L.A.-based British composer/producer Richard Ford releases a cover of The Blue Nile’s “Soon”
As an accomplished composer, producer, and bassist, as an Emmy-winning music editor, and executive music producer for film, L.A.-based Brit-transplant Richard Ford humbly maintains a resume of impressive accolades. He has worked with many Oscar-winning filmmakers on such films as Sideways, Argo, and Hidden Figures and, all this as a kind of second career after spending his early adult life as bass player for British music icons like Joe Jackson, Bram Tchaikovsky, and revered guitarist Bill Nelson.
Ford is now set to drop his latest single, a cover of The Blue Nile song “Soon” (out March 26, 2021) just ahead of his forthcoming album BP2, to be released later this spring.
A long-time fan of The Blue Nile’s songs from the late 80s and early 90s, Ford notes that “Soon” showed up serendipitously on his playlist a couple of years ago and he immediately started thinking about the possibility of covering it for his upcoming project. The single pays homage to the original track with raw, sweet, and ethereal vocals by Canadian songwriter and singer Kessi Blue.
