'SOMEDAY WE'LL ALL BE FREE' is a new release by JO HARMAN, her first studio recording purely under her own name since before the pandemic.
This tune is now featured in very many radio playlists and is currently number 6 in the UK Soul Chart, amongst others. HUGE thank you for all the support, for those already on board and for those who are into songs, irrespective of 'genre', and/or still believe soul has a far more legitimate bloodline to blues than, say, rock, then feel free to join the party!
A song for our times, no doubt, but one actually written over 50 years ago by Edward Howard about the mental pain that his friend, Donny Hathaway (who wrote the music and was the original artist), endured from paranoid schizophrenia; a condition that cost Hathaway his life when, at the age of 33, he threw himself out of a 15th floor New York window.
Although several months in the planning, by chance Jo's version was recorded on the day immediately after the infamous oval office spat between Trump and Zelensky which, in itself, seemed to define a change to the world order. Produced by Harman's long time collaborator, Mark Edwards, Jo's performance produced no little emotion in the studio, not least, I suspect, as a result the breadth and scope of the enduring sentiment within the song. Moreover, with Jo singing 'womanly pride' and 'little darling' one suspects she, in part at least, had her 4 year old daughter in mind with her reading of the song.
Please find new music from Jo Harman, the British singer who has duetted on record with the likes of Michael McDonald and Lamont Dozier and described by Huey Morgan on his BBC R2 show as 'a voice to leave you speechless'.
My own thoughts are that it's brave taking on a vocal from perhaps the greatest male vocalist in modern music history (Donny Hathaway) but judging by the early reaction from the soul media (who should know their shit) it seems that Jo Harman's heartfelt and timely effort is not considered too shabby.'Simply a musical/emotionaL MASTERPIECE.' - Clive R (Solar Radio, Blues and Soul, Blues in Britain etc journalist/broadcaster)'What a wonderful version that is.' - Robbie Vincent, Jazz FM'LOVE it!! That woman’s voice is just so gorgeous! - Chris Wells, Editor Echoes'Stunning!!! ...singer extraordinaire Jo Harman' Soultrack.com (world's biggest soul music resource)'Movingly beautiful' JLJAMZ Radio
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