Tue, 3 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400

BLUES GLORIOUS BLUES (otherwise known as DAWSON CITY OR BUST!!)

I’VE HAD A WONDERFUL TIME THUS FAR THIS YEAR; ALL OF THE MUSICIANS HAVE
BEEN WONDERFUL TO WORK & TRAVEL WITH......

After finishing up the

“ANGELS ON HIGH” DOWNLOAD

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:52:20 -0500

“ANGELS ON HIGH” DOWNLOAD TO BENEFIT HAITIAN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF FUND

I believe in angels on earth and in the universe…i believe that we are always surrounded by beings of light that hold us up in the hardest of times and help us through it with love, support and sometimes even laughter when we don’t even know we need it…I also believe that many of our angels are earthbound: they are our friends, our mothers and our fathers, our sisters, brothers, cousins and long lost aunts and uncles. They are our neighbours, members of our communities and parts of our villages, both locally and globally.

The earthquake in Haiti has reminded us that we are all connected, we are all family. Indeed, we are each other’s angels and we need to take care of each other now and always.

Donna and I wrote a song called ‘Angels on High’ with a feeling of love and of hope in our hearts; we now would like to share it with you in the hopes that it inspires you to be ‘an angel’: Every time you purchase the single, my proceeds will be donated to Free the Children who, in partnership with Partners In Health, are working towards providing long term healthcare, education and relief to children who are and will be affected by the earthquake. Click here to download “Angels On High”.

Thank you for being an angel, may you always fly high and soar above the clouds……

BLUES CARAVAN 2010

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:16:13 -0500

RUF RECORDS’ BLUES CARAVAN FEATURES SHAKURA S’AIDA, AUSTRIA’S MEENA AND GUITAR VIRTUOSO COCO MONTOYA

Read a review of the show...

http://www.english-network.de/blues-caravan-2010

CD RELEASE PARTY APRIL 14

Mon, 4 Jan 2010 12:33:12 -0500

EUROPEAN CD RELEASE COINCIDES WITH SHAKURA S’AIDA’S FIRST EUROPEAN
TOUR THIS YEAR: CANADIAN LAUNCH SET FOR APRIL 14

Toronto-based singer Shakura S’Aida has released her second album — titled Brown Sugar — to coincide with her first European tour in 2010. The CD is being released worldwide by the German company, Ruf Records.

The tour beings January 21 with four dates in Germany, followed by dates in Austria and Switzerland before returning to Germany (with a side trip to Luxembourg). The 19-date tour sees S’Aida, along with her songwriting colleague and guitarist Donna Grantis, on a triple bill with Austrian singer Meena and guitar phenomenon Coco Montoya, a veteran of bands fronted by Albert Collins and John Mayall.

The tour includes an appearance at Dietikon, the Swiss town where she grew up. “I was the only black kid for miles around – people used to touch me to see if I was real. Now they’ll have to pay to do that at my show,” she laughs.

A Toronto resident for more than 20 years, S’Aida was born in Brooklyn but raised in Switzerland; she’s been dubbed Canada’s international blues star, and played four European tours in 2009.

Brown Sugar, her second CD, was recorded in Tennessee and produced by Jim Gaines (Stevie Ray Vaughan, John Lee Hooker, Santana). Released in Europe to coincide with the tour, the CD will be released in Canada and the United States on April 13, with a celebration/concert set for Toronto’s Revival club the following day.

The new album includes 10 songs co-written with Donna Grantis — a dramatic departure from her 2006 debut album, Blueprint, on which Shakura wrote only 2 of the 11 tracks.

Two more tours in Europe have been set for S’Aida so far, and she will perform at the St. John Blues Festival in the U.S. Virgin Islands in March, as well as part of the Blues Discovery Series at the Attucks Theatre in Norfolk, VA.

Closer to home, she’ll be part of a concert at Koerner Hall, Toronto on March 3 — named Sistahs, the event features performances from a number of other African Canadian singers, including Molly Johnson and Jackie Richardson. In the summer, she’ll also make her debut performance at the Calgary Folk Festival.