TO DONATE: https://gofund.me/836200bac

Hi, my name is Samuel Ashton, I am the lead vocalist and band leader for Samuel Ashton & the Instincts we are an 8-piece RnB, Soul, Blues Americana band.

We have been working on recording our debut album, 'Ancestors' with Grammy-winning engineer Ian Dowling for some time and we are so excited to share it with all of you.

With the state of the music industry these days it's increasingly harder for musicians to make money from their music and record labels are no longer willing to fund recording projects in the way that they used to.

Despite this we are still endeavouring to make the best quality music we possibly can and that means working with the best studios, producers and musicians necessary to achieve our goals and the sound we are aiming for.

All of this of course comes at a cost; we have already invested a substantial amount of time and money into recording the songs and have got them to a place we are very happy with.

However there is still a lot of work to do and a minimum cost of £7000 left to pay to complete this project.

These costs include; studio hire fees, production and engineering costs, session musician fees and mixing and mastering costs.

We are a totally independent project wholly funded by our income as musicians and have done our best to fund everything ourselves so far; However we have reached the point where we are looking at other options to raise funds to get the project over the line as soon as we can.

We are so excited to complete our album so we can share it with the world and take our music to the next step and onto bigger stages.

If this sounds like the kind of project you'd like to support we'd be delighted to have you behind us.

We'd like to offer behind the scenes content and a sneak peek at the album songs work in progress to all donors and look forward to sharing the new music with you all as soon as we can!!

We'd be forever grateful for any support we receive!

Thank you! Samuel

2022 sees Samuel Ashton emerging from a world of covered faces with a message to "Breathe Easy" with "Stillness in the face of adversity" as the soulful sounds of his voice accompanied by the warmth of the brass tones wash over you within the first few bars it's clear an artist has arrived, with a message of hope.

Title track "Breathe Easy' has made waves with over 220k streams on Spotify and Radio play around the globe; on the BBC, across Europe, throughout the USA and Australia

"That voice is just pure soul" -- Deal Radio

"Deliciously Soulful" -- Leo Ulph, BBC

"Your New Soul Serenader" ANR Factory

"Blessed with soaring vocals that feel like a warm jumper keeping you safe from the cold" 'Cene Magazine

Samuel's soulful blues and country tones have seen him sell out headline shows in London, Brighton and throughout the South-East.

And with the new EP now out on Vinyl; Big things lie ahead for the Canterbury-based Soul Man.