Review Fix chats with singer/songwriter Georgia Black, who discusses her origin in music and goals for the future and new single, Invisible Enemy.
About Georgia Black:
Georgia Black is a contemporary Blues singer from North London, heavily influenced by artists such as Shirley Bassey, Etta James and Peggy Lee. She kicked off her professional singing career fronting Agent Provocateur’s Dirty Stop Out, with The Clash’s Mick Jones, Bobby Gillespie and AP’s Joe Corre. Her time in the couture meets punk show-band saw her performing in venues such as Camden’s Koko and international festivals, including Vienna’s Life Ball Festival and Berlin Fashion Week.
Review Fix: How did you get involved in music?
Georgia Black: I just started singing along to music I liked around the age of 12 and realised I liked how it felt, so kept going with it.
Review Fix: What’s your creative process like?
Black: I tend to come up with melodies first, with random words and certain vowel sounds coming out, then figure out the lyrics later. It’s generally through a stream of consciousness, as I never really know what I’m going to write about when I first sit down to do it.
Review Fix: What inspires you?
Black: Love, pain and anger. Listening to artists such as Shirley Bassey, Etta James, Peggy Lee, Ray Charles and Fat Freddy’s Drop.
Review Fix: What does music mean to you?
Black: Music means everything to me. There have been periods where I haven’t been able to make music, due to lack of time, or whatever other reason life has thrown at me, and I’ve just felt empty and lost. The minute I start making it and playing it, I feel a sense of purpose again. When I’m not writing, I’m subconsciously getting inspired anyway, as you’ve gotta live to write.
Review Fix: How would you describe your sound to someone who has never heard you?
Black: I guess I would describe it as Bluesy Trip Hop.
Review Fix: How are your live shows different from your studio work?
Black: Because it’s live, anything can happen. Every audience is different and you feed off their energy, whereas in the studio, you’re in your safe bubble. However, saying that, you use a different kind of energy in the studio and although there may banter with your producer, there’s still a certain level of focus that needs to be there.
Review Fix: What inspired your latest single?
Black: Lockdown… The lyrics were inspired by a conversation I had with a colleague of mine, Roberta – I work as a Learning Support Assistant in a college for my day job. Roberta said, “Don’t you think it’s crazy that whenever we’re usually unwell, we feel we have to be the hero and push ourselves to go to work, but right now, to be the hero is the other way round?†This really resonated with me and built up an image in my head of super heroes saving lives by staying at home, which laid the foundation for the song.
Review Fix: What are your goals for the rest of 2020?
Black: I’ve got another single coming out called Repeat & Play on October 30th that I wrote with my friend Dornik, and I’ll be finishing up my EP that’ll be coming out at the start of 2021.
Review Fix: What’s next?
Black: More new music after the EP.
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