [4:13]
05. My Dreamer Man [3:41]
06. Between Us [4:45]
07. Devil Only Knows My First Name [4:36]
08. Dont Tell Mama [3:49]



CD2 - Time… For The Blues…:

01. Ya Ya [4:05]
02. Geechee Woman [4:38]
03. Bad Girl [2:59]
04. Tell Me Baby [4:01]
05. That Ain't Right [5:45]
06. Tell Me More, More and Then Some [2:56]
07. Blues Dancing [5:44]
08. Halfway Blues [5:31]


Shakura S'Aida - Vocals
Donna Grantis - Guitar
Lance Anderson - B3 and piano
Brooke Blackburn - Guitar
Roger Williams - Bass
Tony Rabalao - Drums, tamborine, cowbell
Connor Gains - Slide guitar, lap steel guitar
Shamakah Ali - Drums, tamborine, washboard
Joaquin Nunez Hidalgo - Percussion
Noelle Najmaah - Spoken word
Alex McMaster - Cello
Harrison Kennedy - Harmonica
Ian Martin - Double bass
Colleen Allen - Baritone sax
Rebecca Hennessy - Trumpet
Alison Young - Tenor sax
Cory Blackburn - Brushes