Songwriter of the week: Kaya Herstad Carney
Kaya is a performing songwriter both solo and with her band Science of the Lamps, as well as a lecturer at Chester University, a skilled vocalist and an experienced vocal coach at Balance Studios with another internationally accredited teacher (both part of only ten singing teachers in the UK fully-authorised by Vocology in Practice™ (ViP)), Ian Davidson. Originally from Norway, she is now based in Liverpool,UK. She’s played the UK and abroad including at The Royal Variety Show, to the BBC Songwriting Showcase and Sound City. Oh and she is the co-founder of the acclaimed Threshold Festival.
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Tiki I Write The Songs #82 by Tiki Black on Mixcloud
PART 1
- Tina Turner, I don’t want to fight (soundtrack of the week)
- Travis, Baby one more time, 1999
- Science of the lamps, Superhero me, 2014
(from the Candela EP)
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- Pitch Feather, Elderflower
- Elton John, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
PART 2
- Roxette, It must have been love, 1990 (soundtrack)
- Joe Cocker featuring Jennifer Warnes, Up where we belong, 1983
- Science of the lamps, Flames & Firefighters
- Johnny Nash, I can see clearly now
- Manu Dibango, Si tu vois ma mère (Sidnet Bechet)
from the album Midnight in Paris - Crystal Gayle, Don’t make my brown eyes blue
PART 3
- Damon Albarn, Everyday robots, 2014
- Yael Naim, Toxic (Cathy Dennis, …)
- REM, Everybody hurts
- Science of the lamps, Scary Smile, 2014
- Elton John, Whispers
- Jackson 5, I’ll be there, 1970