Joy Jones – “Be My Husband” (Nina Simone Cover) | Freeload

Californian soulstress Joy Jones delivers an updated, funky-fresh rendition of Nina Simone‘s 1965 “Be My Husband”. Loving this one! [Audio clip: view full post to listen] FREELOAD Head under the jump to listen to the original by the legendary Nina Simone.

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NEW VIDEO: JOY JONES – "OVER" (DIRECTED BY COODIE & CHIKE + THE SOULFUL FUNDAMENTALIST)

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FREE DOWNLOAD: JOY JONES – "BE MY HUSBAND" (Nina Simone cover)

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 [...]