Stella Bass

So grateful to the fabulous Lilian Smith who played "Pure Imagination" this morning on on RTÉ Radio 1 . (It's definitely edging towards being a Christmas song, I agree 😆🎅). And of course, if anyone's catching the 'Wonka' movie over the weekend, this hopefully gets you in the mood! 🍫🎫

You can stream "Pure Imagination" now from Spotify, Apple etc in the link below, and feel free to add it to your playlists...Christmas or otherwise 😆:

https://stellabass.hearnow.com/pure-imagination/

Btw, Lilian's show is on every Saturday & Sunday, check it out - it's always a gentle start to a weekend morning! ♥️

So excited that "Pure Imagination" is now OUT!

You'll get a sneak peek in the video, and WHAT a piano intro by Johnny Taylor! 🥰

A lovely coincidence - what with 'Wonka' coming out this w/e (a week later for my North American friends) - that we had recorded this for the album! 🎫

Handy link to it on Spotify, Apple and all your fave streaming links below so you can save it easily:

https://stellabass.hearnow.com/pure-imagination/

🎹 Johnny Taylor
🎻 Barry Donohue
🥁 Dominic Mullan
🎧 Camden Recording Studios Dublin


RTÉ lyric fm

Thanks everyone, lots of amazing feedback for the song 🎄❤️.

So people have been asking how to help. I had a think, and any or all of these would be really helpful and would take just a couple of moments of your time, and no money 😂.

1) Add it to your Spotify Christmas playlists, link below (select Spotify) - https://stellabass.hearnow.com

2) Ask friends/family/work if they might do that too 🙏

3) Tag/contact/share to your fave radio stations & presenters, wherever you'd like to hear it played (Christmas FM, the fab Marty Whelan, Lyric FM etc...) but wherever is local to you too, not just Ireland. TV? We can do TV! I'm doing all this at my end too but sometimes there's strength in numbers 🥰💪

4) Your fave influencers on social media...tag 'em in so they'll know about the coolest, classiest Irish Christmas song of 2023 ❤️. Maybe they'll share it, maybe they won't...but sure at least they might get to know about it 🎶

Thanks a million folks. The fun part of what I do is making music (10% of the time). The other 90% is calling, emailing, pitching, hearing 'No' most of the time, brushing yourself off from the 'Nos' (that's if you even get a reply!) to go straight in to make the next call. Those who know me know I'm terrible at accepting help 😂 but I gladly will on this occasion if anyone would like to per 1-4 above. I'm really proud of this song, it's a cracker, really timeless, and it features some of the country's best musicians. Now, back to the 90% of my day...☎️📨😂❤️

Another little teaser for "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?", streaming on all platforms from Fri 24th November 🎉🎄

Genius ad-lib from Cormac towards the end 🤓🎶👏

Pre-save here: https://show.co/uI87aUh

So excited that "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" will be out on Spotify, Apple and all streamers next Friday 24th Nov. Take a listen!

You can pre-save it here if you'd like ⬇️🙏❤️🎶

https://show.co/uI87aUh

JUST in time to start the Christmas season...(let's face it, the Christmas season officially starts with the Late Late Toy Show, right?!) 🎄🎅⛄❄️

Produced, arranged and piano by Cian Boylan at Camden Recording Studios Dublin, mixed by Conor O Farrell Brady and featuring the sublime talents of Dave Redmond 🎻 and Guy Rickarby 🥁)

And a BIG shout out to my pal Celine Curran for working a bit of magic on the ol' image design 👏

Just for some fun, here’s the lyric video for “This Could Be the Start of Something Big”. Hope you like it! 😊
It’s available to play/save on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/track/7wqGSf8JHERf9uJpgEHPsr , as well as on Apple Music, and all other steaming platforms

Couldn't pass up on the chance to duet with the legendary David Foster on this beautiful song. Who knows, maybe someday in real life! 🎅😊🎶

A big thanks to Mike's Power Play HomeGrown for playing my new track - you've no idea how invaluable this kind of support is for independent artists. 🙏🙏🙏

❤️ THIS COULD BE THE START OF SOMETHING BIG ❤️ - Official Video

VERY excited to share the official video for "This Could Be the Start of Something Big", now available to stream from all platforms (Spotify/Apple etc), link below. Feel free to stream it and to add to your jazzy/easy-listening playlists! 😊

💿 STREAM HERE: https://tinyurl.com/373snkvk
🎥 FULL VIDEO ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/oHgJf94rzZc

I had an idea way back that I wanted to do something quirky for this song video-wise, so after a few false starts, I got in touch with a fabulously talented animator in Pakistan, Maria Choudhry, and we went back and forth early in the summer with ideas and storyboards: all done remotely which was an interesting process.

The likenesses she created for all 5 of us is uncanny; that said, I hounded the guys for photos up-close, side-face, instrument technique etc - lots of back and forth but it was all worth it as I love it, and I hope y'all do too.

On a separate note, get in touch with Maria (details below) if you're looking for any animation work, I would TOTALLY recommend her: https://tinyurl.com/32azkd2r

So sit back, relax, and enjoy our little jazz performance!

Moi - vocals
Johnny Taylor - piano
Barry Donohue - double bass
Dominic Mullan - drums
Michael Buckley - sax

Song written by Steve Allen

**AVAILABLE TO STREAM ON ALL PLATFORMS FROM 20th OCT**

Can’t WAIT to let you hear the full song at last from tomorrow!! Have a listen and let me know in the comments what you think.

Piano – Johnny Taylor
Double Bass – Barry Donohue
Drums – Dominic Mullan

And on the full version, you’ll hear a wonderful sax solo from Michael Buckley.

“THIS COULD BE THE START OF SOMETHING BIG” is the first single from my album, and it’s FINALLY out next FRIDAY 20th OCT! Take a listen to it halfway through the reel…and let me know what you think😊❤️🎶

The PRE-SAVE code is https://show.co/joGmjxu (also in my bio)

Now, can I ask for your help…would all you Spotify peeps kindly pre-save it for me? In return, you’ll get an exclusive first look at the AMAZING artwork, which is a still from our epic video, and of course, the full song will drop into your account automatically on the 20th. Spotify shows the song to more people if there’s a bit of a kerfuffle on release day and pre-saves help massively on that. And sure, let’s see if we can give the ol’ Spotify jazz charts a go!! I’d be so grateful.

It feels like forever since I was in Camden recording the album with Johnny Taylor, Barry Donohue, Dominic Mullan and Michael Buckley….and the day is FINALLY almost here where we can share the first song (there’s 9 more on the album, and don’t forget our big launch gig on Sat 3rd Feb in the Sugar Club). Btw, it’s also available on all other streaming platforms.

But for now, enjoy the sneak peek in the video, and let’s hope this song is indeed, the start of something big! Xx

This is a version of the classic Bonnie Raitt song, "I Can't Make You Love Me" which I recorded a few years back with the maestro Yann O'Brien. I was lucky to see Bonnie perform a few years back in the Olympia, a phenomenal gig. Interestingly, apparently the songwriters originally envisioned this song as an uptempo country/bluegrass number, but I think it's hard to hear it now as anything other than a ballad!

We were recording at 9am that morning and, going for the extra 15 minutes in bed rather than making any effort with my hairdryer, my hair was blowdried by my car heater on full blast for about 30 minutes and I think I gave any kind of decent makeup a hard pass. 😂😂

If you'd like to hear the full version, it's over on my YouTube:
https://youtu.be/HpigbNPqTBM?si=6I0Pei1CWIEBnihG

Bonnie Raitt

Ohhh the excitement is only OFF THE CHARTS!! 😆

Something is indeed coming, specifically the first single from the new album, which will be dropping on Fri 20th October. I think you'll love the song as much as I do, and let me tell you, the video is SPECTACULAR.

Spotify pre-save deets on the way but I couldn't wait any longer.

Michael Buckley is joining myself, Johnny, Barry and Dom on this first song, and the album was engineered by the whizz that is Conor Brady, in Camden Recording Studios, Dublin.

I’ve been heavily invested in the recent successes of TJ Mack, long-time popstar and Broadway stalwart. Having recently observed the stratospheric success of his “Sitting” song last week and with another epic bop “Inside” having dropped only yesterday, produced by the brilliant , I thought I’d delve into his back catalogue, where his epic acapella video “Splashing” – which feels like a song Jean Valjean may have sung had there been a Les Mis prequel – spoke to me 😆. So, from scratch, I had a go at giving it a “classic showtune” arrangement…maybe a little bit Menken, a little bit Schwartz, but definitely a lot of fun! (Poster PDFs are for added authenticity).

Word on the street is that Lin-Manuel Miranda is looking nervously over his shoulder at the musical colossus that is Mack, his manager wife (‘wipe’) and his savvy business associate Brian Jordan Alvarez (), especially considering this week’s interviews with Time, Vanity Fair and Rolling Stone.

Seriously though, this is been pure fun to watch develop, and easy to dip into the joy and wholesomeness of it all. 🥰Check out the brilliant characters, and their meticulously-crafted backstories – including TJ Mack – created by the fabulous


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