Stay Tuned! Dominique Fils-Aimé

• 1 Good Feeling 00:50
• 2 Constructive Interference 02:17
• 3 Where there is Smoke 03:28
• 4 There is probably Fire 04:10
• 5 Gun Burial 03:01
• 6 Big Man Do Cry 03:13
• 7 Magic Whistle 00:51
• 8 Some Body 04:04
• 9 9LRR 01:53
• 10 Revolution Serenade 03:25
• 11 Sun Rise 01:58
• 12 Free Dom 04:40
• 13 Joy River 04:10
• 14 Stay Tuned! 00:37
• Total Runtime 38:37

Info for Stay Tuned!

Stay Tuned!, is Dominique Fils-Aimé’s sophomore album, the follow-up to her debut full length Nameless, part of her trilogy that brings to center stage the resiliency of mankind in the face of adversity and oppression and pays homage to Afro-American history and culture.

In this second recording, containing 14 original songs, Dominique delves into the civil rights movement of the 60s and explores several significant socio-political events which deeply affected the course of black history (Lincoln Hills Country Club, Little Nine Rock, Emmett Till). She honours unsung heroes of the civil liberties movement as well as historical figures of the time such as Rosa Parks, Joséphine Baker, Lena Horne, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King.

The album combines elements of soul, jazz, gospel and blends vocal harmonies, double bass, piano and trumpet over stirring and permuting grooves. Stay Tuned!’s lush vocal arrangements bring out Dominique’s voice as a stand-alone instrument, giving prominence to the words and the message she carries. Part rebellious and fiery, part sentimental and intimate, Dominique embodies afro-american music from then and now, all the while highlighting its defying power in a violent and divisive society. Breaking away from the standards of traditional compositions, the singer and songwriter presents a body of work focused on liberated musical forms hinting at the spirit of jazz.

Moving on from the blues-tinged Nameless—which boldly confronted historical silences and sorrows—Stay Tuned! is both a call for and reminder of revolution expressed with the fury of red-hot jazz.

Dominique Fils-Aime, vocals
Jacques Roy, bass
Salin Cheewapansri, drums
Elli Miller Maboungou, percussion
Nathan Vanheuverzwijn, keyboards
Etienne Miousse, guitar
Jean-Michel Frederic, piano
Hichem Khalfa, trumpet
Kevin Annocque, didgeridoo

Produced and engineered by Jacques Roy

Dominique Fils-Aimé
Singer-Songwriterin aus Montreal und haitianischer Abstammung, stellt die Geschichte der afro-amerikanischen Musikkultur in den Mittelpunkt ihres Schaffens, insbesondere in einer Trilogie von Alben: „Nameless” (2018) erkundet den Blues, „Stay Tuned” (2019) konzentriert sich auf den Jazz – es gewann 2020 den JUNO für vokalen Jazz – und „Three Little Words” (2020) ist von Soul-Ikonen inspiriert. „Three Little Words” stand auf der Shortlist für den Polaris Music Prize und erreichte Platz 2 der kanadischen Charts. Im Jahr 2022 präsentierte sie ihre Show vor einem ausverkauften Théâtre Maisonneuve während des Montreal Jazz Festivals und trat bei Doppelkonzerten in Frankreich auf, mit Diana Krall in Marciac und mit Melody Gardot in Vannes.

Booklet for Stay Tuned!