The Empire Child album, produced by Madrid-based jazz professor and producer Mariano Diaz, is rooted in Empire Child, aka Ruth Rothwell’s own story, shaped by her upbringing in London and her mixed heritage.

Blending jazz, soul, singer-songwriter intimacy and subtle reggae influences, the record explores identity, resilience and self-belief, with themes of letting go of the past and finding the courage to move forward.

“The music represents my culture growing up in London,” Ruth explains. “Music will always bring us back together.”

Written between London and Spain, the album unfolds as a reflection on lived experience, from heritage and migration to healing and growth. “Music is my sanctuary, a way to deal with life on life’s terms,” Ruth says.

1. Mind Be Free [03:00]
2. Right Place [03:39]
3. Cut Those Ties [03:09]
4. Negativity Be Gone [03:34]
5. Feeling Of Healing [03:52]
6. Step Up Step On [03:12]
7. Trace The Race [04:32]
8. By Boat [05:00]
9. I Am The Knight [04:21]
10. Peacefully Does It [03:44]

This masterfully crafted, soulfully astute new musical masterpiece opens on the smoothly souled Mind Be Free and the gently free-flowing R&B grooved Right Place and then we are graced with the emotive Cut Those Ties, the rhythmic Negativity Be Gone and the atmospherically ambient Feeling Of Healing.

Along next is an affecting resonance that threads lovingly within the softly driven Step Up Step On and that is in turn backed by the silky hipsway of Trace The Race, the reggae lilted By Boat, the new set rounding out on the veritably poptastic I Am The Knight, coming to a close on the resoundingly impassioned Peacefully Does It.

Official Purchase Link

www.empirechild.com

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