artist : Jasmine Kara
title : Blues Ain't Nothing But A Good Woman Gone Bad
label : Tri Sound
cat# : TRI-S 3011
genre : Soul
street date : 2010-07-28
tracks : 15
bitrate : 184 kbps avg. 44.1/Joint Stereo
size : 52.20 mb
source : CD
type : Retail
url : http://www.jasminekara.com
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Jasmine Kara was born 1988 in a small Swedish town to an Iranian father
and a Swedish mother. Even as a little girl she knew that music was her
calling. Jasmine started performing at talent shows and took every chance
she could get to get up on the stage. Singing and exploring new music was
exciting and life ahead seemed beautiful for the young Jasmine.
Then her life took a very dramatic turn. In her mid-teens she fell in love
for the first time. But this love soon turned out to be everything but an
innocent teenage love affair. Jasmine quickly found herself trapped in a
most abusive and totally destructive relationship and she started sinking
deeper and deeper. This very dark period almost took her life.
When she was completely down and out, way down at the bottom a miracle
happened. Someone gave her a guitar. And she remembered how good music
used to make her feel. How music can heal.
Shortly thereafter Jasmine decided to break up and leave. She left the
town she grew up in, the relationship that almost killed her - and her old
life, in search for a new. She started travelling the world, determined to
find a way to make a living as a performing artist.
When Jasmine arrived in New York she immediately knew she had come home.
The cityÆs music scene in general and itÆs jazz, blues and R&B clubs in
particular made her realise that this was where she belonged. She started
performing all over town and took every chance she could get to sing to
anyone whoÆd listen. Gradually she started noticing how her powerful voice
could move her audience, making her even more certain that this was what
she needed to do for the rest of her life. However, that dream of a
recording contract kept eluding her, depsite promises and close calls.
Eventually she was picked up by new indepenent label Tri-Sound. One of
itÆs founders was legendary record man Marshall Chess, who ended up as
JasmineÆs Executive Producer on her debut album öBlues AinÆt Nothing But A
Good Woman Gone Badö. A collection of classic old school blues and
R&B-numbers, but with JasmineÆs trade remarkable voice, the album was
recorded during 48 hours in the well-renowned Cosmos Studio in Stockholm,
Sweden for a 2010 summer release.
Ever since her troubled teens, Jasmine had kept a diary, written notes and
letters and a blog to document her dramatic roller coaster journey to
where she arrived today. This material makes for very fascinating and
captivating reading. SO much so, that her label decided to turn it into a
autobiographic novel to be launched in conjunction with the album release.
So far only printed in the Swedish language, the book is called öHΣlsa
Henne Att Hon Ska D÷ö (öTell Her That She Is Deadö) and this debut marks
the start of yet another creative aspect of the much talented and
versatile artist that is Jasmine Kara.
Nominated for Best Hip Hop/Soul on Swedish P3 Guld Awards 2011.
http://www.myspace.com/trisoundmyspace
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01 Fire 2:51
02 The Mad Midget 0:43
03 In The Basement (Part 1) 2:38
04 Are You Doing Me Wrong 2:33
05 Ain't No More Room 2:46
06 Try My Love Again 2:41
07 Train Gone Mad 1:01
08 Must I Holler 3:50
09 My Party 3:08
10 My Babe 2:33
11 Ordinary Joe 4:21
12 Midget In The Coal Mine 1:34
13 In The Basement (Part 2) 2:02
14 Grits Ain't Groceries 2:51
15 Liberation Conversation 3:59
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