11 - Song For You (with Chris Botti) 1

Nick Gambardella and friends came to the studio to record a version of Norah Jones' track "sinkin' soon". All steps took 5 hours to make and with the help of UAD powered plugins we tried to replicate her sound as much as we could given the time restraints. 

Soundalike project #1 Norah Jones - Sinkin' Soon

Nancy Wilson - Ain't No Sunshine

Loved this track, had to listen to it from a different angle :-) 

Credits to Diana Krall on the original track, no copyright intended. Check out the original below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fk6JtDhA7WI&index=6&list=PL338olheSKJleDGnptzM2HgBb_mOq_Lui

Diana Krall - California Dreamin · PL¦Perspective

He walked with you through rain and fire

Noora Noor - She Will Break Your Heart

Bossa Nova = Nouvelle Vague = New Wave. This transliteration was the starting point for Marc Collin and Olivier Libaux’s unique project, which, by appropriating the punk and post-punk cannon and running it through the Bossa Nova filter, reinvented the cover band genre, revealing new and brilliant talents along the way: Camille, Phoebe Killdeer (whose Fade Out Lines was remixed by The Avener,) Élodie Frégé, Mélanie Pain, Liset Alea...
The time seems right to write a new chapter in the Nouvelle Vague saga: with a new album “I Could Be Happy”. Athol Brose is the first EP of the band and its coterie of female vocalists. Nouvelle Vague and Friends is thus more of a nexus of forthcoming projects: a new album comprised of punk and post punk standards imbued with the inimitable Nouvelle Vague touch. Reworked versions of Nouvelle Vague classics, recorded with traditional live musicians along the way during the last few years’ Starwood/le Méridien Hotel like Ever Fallen in Love with Indian instruments and for the first time, a remix by Dream Koala and a number of other surprises!

Athol-Brose EP

Nouvelle Vague - La Pluie Et Le Beau Temps

Madeleine Peyroux live at the Luckman Fine Arts Complex in Los Angeles. April 9, 2011.

Madeleine Peyroux - Dance Me to the End of Love (live at the Luckman)

Chantal Chamberland - Hit The Road Jack

Wow! Coming up to 100k plays! Thanks for the love everyone. You can check out my original songs and upcoming shows on Instagram @_steph_casey or at stephcasey.com.

Background to this recording:
I was delighted when talented composer and musician Shauna-Kay Hamilton invited me to do a collaboration with her. She suggested we do a cover of "Killing Me Softly". Initially I felt intimidated - such a huge, well-loved song. But then I started humming it and soon I was hooked and so I said okay let's give it a go. 

So here is our version. We hope you enjoy it and thanks so much for taking a listen.

A big thanks to Joe Drzewiecki for giving his time and knowledge to help eliminate pesky hissing S's on the vocal track. Check out Joe's wonderful music here: http://soundcloud.com/jomama-2

Info on the song: composed by Charles Fox and written by Norman Gimbel. A number-one hit in 1973 for Roberta Flack. Later covered by the Fugees in 1995, also reaching No 1.

Killing Me Softly (Roberta Flack) with Shauna-Kay Hamilton

Baby I'm a Fool,       Melody Gardot

Hi and thanks for checking out my page.

The style of music here: indie-folk/pop, americana, soul.

Steph Casey is a singer-songwriter who lives on the Kāpiti Coast of New Zealand. Her sound is a mix of indie-folk and alt-country, and her debut album landed in the top five of the NZIM Album Charts. Her songs have been licensed for NZ feature films and Government videos.

In June 2019 she released the single At a Bar Downtown which the Official NZ Music Chart included in their “Ones to Watch” platform, which flags NZ tracks that are surging on radio, download & streaming platforms.

The single was followed by her second studio album The Seats in My Car (released July 2019). The album was recorded at The Surgery, Wellington, by multi-award-winning engineer Lee Prebble (Trinity Roots, The Black Seeds, Phoenix Foundation). Casey is backed by a stellar cast of New Zealand musicians including Caroline Easther (The Chills, The Verlaines, Beat Rhythm Fashion) on drums,  Alan Galloway (Let’s Planet, Galloway) on electric guitars, Murray Costello (The Mockers, The Wooden Box Band) on bass, and Alan Norman (The Warritahs, Rag Poets) on accordion and Hammond organ. The album received a five-star review from music.net.nz and a favourable review from respected NZ music writer Graham Reid. 
For reviews, videos and upcoming shows visit www.stephcasey.com