Born to a Dutch father and Kenyan mother, Asha was as likely to hear Miriam Makeba as Dion Dimucci or The Supremes. “Growing up in Western Canada, the options were pretty limited to AM radio, or whatever Mum had on vinyl,” she jokes, adding her distinct vocal stylizing was, “likely as much due to the over abundance of country radio as it was to jazz.” Her first efforts at a solo artist brought her into contact with renowned musicians and producers in Toronto where she spent time honing her skills as a singer songwriter and performer.
Co-written with award-winning producer Rob Wells and singer/songwriter Shobha Lee, (of the writing team The Fourth Floor), Run seeks to mobilise against loneliness and defeat, fighting our inner stasis together, and emerging triumphant.
Asha June explains “I have a tendency to suffer waves of inertia. It’s something I find difficult to articulate, except that, before the realisation hits, I’m already at a stand-still. Stuck. Spiralling in my head. And I have to remind myself, force myself, to reach out. Because it’s those times that I’m forced to concede the answer isn’t grit, or perseverance. It’s community. It’s love. Love for ourselves, and love of others.”
Co-written with award-winning producer Rob Wells and singer/songwriter Shobha Lee, (of the writing team The Fourth Floor), RUN seeks to mobilise against loneliness and defeat, fighting our inner stasis together, and emerging triumphant.
