REGGAE SONGSTRESS ALEIGHCIA SCOTT GOES SKA ON HER NEW SINGLE IN MY SHOES
The third single from her forthcoming album with RoryStoneLove, Windrush Baby. Welsh-Jamaican singer Aleighcia Scott goes back to the roots of her music with new single In My Shoes.
Produced by sound system legend RoryStoneLove, In My Shoes is a bouncy, horn-driven reflection on irresistible attraction – that recalls the ska-to-rocksteady transition of the early to mid-1960s.
It’s particularly fitting as the third single from Aleighcia and Rory’s exciting, imminent album Windrush Baby, because it pays tribute to the music that soundtracked Britain’s first Caribbean communities’ lives.
“I HAD TO MAKE IT AS AUTHENTIC AS POSSIBLE BY RECORDING IN JAMAICA AND THE UK, I HAD TO USE STRANGE PLACES TO GET THAT CRAZY SOUND THAT THEY HAD BACK THEN” – RORYSTONELOVE
Windrush Baby is a lovingly sculpted, deeply personal project that celebrates the JA-to-UK heritage of both Aleighcia and Rory, taking a musical journey from the blues dances and shubeens of Cardiff and London to the modern age.
“I ABSOLUTELY LOVED WORKING ON THIS SONG” SAYS CARDIFF-BORN ALEIGHCIA OF THE NEW SINGLE.“I LOVE SKA AND IT’S IMPORTANT TO GIVE HONOUR TO THE ELEMENTS THAT WERE INSTRUMENTAL TO CREATING REGGAE.PERFORMING THIS ONE LIVE IS ELECTRIC!”– ALEIGHCIA SCOTT
ALEIGHCIA SCOTTRORYSTONELOVE
CREDITS
Artist: Aleighcia Scott
Label: RoryStoneLove/Black Dub
Producer: RoryStoneLove
Song Writer: Blair Mackichan
Drums: Kirk Bennett
Bass: Donald ‘Danny Bassie’ Dennis
Guitar: Gizmo White & Lamont ‘Monty’ Savory
Keys: Franklin Bubbler Waul
Trumpet: Okiel Mckentyre
Saxophone: Oshane Love
Trombone: Randy Fletcher, Everton Pessoe
Alto Saxophone: Dean Fraser
Cello: Emily Ruth
Strings: Ellen Blair (Violin & Viola)
Violin: Gill Morley
Background Vocals: Chevaughn N. Clayton, Roselyn
All photo credits: Yolanda Kingdom
ABOUT ALEIGHCIA SCOTT
Fans of Aleighcia’s live performances will be delighted to know that she has received a PRS Power Up Grant to promote her album while on tour. Her new material is sure to impress audiences everywhere she goes.
Aleighcia Scott is an influential young female singer making waves in the Reggae music scene. She was selected for the BBC Wales Horizons artist development program, and her song “Bloom,” produced by Peckings Records, was featured on BBC Wales’ playlist.
Lauren Laverne, David Rodigan, Seani B, and BBC Introducing have all shown support for Aleighcia, and she has had the opportunity to perform at Glastonbury and Latitude for BBC Introducing. These performances led to opportunities to perform in Kingston, JA, the home of Reggae music, where she received rave reviews for her performances at the Dub Club and on King Jammy’s Soundsystem.
