Zara McFarlane

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Plain Gold Ring 04:26 Tools
Open Heart 05:24 Tools
Police & Thieves 06:57 Tools
Open Heart - Swindle Remix 05:28 Tools
Her Eyes 03:34 Tools
Mama Done 03:41 Tools
PEACE BEGINS WITHIN 05:59 Tools
Move 05:59 Tools
IN BETWEEN WORLDS 05:59 Tools
More Than Mine 04:38 Tools
PRIDE 07:37 Tools
Fussin' and Fightin' 00:00 Tools
You'll Get Me in Trouble 03:37 Tools
Angie La La 07:37 Tools
Spinning Wheel 01:21 Tools
Blossom Tree 03:58 Tools
Until Tomorrow 05:09 Tools
FISHERMAN 00:00 Tools
The Games We Played 04:00 Tools
Woman In The Olive Groves 05:13 Tools
Love 06:50 Tools
Chiaroscuro 04:46 Tools
Silhouette 00:00 Tools
Ode to Kumina 00:00 Tools
Waking Sleep (Thoughts) 00:00 Tools
Ode to Cyril 00:00 Tools
Desire 00:00 Tools
FREEDOM CHAIN 00:00 Tools
ALLIES OR ENEMIES 00:00 Tools
Captured (Part 3) 00:00 Tools
Stoke the Fire 00:00 Tools
All Africa 00:00 Tools
Feed the Spirit (The Children and the Warlock) 00:00 Tools
East of the River Nile 00:00 Tools
Waking Sleep - Thoughts 00:00 Tools
Open Heart - Diggs Duke Remix 00:00 Tools
More Than Mine (Alternate Take) 00:00 Tools
Lazy Afternoon 00:00 Tools
Captured - Part 3 00:00 Tools
Riddim - Interlude 00:00 Tools
Feed the Spirit - The Children and the Warlock 00:00 Tools
Until Tomorrow (Ogris Debris Remix) 00:00 Tools
All Africa - Alternate Take 00:00 Tools
NIGHT AND DAY 00:00 Tools
Until Tomorrow - Ogris Debris Remix 00:00 Tools
My Favourite Things 00:00 Tools
More Than Mine - Alternate Take 00:00 Tools
Move - Atjazz Remix 00:00 Tools
Open Heart (Diggs Duke Remix) 00:00 Tools
Riddim (Interlude) 00:00 Tools
Silhouette (feat. Shabaka Hutchings) 00:00 Tools
Angie La La - Yoruba Soul Mix 00:00 Tools
Silhouette feat. Shabaka Hutchings 00:00 Tools
Open Heart (Swindle Remix) 00:00 Tools
Plain Gold Ring - Kjell Anderson Remix 00:00 Tools
Yesterdays 00:00 Tools
'S Wonderful 00:00 Tools
Angie La La (feat. Leron Thomas) 00:00 Tools
Move (Atjazz Remix) 00:00 Tools
Police Thieves 00:00 Tools
Peace Begins Within - Reggae Version 7" Edit 00:00 Tools
Open Heart - Alex Session Remix 00:00 Tools
East of the River Nile (feat. Dennis Bovell) 00:00 Tools
Police and Thieves 00:00 Tools
Riddim 00:00 Tools
East of the River Nile (with Dennis Bovell) 00:00 Tools
Captured 00:00 Tools
East of the River Nile - Dub Mix 00:00 Tools
Angie La La feat. Leron Thomas 00:00 Tools
Feed The Spirit 00:00 Tools
Angie La La - Yoruba Soul Dub 00:00 Tools
Peace Begins Within - Reggae Version 00:00 Tools
Waking sleep 00:00 Tools
Open Heart (Alex Session Remix) 00:00 Tools
Feed The Spirit (The Children & The Warlock) 00:00 Tools
East of the River Nile - Alt. Take 00:00 Tools
Thoughts 00:00 Tools
RIDDIM INTERLUDE 00:00 Tools
Angie La La (Yoruba Soul Mix) [feat. Leron Thomas] 00:00 Tools
Plain Gold Ring (Kjell Anderson Remix) 00:00 Tools
Angie La La (ft. Leron Thomas) 00:00 Tools
Angie La La (Yoruba Soul Mix) 00:00 Tools
FUSSIN AND FIGHTIN 00:00 Tools
Fussin’ and Fightin’ 00:00 Tools
Move (AtJazz RMX) 00:00 Tools
Captured, Pt. 3 00:00 Tools
Angie La La Feat. Leron Thomas (Yoruba Soul Mix) 00:00 Tools
SILHOUETTE (FEAT SHABAKA HUTCHINGS) 00:00 Tools
East of the River Nile (Alt. Take) - Dub Mix 00:00 Tools
'My Favourite Things' 00:00 Tools
All Africa (Alternate Take) 00:00 Tools
Riddim (Interlude) Interlude 00:00 Tools
Angie La La (Yoruba Soul Dub) 00:00 Tools
Angie La La (Ay Ay Ay Ay) - Yoruba Soul Remix 00:00 Tools
More Than Mine (Alternative Version) 00:00 Tools
Get Me In Trouble 00:00 Tools
“Open Heart” 00:00 Tools
Angie La La (Yoruba Soul Alternate Dub) 00:00 Tools
Allies And Enemies 00:00 Tools
Peace Begins Within (Reggae Version) 00:00 Tools
East of the River Nile (feat. Dennis Bovell) [Dub Mix] 00:00 Tools
East of the River Nile - Alternate Take 00:00 Tools
In Between Worlds (Live) 00:00 Tools
Move (Simbad Sonzeira VIP Mix) 00:00 Tools
Brownswood Recordings, Blossom Tree 00:00 Tools
Captured Part 3 00:00 Tools
CAPTURED ( PART 3 ) 00:00 Tools
Angie La La feat. Leron Thomas (Yoruba Soul Dub) 00:00 Tools
Angie La La (Ay Ay Ay Ay) 00:00 Tools
Angie La La (Ay Ay Ay Ay) (feat Leron Thomas - Yoruba Soul remix) 00:00 Tools
Lions of Chiaroscuro (Bonus Track for Japan) 00:00 Tools
Angie La La (feat. Leron Thomas) (Osunlade remix) 00:00 Tools
East of the River Nile (feat. Dennis Bovell) - Dub Mix 00:00 Tools
East of the River Nile (feat. Dennis Bovell) [Alt. Take] 00:00 Tools
All Africa - Alternate Version 00:00 Tools
Open Heart (Antoine Abayomi Remix) 00:00 Tools
Ay Ay Ay Ay 00:00 Tools
Angie La La [Feat. Leon Thomas] 00:00 Tools
Christmas Time 00:00 Tools
Angie La La (Ft. Leron Thomas 00:00 Tools
Angie La La ft. Leron Thomas (Yoruba Soul Mix) 00:00 Tools
More Than Mine [Alternate Take] 00:00 Tools
Captured (pt.3) 00:00 Tools
Move (At Jazz Remix) 00:00 Tools
open heart (Diggs Duke rearrangement) 00:00 Tools
yoruba soul dub 00:00 Tools
Lions of Chiaroscuro 00:00 Tools
Waking Sleep Thoughts 00:00 Tools
East of the River Nile (Dub Mix) 00:00 Tools
Angie La La (Yoruba Soul Remix) 00:00 Tools
Fussin' and fightin 00:00 Tools
Fussin' And Fightin' (6 Music Session, 29 Sep 2017) 00:00 Tools
Peace Begins Within (6 Music Session, 29 Sep 2017) 00:00 Tools
Zara McFarlane: More than Mine 00:00 Tools
East of the River Nile (Alt. Take) 00:00 Tools
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Zara McFarlane’s debut album, 2011’s Until Tomorrow, came garlanded with rave reviews and a MOBO award nomination, and heralded a major new talent in the world of British jazz. The follow-up, also recorded for Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood Recordings, is a more ambitious collection that draws from many more influences: from the deep spiritual jazz of Pharoah Sanders to dub and reggae. “With the first album,” says Zara, “I was trying to create a cohesive sound, one that used the same line up and the same instrumentation throughout. This time the focus is on the songwriting, and the arrangements are tailor-made to suit each song. There’s a lot more variation – around half of the tracks are duets, and I use more than one band. If there is a unified, cohesive theme, it’s in the lyrics: the songs represent a journey through a woman’s life.” Gilles Peterson has been a key figure in Zara’s career. They first met when she was performing with the house music project Bopstar at the Southport Weekender in May 2010, where she gave him an EP of acoustic jazz songs she’d recorded. Within a few months, an impressed Peterson had signed Zara to his Brownswood Recordings label, and that EP eventually provided the basis for her debut album Until Tomorrow. “Gilles has been an incredibly enthusiastic person to work with,” says Zara. “With the first album, I’d recorded most of it before he’d signed me, but this time he’s been more involved in its creation and made suggestions. He’s passionate about all kinds of music, not just jazz, which has allowed me to experiment with different sounds.” Zara McFarlane was born 30 years ago into a Jamaican family in Dagenham, on the borders of Essex and London. She grew up in a household that loved reggae (“we played it all the time – parties, social gatherings, weddings, funerals, you name it!”), as well as the R&B of Michael Jackson and Luther Vandross. Her TV debut came at the tender age of 14, when she did a Lauryn Hill impression on Stars In Their Eyes against a line-up of grown ups. She was educated at a local comprehensive before moving to the BRIT School in Croydon in her sixth-form to study musical theatre. “I fell in love with musicals and learned tons of old showtunes,” says Zara. “I quickly realised that they were also jazz standards, and I always preferred the jazz versions.” After a BMus degree in Popular Music Performance from the Tech Music School in Acton (part of the University of West London) she started to pursue her love of jazz, studying jazz and improvisation at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. When not working on her own material, Zara has performed as a featured vocalist in Gary Crosby’s ska orchestra Jazz Jamaica, and performed with esteemed British jazzers such as Orphy Robinson, Denys Baptiste and Soweto Kinch. She’s made house music with Bopstar and paid tribute to Tammi Terrell with Norwegian DJ/producer Dalminjo. Her tracks have been remixed and reworked by the likes of Viennese techno duo Ogris Debris, Ninja Tune’s Floating Points, Afro-funker Osunlade and space-jazzers Emanative. She’s fronted Italian DJ Nicola Conte’s big band, performed at a Nina Simone tribute concert in Amsterdam and played support for South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela and American singer Gregory Porter. At the upcoming London Jazz Festival she’ll be appearing opposite Dianne Reeves (Queen Elizabeth Hall, 20 November). She also maintains a role in education, teaching workshops in vocals and improvisation around Britain and Europe. “I love all areas of this work – the teaching, the performing – but this album showcases what I’m most into at the moment, which is writing,” she says. “These songs on this new album are more personal than anything I’ve ever written. It’s me opening up, taking listeners on a journey.” Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.