The contemporary folk singer known as
Tiki Black has released her latest single, “Free Like Smoke,”
featuring Jo Bywater. The track is the most significant release from
Black since her 2013 LP record, “Out of the Black.” Both releases
have been published on the No Sugar Added independent music label.
Sonorous, melodic and carrying on its shoulders a heartfelt
narrative, “Free Like Smoke” is a poignant reminder why Tiki
Black's fan base continues to grow around the world.
Parisian-born Tiki Black cites as main
artistic influences Bob Marley, Georges Brassens, Alanis Morrissette,
Tori Amos, Eboa Lotin, Dolly Parton, Barbara, and Charles Aznavour.
Her own sound on “Free Like Smoke” is grounded in the traditions
of folk music, yet surpasses these with modern nuances all her own
for a tone that is incomparable to the styles and timbres of her
contemporaries both inside the genre of folk music and out.
Speaking of the theme of “Free Like
Smoke,” Black writes, “The single speaks of someone who finds it
hard to get their head out of the sand and, missing the silver line,
also misses the opportunity for personal growth. That is to own one's
life and empower oneself to change it.”
The single comes from her acclaimed
“Out of the Black” LP, which has garnered accolades from critics
and listeners alike.
“'Out of the Black' is about coming
out of hiding, being released, using the analogy of a birth with [the
negatives of] pain and fear turned positive through creation,” she
explains.
Certainly, there can be no hiding for
Tiki Black now that the public ear has turned her direction. Spiral
Earth writes of her, “The voice is the instrument that draws us in,
it can challenge or comfort us, awaken us or lull us, inspire or
reassure. Tiki Black has a voice that can do all of this and more …
Warm, embracing and timeless.”
Junior's Cave lauds, “Tiki Black is
the perfect poster child for what it means to be a genuine indie
performer . Black's music speaks to a generation that needs a voice
that knows their pain, joy, achievements, failures, and struggles.
She sings from the heart, and Black's music pours out her soul to her
listeners … This publication is in love with this artist's music.”
Glasswerk calls her music “Songs that
tug at the heartstrings without ever giving the impression they were
written purely to do so.”
Speaking of her start in music, Tiki
Black relates, “I started to sing and write songs early but I never
really thought of it further than something that is natural to
beings, like breathing. Expression was not just about exorcism or
exhaling, it was about creating something new from what existed, a
sort of poetically multi-dimensional recycling where the end art
would present the original from one of its hidden, yet beautiful
perspectives. Little did I realise how impossible it would be for me
to just keep it as a side passion.”
“Free Like Smoke” by Tiki Black
features award-winning Folk/Blues/Americana music artist Jo Bywater.
“Jo's music sensitivity and craft were perfect for this track and I
am so grateful that she accepted to work on it with me” reveals
Tiki. The single becomes available online worldwide 15 December 2015.
Get in early, folk fans.
-S. McCauley
Lead Press Release Writer
www.MondoTunes.com
“Free Like Smoke” by Tiki Black
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