Joy Jones – “Be My Husband” (Nina Simone cover)
August 9, 2009 by M. Gosho Oakes
Filed under Blogs, New Music
Joy Jones. If you haven’t checked out this LA-based singer before, expect masterful Afro-beat lullabies, future jazz/soul, protest songs and electronic hymns from her 2009 album Godchild (Future Soul Records), co-produced by London’s own Daz-I-Kue of soulful broken beat collective Bugz In The Attic.
“I have spent quite a bit of time thinking about what I want to say and the messages I want to put out,” says Joy. “This is a labor of love and I hope that it translates and transforms into a tool for change.”
Click & Save to download a free mp3 of “Be My Husband” - Joy Jones’ version of the Nina Simone classic which originally featured on Pastel Blues (1965).
While we’re at it, here’s the video for single, “The Joy”:
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Thanks: Giant Step
British born writer and dreamer of Zimbabwean and Irish descent with hands and ink indelibly marked in music and culture, Marsha Gosho Oakes is Editor and Founder of SoulCulture. Has also written for likes of Blues & Soul, MySpace UK, HipHopDX, Dazed&Confused, Shook, Undercover and MOBO. Website: MGoshoOakes.com
