Mica Paris - Hugely Popular British Soul Singer

British soul singer Mica Paris started off singing in church before turning professional in her mid-teens. She has fronted a number of radio and television shows.

The UK's Soul Queen is back to her first passion: music. 2009 sees the British star releasing her first original studio album in ten years. She is also embarking on a nationwide tour meeting fans old and new and reminding her millions of TV fans what first put her in the public eye twenty-two years ago.

Mica's new album, entitled 'Born Again'. The album is released June 1st and has been produced by the legendary 'hit- maker', Brian Rawling. Rawling, whose recent single 'Broken Strings' for James Morrison and Nelly Furtado was number one worldwide. The aforementioned James Morrison wrote Mica's first single off the album, out May 25th, 'Baby Come Back Now' - an up- tempo retro tune, that Morrison penned especially for Mica's soaring vocals.

Mica Paris's roots are in soul and gospel music. She grew up singing in her grandparents' church and by her mid teens was making regular appearances with 'The Spirit of Watts' gospel choir. She was soon noticed as a distinctive voice and at seventeen got her first break as a backing vocalist with the UK chart band 'Hollywood Beyond'.

The range, power, and sheer soulfulness of her singing made a major impact on the UK scene and in the following year, 1988, she released her debut, platinum-selling album, So Good, from which she had her first top ten hit with 'You Are My One Temptation'. This led to a collaboration with American soul singer, Will Downing, on a cover version of 'Where Is The Love', a song made famous by Donny Hathaway and Roberta Flack in the early '70s.
 

ffi:http://www.micaparis.com