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PRESS “THE COOL JAZZY MUSIC HAS A HARDER UNDERCURRENT, MIRRORING SAM’S SLINKY VOICE. REAL TALENT DOESN’T COME ALONG OFTEN BUT SAM IS THE GOODS”. Richard Foxcroft- French Radio. “THE SHOW ORGANISERS DIDN’T SAY MUCH ABOUT
HER LOOKS, THIS LADY IS EXTREMELY ATTRACTIVE. HER MUSIC STRETCHES FROM BLUES
AND ROCK THROUGH TO SALSA, AFRICAN RHYTHMS AND HIP-HOP.SHE INVITES YOU TO DREAM
CREATING A SOUND LIKE A VELVET CARPET”. Sam
Payne- Blues Bar 04.06.06 SAM PAYNE IS A FINE SONGSTRESS AND A SUPERB BOOGIE PIANIST AND MADE LIGHT WORK OF GETTING THE CROWD TO HER WAY OF THINKING.SAM KCICKED OFF HER 1ST SET TO, UNFORTUNATELY A HALF FULL BAR BUT, AFTER A WHILE AND A FEW COVERS BY THE LIKES OF, MEMPHIS SLIM AND BESSIE SMITH THE AUDIENCE TOOK NOTE AND PAID PLENTY OF ATTENTION. THE MOOD IN THE BAR WAS PRETTY LAID BACK AND SAM INTERACTED AND READ THE AUDIENCE WELL, INTERACTING BEFORE AND AFTER EVERY SONG. IN THE FIRST SET WE HEARD COVERS BY ‘RAY CHARLES’ AND ‘JANIS JOPLIN’ AS WELL AS HER OWN SONGS WHICH WERE SUPERB IN THEIR OWN RIGHT. SAM HAS WRITTEN A COUPLE OF SONGS ABOUT THE WORLD WE LIVE IN, WHICH, I THOROUGHLY ENJOYED AS THEY CAME FROM THE HEART AND DIDN’T MAKE ME FEEL GUILTY.ONE OF WHICH CALLED ‘GIVE YOUR LOVE TO THE WORLD’ WHICH I THOUGHT WAS BRILLIANT. SAM PLAYED FOR AN HOUR AND AFTER A SHORT BREAK, KICKED OFF AGAIN, ONLY THIS TIME TO A LARGER AUDIENCE WITH AN EXCELLENT RENDITION OF ‘JOHN LEE HOOKER’S’ ‘BOOM BOOM’ WHICH WAS GREAT AS I’VE NEVER HEARD IT DONE BY A FEMALE BEFORE. DURING THE 2ND SET, SAM GOT BLUES BAR STALWART PAUL MIDDLETON UP FOR A DUET OF ‘HONKY TONK WOMAN’ AND A COMEDY VERSION OF MOONDANCE.SAM CARRIED ON WITH SOME FANTASTIC INSTRUMENTAL BOOGIE PIANO PLAYING, SOME EXCELLENT ORIGINAL TUNES AND MARVELLOUS COVERS BY THE LIKES OF RUTH BROWN AND ARTEHA FRANKLIN. I WAS THRILLED TO HEAR ‘MISS YOU LIKE THE DEVIL’ FOR THE ENCORE WITH PAUL. Nick |
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“A YOUNG TALENT WHOSE MUSIC IS SOAKED IN
SOPHISTICATION YET HOT ENOUGH TO FIRE ALL EMOTION’S”. Daily Mail. “SAMANTHA PAYNE SAT ALONE AT HER PIANO, A SMALL FIGURE
WITH A VOICE SHE HAD CLEARLY BORROWED FORM SOMEONE TWICE HER SIZE. FOR ME,
SAM’S WAS THE CLOSEST TO MY PREFERRED STRAIN OF BLUES THAT I SAW,
WITHOUT DECRYING ANY OF THE OTHER ACTS. SHE HAS A RAW AND NATURAL PRESENCE
THAT SPILLS OUT THROUGH HER SET OF ORIGINAL MATERIAL”. “AT AN AGE WHEN MOST KIDS ARE OBSESSED WITH POP
SAM PAYNE WAS PLAYING BOOGIE- WOOGIE AND BLUES PIANO. SHE SOON EARNED A
REPUTATION AS A LEADING EXPONENT OF BRITISH BLUES BUT NOW HAS A MORE
CONTEMPORARY, SLINKY JAZZ STYLE AS A SINGER AND KEYBOARD PLAYER”. The Daily Mail. “AT 23 SAM PAYNE
IS ONE OF THE BRIGHTEST YOUNG TALENTS ON THE “WE CAUGHT
MOST OF SAM PAYNE’ SET. SINCE MAKING HER DEBUT AT VARIOUS OPEN MIC’S
AND JAM SESSIONS SHE HAS DEVELOPED INTO A VERY GOOD ALL-ROUND ENTERTAINER.
SHE SINGS WITH A POWERFUL CLEAR VOICE AND HAS BECOME A VERY DYNAMIC PIANO
PLAYER.PLAYING SELECTIONS FROM HER CURRENT ALBUM ‘HARD DRIVING’,
SHE HAD THE WRAPT ATTENTION OF THE FESTIVAL STAGE AUDIENCE AND EVEN
ACCOMPLISHED THE DIFFICULT FEAT OF GETTING THEM ALL TO SING ALONG ON HER A
CAPPELLA SONG, ‘TOO LONG COMING’”. Scott
Duncan, Blues In “TEMPERATURE WISE THIS SHOW WENT FROM RED HOT TO
ICE COOL AND ALL POINTS IN BETWEEN. HER PIANO PLAYING IS VERY DISTINCTIVE
WITH AN ORIGINAL STYLE AND A GREAT LEFT HAND, AND THE ABILITY TO GO FROM A
RICTER SCALE RUMBLE TO A SKYLARK IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE. VOCALLY SHE
IMPRESSES WITH A STYLE THAT IS VERY MUCH HER OWN. SAM PAYNE IS THE BEST NEW
BLOOD I HAVE HEARD FOR YEARS, SHE PLAYS LIKE THE DEVIL, SINGS LIKE AN ANGEL,
WRITES TERRIFFIC SONGS,, LOOKS A MILLION BUCKS, TAKES NO CRAP (SO DON’T
GET CUTE) AND SHE’S WTILL ONLY 22” Blueprint.
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