Stephen Emmer – Home Ground ft Patti Austin
Home Ground featuring Patti Austin To create his vision, Emmer brought on an incredible cast of performers, ranging from Andy Bey to Chaka Khan. And one of the standout performances on the album features legendary vocalist Patti Austin on the title cut. With a simple arrangement fronted by piano, Patti pleads with the audience to […]
Stephen Emmer – Home Ground
Is What’s Going On still the number one phrase of today? “Home Ground is an album project that is inspired by the eloquence of both orchestral, spiritual soul music and socially conscious lyrics as has been made in the past by the likes of Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Isaac Hayes, Bill Withers and Curtis Mayfield. […]
Stephen Emmer – Close to life ft Frank McComb & Leon Ware
Close to life Leon Ware, in what was likely one of his final projects, teamed up with Frank McComb on the anti-war ballad ‘Close To Life‘. Emmer’s empathy for the plight of the world’s uprooted was likely sparked by his experience as a child who traveled the world with his ballerina mother. Her travels took […]
Stephen Emmer – A new Day to come ft Andy Bey
Soul Tracks world premiere Soul Tracks had the world premiere of the powerful collaboration of Emmer with legendary jazz singer and pianist Andy Bey. Stephen tells us about ‘A New Day To Come‘. “Andy Bey is an overlooked legend, who at a young age already was called by the late great John Coltrane ‘his favourite […]
Stephen Emmer – Soil ft Ursula Rucker – Winner Independent Music Awards
Stephen Emmer wins 2018 Independent Music Award for Best Spoken Word Song ‘Soil’ ft Ursula Rucker Dutch music-composer/artist Stephen Emmer received both the voxpop and the professionally judged award in the category Best Spoken Word Song for his song called Soil featuring Ursula Rucker (The Roots,King Britt a.o.). This was announced at the 16th annual […]
Stephen Emmer – Soil ft Ursula Rucker
Soil featuring Ursula Rucker Bringing together a host of legends such as Chaka Khan, Andy Bey and Marvin Gaye collaborator Leon Ware, Dutch producer/composer Stephen Emmer’s Home Ground project has a diverse guest list and a global focus. Home Ground’s standout track, ‘Soil‘, features Philly spoken word heroine Ursula Rucker. Emmer lays down a delicate bed of music for […]
Stephen Emmer – Home Ground – Golden Global Music Award
Bringing together a host of legends such as Chaka Khan, Andy Bey and Marvin Gaye collaborator Leon Ware, Dutch producer/composer Stephen Emmer’s Home Ground project has a diverse guest list and a global focus. Golden Global Music Award Noted composer and performer Stephen Emmer — who scored a hit with SoulTracks readers last year — has won the prestigious […]
Stephen Emmer – Passengers ft Lou Reed
Passengers ft Lou Reed is taken from Emmer’s ‘Recitement’ album. ‘Recitement‘ is a unique CD that combines music with spoken word. The album is composed by Stephen Emmer and produced by Tony Visconti. There are several renowned artists, who collaborated on the CD such as Sylvia Kristel, Kazu Makino and Remco Campert. Lou Reed gives […]
Stephen Emmer – Recitement
Stephen Emmer : Recitement is an exciting mix of music and spoken word. The combination of pop music and spoken word is a phenomenon in the music history. Recitement contains 17 different compositions in 7 different languages and styles, arranged and composed by composer, arranger and musician Stephen Emmer. Recitement can be characterized as both […]
Stephen Emmer – International Blue
Singers who didn’t need Auto Tune Once upon a time, there existed a breed of singers who didn’t need AutoTune: they could bend, shape and twist their voices any way they wanted to. Dutch Composer Stephen Emmer, a passionate aficionado of this great genre has brought together a collective of supreme voices, creating an album of […]
Stephen Emmer – Sleep for England featuring Julian Lennon (X-Mas Version)
Stephen Emmer and Neil Crossley’s ‘Sleep For England’ got reworked by Julian Lennon. The ‘Sleep For England’ (X-Mas version) is the third release from the critically admired, ‘International Blue’ album. A re-work by Julian Lennon of Stephen Emmer and Neil Crossley’s original recording, which featured on the digital release of the album earlier this year. […]
Stephen Emmer – Let the silence hold you featuring Glenn Gregory
Let the Silence Hold You featuring Glenn Gregory The new double A-side single from Dutch composer Stephen Emmer (The Associates, The Lotus Eaters, The Minny Pops) featuring Glenn Gregory (Heaven 17) and Midge Ure (Ultravox) respectively, is an exquisite tribute to the lost art and elegance of pop-crooning. With Platinum selling Glenn Gregory With platinum-selling […]
Stephen Emmer – Taking back my time featuring Midge Ure
Taking back my Time featuring Midge Ure The new double A-side single from Dutch composer Stephen Emmer (The Associates, The Lotus Eaters, The Minny Pops) features Midge Ure from Ultravox, and is an exquisite tribute to the lost art and elegance of pop-crooning. Along with Glenn Gregory and egendary producer Tony Visconti (Iggy Pop […]
Stephen Emmer – Untouchable ft Glenn Gregory
“Stephen Emmer is one of those musicians & composers who knows the musical rules best and therefore also how to break them.” – [Tony Visconti] A poignant ballad of loss and epic heartbreak Untouchable is a poignant ballad of loss and epic heartbreak, combined with a celebration of life and love. Composed and arranged by […]