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Alabama Music Office.com goes to Flora-Bama on Alabama's Gulf Coast to attend a performance by Shawna P and King's Haze on their Tent Stage.
Usher says her voice is like fine wine: Shakira says she is the perfect singer- perfect pitch, perfect tone: Rick Hall of the legendary Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, Ala., defines Shawna P as likely “The best soul singer I have ever heard”; Adam Levine says, “This girl’s just a bad ass,” and George Clinton calls her “The Long Lost Queen of Funk;”

Shawna P has a big voice; and she has the personality to match. Shawna P is as REAL as they come. Anyone who knows her will tell you, Shawna P is the TRUTH. She is The Queen of the EarthFunk Tribe, The Funk Preacha, Pure Mother Earth Energy. She calls her original blend of music EarthFunk Muzik and refers to her supporters as the EarthFunk Tribe The best part about her is she never meets a stranger…Ever. She lights up a room with her song and her soul.

Shawna P is not only a powerful voice, she’s an accomplished singer/songwriter/producer and most recently added, vocal coach.
In 2013, Shawna P was among 50,000+ hopefuls to audition for Season 4 of NBC’s hit show “The Voice.”She was just another singer vying for her chance at success. Then "THE" phone call came. You know the one we dream of our whole lives! She was flown to L.A. from the Gulf Coast of Alabama (the “other L.A.,” as she calls it, referring to the moniker adopted by those who hail from “Lower Alabama”) and found herself in Hollywood among 230+ extremely talented singers. Then, after another round of auditions with NBC and Universal Music Group executives, Shawna P was chosen to advance yet again with 130 others, prepped and ready to sing their hearts out to the backs of four big red chairs, respectively seating four current mega stars in the music industry ( Blake Shelton, Usher, Shakira and Adam Levine of Maroon 5). The unique grit and power of Shawna P’s voice turned two of those big red chairs-- Adam Levine’s “You have a voice on you. We want what you got.”and Shakira’s-- landing her a spot on Season 4 of The Voice. Needless to say, Shawna P’s life changed forever. She would be singing on the #1 television show in America, NBC’s “The Voice,”in front of 13 million viewers and the world would finally hear what her fans have been enjoying for years.
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Kings Haze (formally We Three Kings) is a Rock Power Trio from North AL. Their original music includes influences from Metal, Funk and Reggae genres.
Jason Humphress would play Bob Seger's nostalgic 1977 hit "Main Street" over and over on the jukebox at Skooter's, a diner in Columbus, Ind., where Humphress grew up.

Twenty-six years later, Humphress, a singer/guitarist, and his Huntsville rock trio King's Haze recorded their debut EP at the same Sheffield facility Seger cut "Main Street": Muscle Shoals Sound Studios.

"It was inspiring," Humphress, 34, says of the sessions. "I remember visiting (the studio) before we recorded and getting kind of overwhelmed by all the old-school gear there."

Other material cut at Muscle Shoals Sound includes The Rolling Stones classics "Brown Sugar" and "Wild Horses," Lynyrd Skynrd's "Street Survivors" LP, Bob Dylan's "You Gotta Serve Somebody" and The Black Keys' album "Brothers."

King's Haze -- which also features drummer Rashard Phillips and bassist Sean Hopkins -- released their eponymous six-song EP in June. The disc opens with "The Route," which morphs from Iron Maiden-style metal to one-drop reggae, and as they were writing that unlikely segue the band stopped and started laughing.

"But in a good way," Humphress says. "'Wow, I can't believe that worked.' We take the business side seriously -- like we're serious about being on time -- but we don't take ourselves too seriously. 'The Route' summarizes what we're all about."

The King's Haze EP was written in the garage of Humphress' Toney home that was otherwise empty because he was selling it. "We'd go there after a Friday show at two in the morning and write until about five or six," he says. "Then we'd wake up and write some more."

All three band members contributed lyrics and musical ideas to "King's Haze," and the track "Cool Kidz," with its ethereal California wind, is a highlight of the EP. For the spoken-word number "The Call," Humphress, Phillips and Hopkins huddled around a Telefunken mic to record the background vocals.

At the behest of producer Noel Webster, King's Haze cut all the basic tracks with everyone -- and all their drums and amps -- in the same room. "The bleed-through is what made the album. We wanted to capture the way we sound live," Humphress says.