Beautiful Dreams Acantha Lang

• 1 Sugar Woman 03:57
• 2 Come Back Home 04:17
• 3 Beautiful Dreams 04:06
• 4 Eventually 04:31
• 5 He Said / She Said 04:02
• 6 A Word From My Momma (Interlude) 00:15
• 7 Lois Lang 04:49
• 8 River Keep Runnin' 04:06
• 9 It's Gonna Be Alright 04:37
• 10 Carry The Weight 03:57
• 11 Whatever Happened To Our Love? 04:03
• 12 Keep On 05:51
• 13 Ride This Train (Extended Version) 05:09
• Total Runtime 53:40

Info for Beautiful Dreams

»Wenn du Soulmusik mit einer gesunden Dosis Blues und Funk magst... und wenn du ehrliche Geschichten und Songs magst, die deinen Geist beleben, dann solltest du dir meine Musik anhören«, versichert Acantha Lang aus London, die Soul-Revivalistin aus New Orleans.

In nur wenigen Jahren hat sich die aufstrebende Robert Randolph-Kollaborateurin Acantha Lang zu einem der bestgehüteten Geheimnisse der modernen Soul-Musik entwickelt und sich eine passionierte Fanbase, durch ihre »Standing On The Shoulders Of...« Soul-Serie (derzeit über 9 Millionen Aufrufe in den sozialen Netzwerken), in der sie vergangene Stax- und Soul-Legenden mit temperamentvollen Neuinterpretationen von Jukebox-Klassikern ehrt, aufgebaut. Bislang wurde sie von BBC Radio hoch gelobt, hat über 1 Million Streams (Tendenz steigend) und wurde in den Top-Playlists von Spotify gelistet, einschließlich eines Platzes in der Spotify-Playlist »Best Retro Songs of 2021« und »Best Funk Songs of 2022« - und das alles ohne ein Debütalbum - bis jetzt.

Am 30. Juni wird Lang ihr Debütalbum »Beautiful Dreams« veröffentlichen - ein Album, das sie von einem unentdeckten Juwel in das Pantheon der modernen Soul-Größen katapultieren wird. Mit ihrer Mischung aus Stax-inspiriertem Funk und Südstaaten-Blues erzählt Acantha Lang sehr persönliche Geschichten auf temperamentvollen, schimmernden Grooves. Acanthas Erzählstil knüpft an uralte Blues-Traditionen an und verankert sich gleichzeitig in zeitgenössischen Themen. So liefert sie frontale lyrische Angriffe auf Fake News (das alles verratende »He Said / She Said«), Oden an die Mutterliebe nach der Katrina-Katastrophe (das ergreifende »Lois Lang«) und zelebriert mit Selbstbewusstsein und Stolz die Stärke und Weiblichkeit der Schwarzen.

Acantha Lang

Acantha Lang
Unlike many Southern soul singers who earned their wings singing from the pews of their local church, Acantha Lang’s musical accomplishments were born of pure vocal talent and self-determination. Though raised in New Orleans, Lang didn’t find her voice until she stumbled into the good graces of New York’s most accomplished R&B session musicians — and now, she’s London’s best-kept soul secret on the cusp of a solo breakthrough.

Growing up, Acantha Lang wasn’t drawn towards the spotlight, but she felt a calling towards music that she just couldn’t ignore. After moving to New York, this calling eventually led her to take the stage at the famed Harlem Grill, a now-defunct space where Black musicians would congregate after performances in the borough. From Puffy, Stevie Wonder, and Alicia Keys to the session players that ran with Prince, wrote songs with Jocelyn Brown and backed Acantha each Monday for her weekly “Monday Night Blues” residency, the Grill was home to the best of Harlem’s soul scene, brimming with the community and the culture of Acantha’s hometown.

After nearly three years at the Grill, Acantha was headhunted for Manhattan’s renowned cabaret, The Box, where she became the club’s first female MC — a role that ultimately catapulted her to London to open the UK’s sister club. There, she was able to put together her band, write her own music, and start polishing her sound, evolving her voice into the mesmerizing, full-bodied instrument that American Songwriter has compared to the venerable vocal flutter of Aretha Franklin. “When I started making the music I wanted to make… there was no second thought, no confusion,” says Acantha. “I knew exactly what I wanted to do, exactly what I wanted to say… and I couldn’t have done that before now.”

That newfound musical confidence shines through on her 2021 EP debut, Sugar Woman, which Soul Tracks selected as their featured album of the month upon its August release. As Acantha Lang blends Stax-inspired funk with Southern blues, she tells highly personal tales atop spirited, shimmering grooves. Acantha’s storytelling style harkens to age-old blues traditions while grounding itself in contemporary themes, delivering head-on lyrical attacks on fake news (the tell-all “He Said/She Said”), odes to motherly love in the wake of Hurricane Katrina’s disaster (the gripping “Lois Lang”), and celebrations of Black strength and womanhood with confidence and pride.

Acantha Lang’s growth has been slow but sure: a whirlwind journey from humble beginnings to a steadily burgeoning career songwriting for the GRAMMY-nominated Robert Randolph, and earning endorsements from legends like Joe Bonamassa, Robert Elms, and noted tastemaker Craig Charles (BBC 6Music / BBC Radio 2) who distinguished Acantha as “brilliant… an independent artist destined for world domination” in a recent interview for Blues & Soul Magazine. Acantha’s rousing “He Said/She Said” appears on his recently released compilation album, The Craig Charles Trunk Of Funk Vol. 2, where he notes that it’s a track that “…will blow the cobwebs out of your eardrums and leave you breathless and eager for more.”

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