Acantha Lang-Standing On The Shoulders Of…Soul Legends
Acantha Lang-Standing On The Shoulders Of…Soul Legends at 606 Club, London
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About the show
Grammy®-nominated New Orleans-born soul singer Acantha Lang has been hailed as one of the most exciting new voices in contemporary soul and funk, earning comparisons to legends like Aretha Franklin and Gladys Knight. Her debut album, "Beautiful Dreams", reached #3 on the Official UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart and #14 on the Official UK Independent Album Breakers Chart, receiving 5-star reviews from Echoes and Soul Bag magazines and earning Lang the SoulTracks Readers’ Choice Award for "New Artist of the Year".
An artist of international stature, she's appeared on the national US TV programme "CBS Saturday Morning" and performed everywhere from SXSW to Paris, Amsterdam and the Barbican London. You can also hear Acantha's music on BBC Radio 2 and 6, Jazz FM and the very hip college station KCRW in Los Angeles.
This new show is a celebration of the voices that built soul music. Inspired by Acantha’s own YouTube series that has reached over 16 million views worldwide, it features music by legends from Gil Scott-Heron and Donny Hathaway to Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder and Al Green. Joined by Emlyn Francis-guitar; Andy Noble-keys; Chris Hanby-bass; Michael Connolly-drums and two of the UK's top horn players, Jim Hunt-sax & Paul Jordanous-trumpet, don’t miss this opportunity to hear Acantha perform her own interpretations of some of the greatest soul songs ever written!
“She’s brilliant… an independent artist destined for world domination" Craig Charles (BBC6 Music Funk & Soul
Featuring - Acantha Lang
Acantha Lang is a Soul singer born & raised in New Orleans. Since moving to London, she’s been making big waves in the Soul/Funk scene.
Acantha’s acclaimed 2021 debut ‘Sugar Woman’ EP was selected by Soul Tracks as their featured album of the month upon its August 2021 release & also earned her The New Artist of the Year Award for the 2021 Soul Tracks Readers' Choice Awards with the title track landing on Spotify’s Best Retro Soul Songs of 2021. Her debut single ‘He Said/She Said’ gained praise from Craig Charles (BBC 6Music Funk & Soul Show) who distinguished Acantha as "brilliant… an independent artist destined for world domination" in a recent interview for Blues & Soul Magazine. The single also appears on his recent compilation album, The Craig Charles Trunk Of Funk Vol. 2. She is also an accomplished songwriter penning a song (Gonna Be All Right) on Robert Randolph (and The Family Band) 2017 Grammy-nominated album ‘Got Soul’. She has already built a dedicated legion of fans online through her ‘Standing On The Shoulders Of…’Soul series, (over 5.3 million views across Instagram, YouTube, TikTok), 41,000+ TikTok followers, over combined 800,000 streams).
Acantha has a sound all her own, while still giving a respectful nod to the Soul legends of the past.