Saturday, 13 May 2023

Dorian Holley & Nayanna Holley [2023] - DNA [Ropeadope] (Full Album)


An album titled "DNA" from Dorian Holley & Nayanna Holley that consists a dozen cover songs, some familiar, and a couple perhaps not so familiar, soul songs along with four pop covers. 

The album features guest artists Kaveh Rastegar, Abe Rounds, Larry Goldings & Chris Bruce.

The songs include:
"People Get Ready" (Staple Singers)
"People Make The World Go Round" (Stylistics)
"Harvest For The World" (Isley Bros.) 
"Blackbird" (Nina Simone)
"Inner City Blues" (Marvin Gaye)
"New Day" (George Benson)
"Grandma's Hands" (Bill Withers)
"Joy Inside My Tears" (Stevie Wonder) 

as well as pop covers 
"Can't Find My Way Home" (Blind Faith / Stevie Winwood) 
"Don't Give Up" (Kate Bush & Peter Gabriel)
"Somewhere" (Bernstein & Sondheim standard)
"Drive" (The Cars)

So who are Dorian Holley & Nayanna Holley? They are father and daughter. Dorian began his career singing backing vocals for Michael Jackson in the 80s on his 'Bad World' tour and continued with him until the end preparing for the "This Is It Tour in 2008. Since then he has been a singer on 'Dancing With the Stars' and music director and vocal coach on American Idol'.

Dorain released a debut solo album "Independent Film" in 2008. Daughter Nayanna released her debut album "On Love & Fear" in 2011 and the current album is the second for both.

Video below document the making of the album.

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Details
Rating: 7.8
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: Classic Soul / Cover Version
Format: Album
Media: Digital
Label: Ropeadope
Cat No: None
Date: 12/05/2023
Price: £9.99
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