ROCKWiRED MAGAZiNE iNTERViEWS CONCHiTA CAMPOS

DECEMBER 28, 2009
EASE YOUR MiND
CONCHiTA CAMPOS TALKS TO ROCKWIRED
ABOUT HER DEBUT CD NO ONE REALLY KNOWS
WORKiNG WiTH RACHEL LASTiMOSA
AND GiViNG LiSTENERS A SENSE THAT iT'LL ALL WORK OUT

Honey-voiced soul songstress CONCHITA CAMPOS demonstrates ease and confidence mixed with a few jazz flourishes on her debut CD ‘NO ONE REALLY KNOWS’. Two years, earlier, CAMPOS released her critically-acclaimed EP ‘SO IT GOES’ in which the singer songwriter exercised an acoustic sound that recalled INDIA ARIE. This time around, CAMPOS’ luxuriously crafted odes to the good, the bad and the ugly sides of romance are given a positively thumping backing thanks to the San Francisco-based hip-hop band THE PARK (British soul singer ALICE RUSSELL’s touring band). The buoyancy of the production can be attributed to both CAMPOS and long time pal (both personally and musically) RACHEL LASTIMOSA. “It’s always fun, no matter what the situation is.” says CAMPOS of working with LASTIMOSA. “In terms of energy, she is such a talented and skilled musician. She pretty much plays all of the instruments and has a good idea on how to put sounds together and where to put them in. Aside from the instrumentation and arrangement, she really knew how to bring out the exact emotion to bring out in whatever song I was singing. Her skill and her know-how was very important but her energy brought more out of me than on any other recording that I have ever done.” (READ MORE)