One of the best songs of the Summer is, Hannah White ''Sunny Day'', the song has not only topped the Echoes Magazine, Solar Radio's Sweet Rhythms Chart, but Amazon's R&B Hot new chart.
Sunny Day was written by Hannah White with it's song producer Nigel Lowis, who did a special
mix especially for the Caister Soul Weekender, where a full sold out crowd clapped and cheered to Hannah Whites performance of the song.
Hannah White is not only busy promoting her latest song, writing the follow up with hopefully an album by the end of the year, but touring with The King of Blue Eyed UK Soul, Kenny Thomas, who himself has a new single out with Cool Millions production by one half of Cool Million Ryle Featuring Kenny Thomas called, Keep The Faith.
McCrei were formed in 2012, when the two UK Soul sisters, Leanne and Shannon McCrei began sharing their life experiences through song writing and started gigging on the Camden acoustic circuit. Fast forward three years and the sisters have performed at over 250 gigs including the O2 Academy, The Hope, Caister Soul Festival, The Cavern, Camp Soul Festival, Funk Is Back, Distillers, Kensington Roof Gardens, Charlie Wrights and various other venues throughout England .
In 2014 the record producer Alan Glass (whose credits include Aretha Franklin, Misteeq and The Lighthouse Family) discovered McCrei on social media and requested to co write with the girls. McCrei wrote four songs to Alan's beats including the song 'I'm Missing You' which is featured on the film 'Last Round', for which McCrei performed in April at the premier in London.
In January 2015 the record label Disco Soul Gold Music (DSG Music) heard McCrei's music being played on Hugh Williams Soulded Out radio show and approached then McCrei resulting in, '' Show Me'' being released as a single through DSG on the 8th June 2015. The song was also remixed by Nigel Lowis (production credits include Dina Carroll, Eternal, Take That) and reached, #1 on the Soul / R&B sales chart, plus Number 2 in the UK Soul Charts. The track also appears on the new Expansion records,' Soul Togetherness album''. Look out also for a limited edition 7 inch vinyl of Show Me which is now in the shops.
(Picture taken by Alan Harding posted with thanks)
McCrei's second single release of 2015; 'Take My Hand' is now released on DSG Music, with mixes by Yuki T -Groove, Alan Glass the producer of the song & Nigel Lowis who is also the co-writer along with, Glass & McCrei themselves.
(Picture taken by Alan Harding posted with thanks)
Inspired by an introduction into traditional Soul, Disco and Funk, their music takes some direction while staying true to their signature style. McCrei's musical influences include James Brown, Whitney Houston, Teena Marie, Roberta Flack, Stevie Wonder, Joss Stone and ArethaFranklin. The girls recently supported Jean Carn at the Camp Soul Music festival, when the Philly songstress requested the girls to sing to her privately in her changing room. At the last Caister Soul Weekender the UK Soul Sisters supported Joey Negro, by singing to a crowd of over 3,000 at the sold out weekender.
In December 2014, Leanne and Shannon were introduced to an experienced musician trio consisting of Tom O.Mitchell, Charlotte Whiting and Neil Cornwell who have since become McCrei's backing band for live shows.
McCrei - Take My Hand is currently climbing both the Soul Charts and download charts, currently #1 on Amazon sales chart and now available to download below.
Samuel David Sanders is a singer-songwriter and producer from Elgin, South Carolina.
Sanders is currently attending the University of South Carolina pursuing a Biology degree with a minor in music.
Samuel began singing in church at the early age of 10 and quickly grasped the attention of his family and friends after discovering his ability to hear and play melodies on the piano without any training.
Samuel as you can hear, has a rich, powerful and soulful voice that could penetrate any heart. He has been singing nearly all of his life, but now also writes his own material.
Make You Mine was written by Samuel D Sanders, with the remix produced by Jazz drummer recording artist Colin Watson. Released on download today via iTunes and Amazon and to be released soon on 7 inch vinyl with a Nigel Lowis remix.
Smart and musically talented, too. Samuel David Sanders is a young singer-songwriter and producer from Elgin, South Carolina who is currently attending the University of South Carolina pursuing a Biology degree with a minor in music. Samuel began singing in church at the early age of 10 and quickly grabbed the attention of his family and friends after discovering his ability to hear and play melodies on the piano without any training.
He developed into a singer with a rich, powerful and soulful voice that could penetrate any heart. And he also writes his own material. You’ll be hearing more from him on the DSG label, but we have a sneak peek with the new song, “Make You Mine.”
This vibrant song by the likes of up and coming US singer Samuel D Sanders bringing us back to the days of a Soul Music swinging like no other…
Extra props deserved to DSG Music manager Gary Van den Bussche for his obvious (he)art of selecting top quality music and therefore showing what a label is meant to be. On the footsteps of SouLutions last year and Neo these days, South California-based singer Samuel D Sanders brings us back to the kind of Soul territories we’d lost sight (ears) with for what seems like an eternity. And this in an incredibly fresh style, with post-production work courtesy of Colin Watson. Definitely in the caliber of singers like Ron Tyson (The Temptations), Timmy Thomas and the likes…
2015's just a few weeks old but modern soul tastemakers have already found a tune that they're confident will be a mainstay of the scene over the next eleven months.
Tune in question is 'Make You Mine' from soul newcomer SAMUEL D SANDERS. Young Sam is a singer-songwriter and producer from Elgin, South Carolina and he currently attends the University of South Carolina where he's studying for a Biology degree with a minor in Music.
Samuel began singing in church at the early age of 10 and quickly grasped the attention of his family and friends after discovering his ability to hear and play melodies on the piano without any training. Vocally Sanders has a rich, classic soul voice while this debut song has a soulful maturity that belies the writer's age. Sound -wise the tune is bob on the current modern soul vibe and is all set to fly when it gains official release on DSG Records (remember Neo and Soulutions?) on February 16th. Download Samuel D Sanders - Make You Mine Here
