Shine Sister Shine

by Ian Shaw

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1.	Carry On World 03:45	buy track
2.	I Don't Know Enough About You 03:46	buy track
3.	Trip And Tumble 03:50	buy track
4.	This Beautiful Life 04:39	buy track
5.	Shine Sister Shine 03:44	buy track
6.	Keep Walking (Song For Sarah) 06:16	buy track
7.	How Little We Know 02:46
8.	Not The Kind Of Girl 04:56	buy track
9.	Empire State Of Mind (New York) 04:44	buy track
10.	Touch Your Soul 03:27	buy track
11.	Shine 05:19	buy track
12.	Coming Around Again 03:14	buy track
13.	Marche Loin (pour Sara) 06:14
14.	On Saturday Afternoons in 1963 03:36	buy track
15.	Janis Joplin 04:12	buy track
16.	Jesse 04:28	buy track

about

by Stella Duffy

I ran my first 10K – ever – to these songs, on a cool morning in country backroads as mist lifted to reveal an early and golden morning. I ran my middle-aged, twice-cancered, arthritic, feminist, queer body to this album and Ian's voice. His music, his force and that of the glorious women he is channeling and championing here kept me going. This is an album of songs to run to and to crawl to. Here is music to sob to and anthems to change the world – still so much world to change.

Ian and I met on social media, we have friends in common, we met talking of the refugee crisis, we met because Ian was taking action about the refugee crisis. Taking action, no matter what. New takes, because we can.

A new take on an old song for Joni Mitchell's always relevant Shine, reminding us that there are so many sides to truth, to every hurt. Light and dark, because there is not one without the other, no life without death, the dichotomy held here very gently, so we can allow the pain and not be broken by it.

Keep Walking's true story of Ian's friend Sara. From Eritrea to Libya to Calais to Birmingham and the UK asylum system. A tale of someone else's pain, sustained in song, that we might feel it ourselves, maybe even feel it enough to make a difference. In action, there is hope.

Ian's open-hearted version of This Beautiful Life is a full-throated call for a shining existence, and a vital panacea for the also-truth of Trip And Tumble's collapse, crumble, stumble from grace.

Tanita Tikaram and Ian's Shine Sister Shine becomes a sing-a-long, march-along, dance-along paean to the LGBT community &ncash; so much achieved and still so far to go, both out in the world and among ourselves. Ian says the 'Sister' here is every gender and sexuality, all of us – shining.

Too many to list, but every one of these tracks offers a gift for the listener willing to let someone touch your soul. These are songs to hold us when we ask why, to promise that it's not only good to cry, but right to do so. They are also songs to prompt us when we ask how – how do we make a difference, how do we create value in our individual lives, in a carry on world, starring everyone of us?

This is an album crammed with sharp pain, deeply felt, then countered with soaring, resonant hope. Empire States Of Mind for all. We see what hurts, we cry the tears, and because we know there is also life, also light, we dig deep and find the strength to make a change.

Where to start? Start anywhere, start here. Start now.

Start with a soundtrack for hope.

Stella Duffy OBE is a writer and theatremaker.

credits

released November 10, 2017

Ian Shaw (vocals, piano tracks 1, 5, 12), Barry Green (piano, Fender Rhodes), Mick Hutton (bass), Dave Ohm (drums).

Additional Hammond organ by Joe Leach. All percussion by Ian Shaw and Dave Ohm. All backing vocals by Ian Shaw.

Recorded at The Premises Studio, London, 10-13th July 2017. Engineered and produced by Joe Leach. Assistant engineer, Jonjo Keefe. Vocals on Keep Walking (Song For Sara) recorded at The Cowshed Recording Studio, London, 31st July 2017, engineered by James Johnston. Mixed by Joe Leach at James Hewgill Music, Perth, Australia, August 2017. Mastered by Nick Watson at Fluid Mastering, London, August 2017.

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about

Ian Shaw London, UK

With 16 studio albums to his own name in a career spanning three decades, Ian Shaw is widely regarded as the best male jazz vocalist the UK has produced. He is also a talented pianist, song writer, presenter, record producer and actor. Alongside performances at the major London venues, Shaw tours throughout the UK and internationally. ... more