We first encountered the music of Dana Masters (pronounced Dayna) in March
with her single "Waste Your Time" and took the opportunity of also posting her first single of the year, "Rising", performed live with the Ulster Orchestra. Both were from a, then forthcoming, debut album "Real Good People" which is now released and she launches
with three dates in Belfast (4th), Dublin (9th) and London (10th).
Unsurprisingly, when you listen to her sound, Dana Masters was born and raised in the deep south of the US. She is the
granddaughter of a celebrated Civil Rights Movement activist of the 50s and 60s, Johnnie Ruth Jenkins .
At 17 she left South Carolina to pursue her musical ambitions in
Minneapolis and worked with Prince's guitarist. Four years later she
relocated to L.A. where she met an an Irishman which led her to live in
Lisburn, Northern Ireland.
Whilst in NI she was introduced into the jazz scene and for the last 7
years has toured and recorded with Van Morrison as a featured vocalist.
Morrison says of Dana: "Dana's wide-ranging musical influences are evident
through her own unique sound. Her vocal dexterity spaces the spectrum from
deeply meditative to soaring, soulful resonant highs".
Although her recorded material was rather scant (two EPs and a handful of
singles) before her debut album, she is a seasoned performer, having
performed for the Pope, President Clinton and Tony Blair and of course 7
years with Van The Man!
Last year she presented a BBC documentary "My Name Is Ottilie" which traces the history of Ottilie Patterson, a little known white
blues/jazz singer from County Down, NI, who was a member of the Chris Barber
Band who performed at Muddy Waters' club in Chicago in 1959 receiving a
rapturous response.
If you like the sound of Acantha Lang then you should love Dana's new
single as it's very similar sounding to our ears. (Note Dana is pronounced
as Dayna rather than Darna).
Click on image below for link to where you can buy from.
Click icons below for further information or to connect with the
artist.
| Rating: | 8.4 |
| Explicit: | N |
| Genre/Style: | New Soul |
| Format: | Album |
| Media: | Digital |
| Label: | Self Released |
| Cat No: | None |
| Date: | 03/05/2024 |
| Price: | £7.99 |
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