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THE CRIME 
Curtis Lugay and Sheila G-La Giles are back together to record - THE CRIME.
These quite Music makers mirror the times embracing Reggae, Lovers Rock, Ska, Brit Funk, Dub, Dance, Rock, Punk, Metal, Engineering, Production, Multi-media, Video and Live Performance.

As founding members of Funk Band Inch by Inch they set up their own Label Blue of London releasing If its Magic, we don’t want it and Ska b side - War’s Not Inevitable. Time has shown we were among the leaders of Brit Funk with our Band 'Inch by Inch' with our Track 'If it Magic' (Lugay, Lugay & Giles)

Peer Review: Lou Osiavo, a writer I have a lot of time for, on hearing me perform 'The Crime' live,  wrote this - “Gotta sell the water”...awesome body of work Sheila!!! Glad I didn’t miss this one!!!.....love it instant classic!!!...”Don’t pay homage to the crime”...simply amazing!!! ;)

The Crime

THE CRIME

2 Our True

1 The Song

4 March Out

3 The Story

EZEKE GREY aka 'THE SUNSHINE MAN EZEKE' Sadly Died on Monday 21st March in Jamaica
I will always respect and love him for the unconditional help and support he gave to me with my Music. So sorry for the Great Loss of our Friend. 
BLESS YOU EZEKE AND THANK YOU Dear Man

Rest in Peace our Friend EZEKES RAGGAMUFFIN

Made with my Band 'INCH BY INCH' b side of 'If Its Magic We Don't Want it' On our Blue of London Label. Re-Released by Menu Records with 'Always Too Late' which was remixed by The Mad Professor and the Sunshine Man Ezeke.

05 War's Not Inevitable

THIS IS MY 21st Century TAKE ON 'SINNERMAN'

Oh Sinner People is adaptation of a very powerful Song. My 21st Century Version of that Traditional Classic 'Sinner Man'. I learned this song originally from Paul Robeson as a child and later I was influenced by Nina Simone's Power filled interpretation. Her Arrangement was taken up and Published by EMI.(WC MUSIC CORP)

I believed it to be a Traditional Gospel Song but while researching I found the Lester Baxter Recording on waltervdbus YouTube Channel and this explanation for its origin....

"First recording by Les Baxter Orchestra featuring Will Holt Chorus of 'Sinner Man' (Baxter/Holt), possibly better known through later versions by The Weavers (1959), Nina Simone (1964) and Peter Tosh (1966/1971/1977), among many others. The song is clearly adapted from the 1954 gospel tune 'On Judgement Day' (Peacock 1743) by The Sensational Nightingales. (Thanks to Minstrelcraft for the information)."

Wow! What a Journey and all the People who lived through those Centuries running, hiding and dying...Bless....

Further CREDITS
Released February 2, 2019
Arranged, Recorded, Produced and Performed by Sheila Giles
Vocal recorded and Mixed at Temple Bar Studio, Dublin
Engineer: Colm Drennan 2018

Special CREDIT ALSO to Bob Marley for his "Songs of Freedom" quote from Redemption Song and ALL of the people Mentioned, Unmentioned and Unknown.

Fair Exchange is N0 Robbery

OH SINNER PEOPLE Rad Mix 3.08

THIS My MUSIC How I do it and how I like it...FAIR EXCHANGE is NO ROBBERY has Been a long, long, long time in the making and major work some Songs YOU will Know Some you Won't (But all of you will Know just how much Work it takes xxx)

Listen to the ALBUM Free on SOUNDCLOUD and Download Directly from me for 75 Cent per Track using the SOUNDCLOUD ..... BUY DIRECT......Link  after all fair Exchange is No Robbery

With Respect and best wishes, Sheila

17,686 Plays of 'OH SINNER PEOPLE' On-line Music Press and Facebook readers over 12 weeks to 15th Feb 2020. Also VANILLA & VIOLET Feat TOT has 4,435 Plays in 1 month

Please Note: All Tracks Sheila Giles/A Plum MusicPublishing/IMRO/MCPS Except 'Oh Sinner People' which is my take on Nina Simone take on the Classic Gospel Song 'Sinnerman' (EMI)

Fair Exchange is No Robbery

AFRAID OF THE DARK Feat Colm Mullen

T8. AFRAID OF THE DARK Feat Colm Mullen RIP 3.42

VANILLA & VIOLET Feat TOT

T6. VANILLA & VIOLET Feat TOT 3.09

FAIR EXCHANGE is NO ROBBERY

You Too

T5. YOU TOO 4.26

THIS My MUSIC How I do it and how I like it...FAIR EXCHANGE is NO ROBBERY has Been a long, long, long time in the making and major work some Songs YOU will Know Some you Won't (But all of you will Know just how much Work it takes xxx)
With Respect and best wishes, Sheila

17,686 Plays of 'OH SINNER PEOPLE' Promotion to On-line Music Press and Facebook readers over 12 weeks to 15th Feb 2020. Also VANILLA & VIOLET Feat TOT has 4,435 Plays in 1 month ...

Please Note: All Tracks Sheila Giles/A Plum Music Publishing/IMRO/MCPS Except 'Oh Sinner People' which is my take on Nina Simone take on the Classic Gospel Song 'Sinnerman' (EMI)

A MAN OF MANY SORROWS Feat Erin McVeigh:Pat Murphy 5.31

T3. A MAN OF MANY SORROWS Feat Erin McVeigh:Pat Murphy 5.31

GOT IT TOGETHER.....My ALBUM All in 1 Track Mix... Just how I like it xxx

T1. OH SINNER PEOPLE 3.08
T2. LONELY TIMES Feat Erin McVeigh 5.08
T3. A MAN OF MANY SORROWS Feat Erin McVeigh/Pat Murphy 5.31
T4. WHEN LADY SANG THE BLUES 4.09
T5. YOU TOO 4.26
T6. VANILLA & VIOLET Feat TOT 3.09
T7. THEY SAY Feat Liam Cagney 4.57
T8. AFRAID OF THE DARK Feat Colm Mullen 3.42
T9. BLOSSOMS OF AFRICA Feat Curtis Lugay 4.11
T10. CHRISTMAS DAY Feat Jari Vil 3.47
T 11. THE SNAKE EDGED TABLE Feat Andrew Baron 7.21

FAIR EXCHANGE is NO ROBBERY DJ Mix

Fair Exchange is No Robbery DJ Mix

FAIR EXCHANGE is No ROBBERY Album DJ Mix

Title: Lonely Times (The Story)
Artist: Sheila 'G-La' Giles 
Feat Erin McVeigh Double Bass
Time: 5.08

ERIN McVEIGH .... DEAR BERTRAND 'OUT OF LINE' VIDEO LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3M7H9yPwQ1g
Writer, Music, Recording, Mix & Production by Sheila Giles On My Own Label & Publishing: Menu Records & A.Plum Music Publishing IMRO

Lonely Time (ep)

Lonely Times (The Story)

LONELY TIMES (The Story)

Another of the Terribly moving Songs I learnt from Nina Simone and Billy Holiday I thought it best to share and Extract From the Essay by Cary O’Dell Added to the American National Registry in 2002

Billie Holiday Original label Abel Meeropol 
(Poet, Writer aka Lewis Allan/Publisher)

Considering the vivid images and sustained metaphor of the song “Strange Fruit,” it shouldn’t be surprising that it began as a poem. It was written by Abel Meeropol (1903-1986), a teacher, poet and songwriter, who published under the name Lewis Allan. Along with “Strange Fruit the brutal power of “Strange Fruit,” a tale of a lynching told via the rich description of a lifeless body hanging from a flowering tree:

Southern trees bear a strange fruit 
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root
Black body swinging in the Southern breeze 
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees 
Pastoral scene of the gallant South
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth 
Scent of magnolia, sweet and fresh
And the sudden smell of burning flesh! 
Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck 
For the sun to rot, for a tree to drop,
Here is a strange and bitter crop.

Trees aka Strange Fruit

'TREES' AKA STRANGE FRUIT MIX 25.07.2020

Wild is the Wind
https://youtu.be/3LkYDWWCyyA
Written & Composed by Ned Washington & Dimitri Tiomkin 1957

Arrangement of Music Made by Sheila Giles

Loved this song since I 1st heard it sung by Nina Simone. I was 11 or 12 years old then.

Recorded it all myself and made a video staring Colm Mullen as 'The Shadow in the window thinking about Love and life'.

Finally I can release it for Down Load. xxx Sheila

Wile is the Wind

WILD IS THE WIND (Cover)

Observations of a War by Sheila Giles
Feat - Erin McVeigh, Double Bass & Pat O'Reilly, Banjo
Recorded at Loop Studios, Dublin by Enda Gogarty 

I have made Several Versions, this is the original.
O.O.U. is Our Own Understanding
1st released September 2004 on 'HOPE' The story so Far.....

HOPE The Story So Far.....

Our Own Understanding

O.O.U. HOPE V1 Mix

I WISH I COULD FOLLOW MORE OF YOU - 

FAIR EXCHANGE is NO ROBBERY has Been a long, long, long time in the making and major work some Songs YOU will Know Some you Won't (But all of you will Know just how much Work it takes xxx)

When I have been able to promote my work I get a good response - 17,686 Plays of 'OH SINNER PEOPLE' Promotion to On-line Music Press and Facebook readers over 12 weeks  Also VANILLA & VIOLET Feat TOT has 4,435 Plays in 1 month ...

The Me-La
In an interview on GLR when DJ, Reggae Queen Miss ‘P’ asked me, “what was the difference between” me and “your usual Lovers Rocker” At first I had no idea what she was referring to, finally the Penny dropped and replied in Spanish about being milk with Coffee. Of course there is a lot of Coffee in my Music and Artwork. So don’t expect one style from me.

My influences are rangy and eclectic, from my early years Joan Baez and Bob Dylan to Frank Zappa, Pink Floyd and Bob Marly, From Billie Holiday to Nina Simone and Joni Mitchell, Geoffrey Onyema to Dollar Brand, Puccini and Maria Callas, Leonard Cohen, Toots and the Maytals...and so so many more, I am very Lucky to have such a rich tapestry to enjoy.

Please Note: All Tracks Sheila Giles/A Plum Music Publishing/IMRO/MCPS Except 'Oh Sinner People' which is my take on Nina Simone take on the Classic Gospel Song 'Sinnerman' (EMI)
All Rights Reserved: A Plum Music Publishing IMRO/MCPS & Sheila Giles

With Respect and best wishes, Sheila G-La

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