S1E39: Mica Paris

Rockonteurs with Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt

Rhino UK

Interviews, Rock, Pop, Music

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2021

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

This week we meet the delightful Mica Paris for a chat on Rockonteurs. What a voice and what a talent.

Mica takes us on a journey from her introduction to music in the local gospel choir at church, to smash hit singles like ‘My One Temptation’ through to working with artists like Luther, Whitney and Prince.

A great artist, a brilliant storyteller and a wonderful woman, Mica Paris joins Guy Pratt and Gary Kemp this week on the podcast.

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0:00.0	Hello, so this is exciting. Today, Meisha, absolute powerhouse.
0:05.0	You played with her, I mean you?
0:07.0	I play, I've written songs with her. I've played at the Albert Hall with her.
0:10.0	Oh, what do you do at the Albert Hall?
0:12.0	She got up and sang with David Gilmore.
0:15.0	She did great gig in the sky.
0:17.0	Oh, amazing.
0:18.0	When was that?
0:19.0	That was, when was it?
0:20.0	2015, I think.
0:21.0	That one used to do gigs. played with everybody haven't you the
0:25.1	great and the near great I've known them all. But listen meisha's wonderful I mean not
0:31.0	only does she you know really brought Gospel to the fore and
0:34.8	she did this fantastic documentary recently for BBC 4 on the history of Gospel.
0:39.2	But just an incredible cast list of people that she's, you know, I mean, it's, she's had one of those kind of oh my God pinch myself careers hasn't she yeah
0:48.0	Rot captain and rather Michael Walden
0:50.9	Prince I really want to get those stories out of her should we do of Prince. Oh, Prince.
0:53.0	I really want to get those stories out of it.
0:55.0	Should we do that?
0:56.0	Let's do that. Welcome to the Rock on Tours.
0:58.0	Okay, guys, I'm ready.
1:01.0	This was great guys.
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