The eventual result was As Above, So Below, Sampa the Great's new album, which drops on Sept. While hunkered down with everyone else, Sampa reconnected with her old network of friends, family and collaborators. With shows and tours on pause, she found inspiration in returning to where she'd initially dreamt of dedicating her life to art. "It takes out the fun from actually expressing yourself and doing music, which was the main intention growing up and why I wanted to do music in the first place.Ī peculiar sort of relief came by way of the pandemic, which spurred Sampa to move back to Zambia from her residence in Australia. "There's a huge pressure to be perfect, which is just not even real as a human being," the artist born Sampa Tempo tells over Zoom, from an isolated Zambian farm. For a young person who simply wanted to be creative and see the world, this generated an unsustainable degree of weight on her shoulders.
Through it all, Sampa the Great was dubbed a trailblazer - and more concerningly, something of an ambassador for the landlocked Zambia on the world stage. She swept a variety of awards ceremonies, including the ARIA Awards and the Australian Music Prize. Is there any killer of creativity like the pressure to please everybody? Ask Sampa the Great, a Zambian-born rapper who had a banner year in 2019.ĭue to the power of its production and lyricism, her single "Final Form" reached that fever pitch of internet attention where strangers made awestruck reaction videos. "Riptide" is no different: She wrote it in her bedroom in the fall of 2021, to the sound of rainfall outside her window. The singer-songwriter often creates songs in an intimate headspace - her May release, "Slow Down," was written in her childhood bedroom, for example. Like many of Steele's other recent releases, "Riptide" is introspective, inviting the listener to relax into her gentle vocal delivery and cinematic songwriting style. Before a microphone, she sings, accompanied by a pulsing, rhythmic piano line and gentle acoustic guitar. In this episode of Press Play at Home, get lost in Steele's mesmerizing voice as she delivers an intimate studio performance of her new song. Between vivid, lyrical storytelling and a luminous, jazzy vocal line reminiscent of artists like Amy Winehouse, the singer embraces an Americana-informed, mid-tempo pop vibe in her newest track. Rising singer-songwriter Maeve Steele says she found her sound on "Riptide," a song to come off her forthcoming Overland EP. LL Cool J is producer.įor updates and breaking news, visit and The Recording Academy's social networks on Twitter and Facebook. "The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!! - Countdown To Music's Biggest Night" is produced by AEG Ehrlich Ventures, LLC. The road to Music's Biggest Night begins with "The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!!" and culminates with the 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards, live from Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday, Jan. LL Cool J has hosted "The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!! - Countdown To Music's Biggest Night" since its inception in December 2008, and also hosted the annual GRAMMY Awards telecast for the second time earlier this year. The telecast also nearly doubled its social media conversation from the previous year, generating 24.8 million comments (based on research compiled by Bluefin, PeopleBrowsr and Mass Relevance). Last year's airing of the nominations special helped lead to stellar ratings for the 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards, which garnered 28.37 million viewers - the second-largest audience for the awards broadcast since 1993. This concert special marks the sixth time nominations for the annual GRAMMY Awards will be announced live on primetime television. 17, and will be available online or via AXS charge-by-phone lines at 888.929.7849. Tickets for "The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!! - Countdown To Music's Biggest Night" go on sale to the general public on Oct.
Additional performers and presenters will be announced shortly.įollowing the one-hour live telecast, guests will experience an exclusive concert by Thicke. The show - which will announce nominations in several categories as well as feature performances by several of the past year's hottest stars - will be broadcast in HDTV and 5.1 surround sound on the CBS Television Network from 10–11 p.m. GRAMMY winner Drake, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Robin Thicke, and four-time GRAMMY winner Keith Urban are the first acts announced to perform on "The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!! - Countdown To Music's Biggest Night." Two-time GRAMMY winner LL Cool J returns to host the one-hour special, which takes place at Los Angeles' Nokia Theatre L.A.
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