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Sally Ford is the reigning doyen of Latin music; tex-mex, mariachi, and Cuban son and the singer/songwriter and sax player with Melbourne bands Texicali Rose and The Pachuco Playboys. For a solo album you would be forgiven for resting on your considerably comfy credentials but it's not the case here. Sally Ford has dived into fresh water, creating an album of original songs. Opening with The Saddest Song, Sally's voice is rich dark chocolate sumptuously plaintive, leading us through songs of love, birth, travel and reminiscence. Of a Mind to Love is a pop ballad, Boom Baby Boomer a song of wry reflection, and Left on Flamingo has a catchy reggae groove. Just goes to show you can take a different road and still find your way home. ***** (Five Stars)
JASLYN HALL - ABC Australia
Part of the seminal post-punk Carlton scene and in-demand saxophonist for acts such as The Black Sorrows, Sally has made successful diversions into Tex Mex with Texicali Rose and Latin sounds with the Pachuco Playboys in recent years. The newly-released Births, Deaths and Marriages sees Ford moving away from her fluent Spanish and delivering her highly-personal song writing with passion and conviction. Great playing from the cream of Melbourne's musical crop creates a seamless sonic in which Ford shines. BILLY BAXTER on COODABEEN CHAMPIONS 774 ABC RADIO - ABC Australia
Discography
Births, Deaths and Marriages (2008)
Sol De Abril with Sally Ford and the Pachuco Playboys (2004)
Ofrenda with Texicali Rose (2000)
Self Titled, Texicali Rose (1997)
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Sally Ford has long been synonymous with the very best live music playing in Melbourne, Australia. With the release of her superb new solo CD, Births, Deaths & Marriages, Melbourne’s undisputed queen of irresistible Latin American rhythms has put down her trademark sax and flute, switched back to English and invited a stellar line-up of musicians to back her collection of 11 original ballads, blues and New Orleans grooves.
On this new album, Sally Ford (vocals) is supported by a group of Melbourne’s finest including Bruce Haymes (Paul Kelly band, Renee Geyer band) on piano & keyboards, drummer, Tony Floyd (Black Sorrows, The Revelators), bassist Barry Deenick (Bomba) and guitarist, James Black (Rockwiz band, Black Sorrows, Mondo Rock, The Revelators). Additional guests on the album include Helen Mountfort on cello and a horn section featuring Paul Williamson, Shannon Barnett and Patrick Cronin.
“For a solo album you would be forgiven for resting on your considerably comfy credentials but it's not the case here. Sally Ford has dived into fresh water, creating an album of original songs. Opening with The Saddest Song, Sally's voice is rich dark chocolate sumptuously plaintive, leading us through songs of love, birth, travel and reminiscence. Of a Mind to Love is a pop ballad, Boom Baby Boomer a song of wry reflection, and Left on Flamingo has a catchy reggae groove. Just goes to show you can take a different road and still find your way home”. ***** (Five Stars) Jaslyn Hall - ABC Limelight Magazine August 2008
“Births, Deaths and Marriages sees Ford moving away from her fluent Spanish and delivering her highly-personal song writing with passion and conviction. Great playing from the cream of Melbourne's musical crop creates a seamless sonic in which Ford shines”. Billy Baxter on The Coodabeen Champions. 774ABC Radio June 2008
Musically diverse, the tracks are linked by Sally’s candid and at times, wryly humorous lyrics. Births, Deaths & Marriages is an exciting change of style for this ground-breaking Australian performer who is best known as a singer and songwriter of latin genres: tex-mex, mariachi, cumbia, tango and Cuban son, primarily with her bands Texicali Rose and The Pachuco Playboys. As lead vocalist and sax player with these bands she has been a regular at music and arts festivals around the country and released award-winning albums including World Music Album of the Year in Rhythms Magazine’s Readers’ Poll and Australian Album of the Year at the 2001 Australian World Music Awards.
Before succumbing to the latin bug, Sally worked with many of Australia’s leading acts, including Paul Kelly, The Kevins, Joe Camilleri’s Black Sorrows and Sally’s own funk outfit, Washington Wives. With Births, Deaths & Marriages, she returns to explore her early pop, funk and blues influences in a solo album of original material … and for the first time, she is singing in English!
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