Beverley Knight - Soul Covers, Volume 3 (2010-2013)

I haven't gotten much feedback on this series yet, but I'll keep posting it in hopes that someone is digging it. Here's Volume 3 out of 4, containing nothing but cover versions.

As I've explained with previous posts, Beverley Knight is a British soul singer who has won some fame in Britain, but is virtually unknown in the US and most of the rest of the world. If you haven't heard of her, know that she has a fantastic voice and a great choice in cover songs.

Many of the songs here are most recent than the classic soul songs from the 1960s and 1970s that are frequently covered. That's because a big chunk of the songs originally appeared on a 2011 album "Soul UK" where she favored those types of songs (and limited herself to just covering British artists). However, none of the versions here are the exact ones from that album. Instead, they're generally taken from in person radio show appearances and TV or radio broadcasts. Most of the songs are officially unreleased as a result. But three of them, tracks 2 through 4, are live versions that appeared as bonus or EP tracks.

Here's a list of the original artists who made the songs famous:

01 Amazing Grace - John Newton
02 Always and Forever - Heatwave
03 Fairplay - Soul II Soul
04 Damn - Lewis Taylor
05 When You Gonna Learn - Jamiroquai
06 One More Try - George Michael
07 Cuddly Toy - Roachford
08 Keep This Fire Burning - Robyn
09 Mama Used to Say - Junior
10 A Change Is Gonna Come - Sam Cooke
11 Bring It on Home to Me - Sam Cooke
12 Twist and Shout - Isley Brothers / Beatles

Here's the usual song list:

01 Amazing Grace (Beverley Knight)
02 Always and Forever (Beverley Knight)
03 Fairplay (Beverley Knight)
04 Damn (Beverley Knight)
05 When You Gonna Learn (Beverley Knight)
06 One More Try (Beverley Knight & the ACM Gospel Choir)
07 Cuddly Toy (Beverley Knight)
08 Keep This Fire Burning (Beverley Knight)
09 Mama Used to Say (Beverley Knight)
10 A Change Is Gonna Come (Beverley Knight)
11 Bring It on Home to Me (Vintage Trouble & Beverley Knight)
12 Twist and Shout (Beverley Knight)

Personally, I like all these covers even though I wasn't familiar with many of the original versions. As I said, she has excellent taste in picking cover versions to sing.

This album is 51 minutes long.

https://www.upload.ee/files/15423685/BeverlyKn_2010-2013_SoulCovrsVolume3_atse.zip.html

The cover photo might look a bit fake due to the lighting, but it's a real, untouched photo. It was taken at the 2013 Cornbury Music Festival in Oxford, Britain.