News

November/December 2011

 

Touring with Chicane and The Coca Cola Christmas truck tour!!

 

During November and December I'll be touring India, gigging at the Electric Peacock Festival in Sri Lanka and seeing in 2012 in Cape town with Chicane!! Don't forget to check my Gigs page for links to the festivals and more info!

I'll also be performing as part of The Souls of Prophecy choir on the Coca Cola Christmas truck tour. I'll be at The O2, London for 2 days. Look for the big red truck and lots of fairy lights! I hope to see you there! Mxxx

 

*******UPDATE*******

 

You can see photos and footage from both the Chicane and Coca Cola truck tours on my Photos page and in my blog! Enjoy! xXx

October 2011

The Robin 2 and new YouTube footage!!

Thank you so much to everyone who came to The Robin 2 to support me! I really do appreciate it. We had a great time and we hope to be back playing in The Midlands in the very near future!

 

I took my camera into the interview with Trev French on WCRFM and have uploaded the entire session. Featured songs are; Maybe Today, Come Back To Me and Arms Wide Open. Trev is so lovely and we had a great time in the studio! There's a lot of laughter! I've also uploaded a song from my Robin 2 headline gig! I only wrote the bridge a few weeks ago and "Anyway" had never been played with full band in public before so I'm really pleased to have it on film! Thanks to David Mian for filming it! I'll be posting more clips of us during soundcheck and backstage at a later date so keep checking back for more updates! I hope you enjoy the new footage! Mxxx

 

*Update* Check out the footage on my Facebook fan page or on Youtube!!

 

May, June, July, August 2011

 

Still recording, The Robin, a competition to win my DVD, an article on me...!!

Hello everyone! I'm writing to you from the Motherland - Wolverhampton. I'm having a great time with my family and am LOVING being Aunty Me'sha! Jumping on the bed and taking everything out of Aunty Me'sha's handbag and transferring into a plastic bag are my personal favourites! It's all very cute!

 

The boys and I have been working hard in the studio. Al, Francesco and I had 2 mammoth days at Cesco's studio in Wood Green. The guys put down drums and bass together and it was brilliant! Sounds amazing and super tight! Al has the patience of Zeus and Francesco is a trooper. We were still going at 2am and he was still smiling! Dave and Al just spent another 2 days recording at Birnie Towers. I heard the recordings down the phone and was blown away! They've done such a fantastic job and I really can't wait to get the recordings out to you all! Next up, keys. I've been documenting the whole process so will post pics, videos etc once we're done and I will keep you up to date on how the next stage goes. Keep checking back!

 

Ticket sales for my headline gig at The Robin 2 are going really well (There are flyers all over The Midlands! I've got my family on flyer distribution duty!! They're very good you know!! Just like the A-Team!) and if you want to come see us play, check out the extended lineup AND hear some tunes that have never seen the light of day, follow the link below or click on the flyer on the homepage! http://www.therobin.co.uk/whats_on/giginfo.asp?gigid=2613

 

Stefan Von Glahn of Hoeren FM, Germany ran a competition to win a copy of my live DVD as part of the launch of his brand new show. There was a lot of demand (I was so flattered!) and the winner was a lovely lady with great hair called Conny Wischhusen from Bremerhaven. She messaged me to say she loves it and I'm so pleased! Stefan has been really supportive of my music since we met last year and I really appreciate it! Follow the link to his Facebook page here: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000771437614 He's a lovely guy and very good to me! Go to my youtube channel or click on "Videos" in the navigation bar to see footage from my DVD and to see me performing live with various artists. http://www.youtube.com/user/meshabryan

 

An article has been written on me by Godfrey Fletcher of Neo2soul promotions. It's a wonderful blog page as Godfrey is very committed to promoting unsigned acts in The UK as well as internationally. You can check the article out here: http://neo2soul.wordpress.com/2011/07/31/me%E2%80%99sha-bryan/

 

Gosh, that was a lot of news.... I need a coffee! Will write again soon! Mxxx

 

January/February a bit of March 2011

 

Recording!

I'm recording my album and planning my mini tour for when it's done. I've had some exciting offers from abroad (excitement!) which I'll tell you about once they're in the bag! Will keep you posted! Mxxx

 

January 2011

 

Neo Soul Lounge Article!!

Happy New Year everyone! Following on from the radio play I received in Germany last year, an article has been written on me by Neo Soul Lounge. Check it out here: http://neosoullounge.wordpress.com/2010/12/03/mesha-bryan/ Xxx

 

November 2010

 

Even more radio play! I'm going international!!!

A few of my songs have been played on German radio this month. The director of Radio Weser in Bremerhaven found me online, loved my music and decided to run 2 separate features on me!! Joy! Following on from this, one of the station's hosts has written an article about me which has been published on their website! They say very lovely things! Just hit the translate button if you can't speak German!! Link below! Enjoy! Mxxx

http://daysandpictures.com/mesha-bryan/

 

October 2010

 

"Maybe Today" on BBC WM Introducing!!!

October has been such a great month for me so far and it's getting even better! Last night, October 21st 2010, my track "Maybe Today" was played on BBC WM Introducing!! Joy! My face hurt with the smiling as it was being played by Brett and Louise who loved it and gave me a huge build up beforehand!! I'm very proud and my band sounded rockin!! Thanks guys!! You can listen to the show again on BBC iPlayer! Click on the link below. Xxx

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p00bl82f/BBC_WM_Introducing..._21_10_2010/

 

xXxXxXxXxXx Thanks for always pushing me Mom. Love you!!!!! xXxXxXxXxXx   

 

Later...with Jools Holland

I will be performing backing vocals with 80s legends, Heaven 17 on Later...with Jools Holland this week! The first show will go out live on BBC 2 on Tuesday the 19th of October at 10pm and the pre-recorded show will air on Friday the 22nd at 11:45pm. It'll be my second time on Later... (I performed with Bryan Ferry a few years back. Check out my myspace page for the footage!) and it's a great show! The lineup also features the amazing Herbie Hancock so don't miss it!! For more information on Heaven 17 and Later..., follow these links! Mxxx http://www.heaven17.com/  http://www.bbc.co.uk/later/

 

Bryan Ferry's "Olympia" Album

I recorded vocals for Bryan Ferry's 13th studio album, "Olympia" earlier this year. It will be released on October the 25th and I'm performing alongside industry greats such as Marcus Miller, my good friend, the late, great David Williams, Nile Rogers, Flea, Brian Eno, Groove Armada, The Scissor Sisters... It was fun and I'm very pleased to have been asked to record for Bryan again. For more info go to his official website http://www.bryanferry.com/ or http://www.vivaroxymusic.com/albums_102.php 

 

Bush Tales - "Queen Of The Buffalo"

I'm a featured vocalist and voiceover artist on the Bush Tales children's story book series. I play Wicked sister 2 in "Queen Of The Buffalo" and as the name suggests, I'm not a very nice person! We recorded at the beautiful Angel Studios, Islington and it was one of the most relaxed sessions I've ever done! The books are great for children and adults alike and the music sounds fantastic! The series can be purchased through iTunes and for full details on the cast and writer, Matthew R. Jameson, go to the official site. Xxx http://www.bushtales.com/

 

Recording My Debut Album

I'm currently in the planning stages of recording my 9 track debut album and will keep you posted as to how it's all going! I've found the perfect studio, will go into rehearsals with my band in the next few weeks and I'm very excited!! I'll have some news and updates to share with you all very soon so do keep checking back! Me'sha x

 

UpRise Festival - October 3rd 2010 - Finsbury Park, London

Rob Hughes and I played the inaugural UpRise Festival on Sunday the 3rd of October. It was an honour to be asked to play as the festival has such a strong message behind it. Despite the rain, Robbie and I had a great time! It did rain most of the day with Rob getting mud up his trousers which he wasn't too happy about (!!) but the sun came out for our set so we were very pleased!

     We played 4 of my original tunes  - Maybe Today, Back To Nowhere, Without You, Arms Wide Open - and Rob got to show off his sax, flute and backing vocal chops! Much fun! For more information on the festival visit its website at http://uprise.org.uk/ and show your support next year! Mxxx