Martha Wash career is nearly four decade.s Martha now have a new focus with her forthcoming album, “Something Good”.
Wash is known for hits like the Weather Girls’ “It’s Raining Men,” C&C Music Factory’s “Gonna Make You Sweat Everybody Dance Now”, Black Box’s “Everybody, Everybody” and “Strike It Up”…certified dance classics, Wash’s musical transition serves as a natural extension of whose time has come.
Wash shared with EUR’s Lee Bailey, “I think it was time for me.” She adds that she continues working, traveling and doing shows despite being out of the spotlight for a number of years. “Everybody knows me for the dance music, but I’ve always maintained as an artist that I like different types of music. So I felt I wanted to record different types of music and I think as artists you should be allowed to do the kind of music that you want to do…try different things and see where it goes.”
Wash added,“I just needed to switch up the music. I really just needed to switch up the music. If I just need to go back to dance music I can always do that but I want to try different music. I want to sing different music.”
When talking about the sound of “Something Good” Wash said,“it’s a little bit more adult contemporary, little more alternative music. It’s a totally different sound than people are used to hearing me say”.
Evidence of Wash’s new direction is found on her latest singles, “I’ve Got You” and “It’s My Time.”
About “I’ve Got You” Wash said, “When you listen to the song and kind of immerse yourself in it, it can be taken in a natural way and it can be taken in a spiritual way. But just to know that someone has got your back. We all need somebody to help us make it through a situation that we may be going through and to know that there is somebody there for you is always very, very comforting,”
“It’s My Time” is for any and everybody who I think decides in their mind that they’re going to make a change, for whatever reason,” she added. “It is my time to do this. It is my time to do that. When they realize that they need to do something different in their life…it’s really kind of like an anthem for whatever it is you want to do, whatever you want to change. You realize in that moment ‘OK. This is my time to do whatever.’”
With “Something Good”, Wash is going the independent route instead of major record labels. The album will be released on her own label, Purple Rose.
Wash said, “I want as many people as possible to hear this music because I believe it is good music. I believe it will inspire people and uplift people because right now everybody is going through a hard time and they need music that they can listen to that is going to comfort them. This is the kind of music that I think a lot of people will like.”
Martha Wash’s “Something Good” is available on iTunes and Amazon.com Tuesday (Jan. 8).
For more info on Martha Wash, visit her website: www.MarthaWash.com.
