Toy Taha is a singer-songwriter and arranger from
Philadelphia, PA, who began singing at the tender age of 5 singing
along to her parents and grandparents records, which ranged from records by Whitney Houston, Phyllis Hyman, Teena Marie, Anita Baker, Stephanie Mills to Muddy Waters, Bobby
Blue Bland, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, B.B. King and Ray
Charles.
Toy started out writing poems out of solitude, which developed into
raps, which transformed into vocal songs. Her childhood and
adolescence revolved around performing arts singing on the
Philadelphia National Choir, creating cheer & dance routines for
the West Oak Lane Wildcats. However, too shy, she seldom allowed
anyone other than immediate family hear her sing.
In 2013 she released a promotional project, "I Am Woman", which gained a lot of attention but she was not exactly
happy with the final product as the project was released raw, unmixed
and unmastered. So she rededicated herself to improving her craft and
honing in on her skills to deliver a more quality body of work and
also switched her career from Kinesiology to Nursing.
Plucking up courage to perform live, Toy started performing open mic
nights in 2021 and with her band at live venues in Philadelphia.
We first came across her music via the single "Suite FX" (produced by Grammy winner Dreamlife) in April '22 which was
included on "EIGHT" in July '22, an excellent eight track EP/album with several tracks registering on
many charts worldwide.
Her first new material since "EIGHT" is a self-written song, "Thrill Is Gone", produced by Lorenzo Johnson (Ledisi, Maysa). It's a change in
direction from the neo soul of "EIGHT" to a more, of what she describes
herself as, blues and soul. It's an autobiographical song in which she
chronicles the complex emotions a woman experiences after a
relationship breaks down and where she realises that it is over and
has no interest in salvaging it.
Toy tells us "The song is a fusion of blues and soul and it is so important to me
as a multi-genre artist to always stay grounded in my roots and
foundation to preserve the culture because this music is the origin
of Black and American music and I feel this song we’ve created is
not only timeless, but a nod to the innovators that have inspired
me".
We received the song direct from Toy several weeks ago which we're
afraid got buried in the dozens of promos we receive each week, so we
apologise to her for not posting it earlier, however, our radio
partner Steve Aggasild has been playing it on his shows for the last
couple of weeks.
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: | Neo Soul |
| Format: | Single |
| Media: | Digital |
| Label: | Self Released |
| Cat No: | None |
| Date: | 23/02/2024 |
| Key/BPM: | 6A/82 |
| Price: | £1 |
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