Fascinating Rhythm,' not to be mistaken with the George Gershwin jazz standard from the twenties, was a funky diet of soul, jazz and reggae flavors provided by dance producer extraordinaire William Orbit. The voice who graced the U.K. top ten dance hit from 1990 was Sharon Musgrave. After touring to support the Orbit's Bass-O-Matic project, Set the Controls for the Heart of the Bass and the hit single 'Fascinating Rhythm,' the England born, Canadian native found another outlet to demonstrate her earthy vocal tones to the jazz world with Julian Joseph. Thanks to a performance of Curtis Mayfield's 'The Other Side of Town' from Joseph's Language of Love disc, Musgrave's collaboration with the pianist led to a tour where they opened for Herbie Hancock and others. Then came her solo debut in 2001 on her Zosar Music imprint – Selah - revealing a riveting mix of jazz sensibility interspersed with spoken word, pop, R&B, blues and folk. No wonder because Musgrave's inspirations run extremely deep from Bob Marley to Billie Holliday to Joni Mitchell more... See more text