Strong Enough Shaun Escoffery

• 1 River 03:05
• 2 Forgotten Man 03:47
• 3 Strong Enough 03:24
• 4 Lucky 03:51
• 5 Soldier 03:12
• 6 Imagine 03:53
• 7 Heat 02:56
• 8 With These Eyes 04:09
• 9 Need To Believe 03:00
• 10 Candle 03:15
• 11 You Remind Me 04:22
• 12 Surrender 03:32
• Total Runtime 42:26

Info for Strong Enough

Shaun Escoffery, British soul and R&B singer and actor is back with an incredible new album Championed by the likes of Elton John, Shaun Escoffery was hailed as one of Britain’s brightest talents when he arrived on the R&B scene. Having been convinced to pursue a career in singing and acting by childhood friend Idris Elba, Shaun has embarked upon a diverse career.

Most recently, Shaun has been known known as Mufasa in the London production of The Lion King for the last 10 years. As a family man, Shaun is fighting the stereotypes of toxic masculinity in the realise of his new album Strong Enough by finding strength in sensitivity and his strong work ethic.

Through his album, Shaun aims to fight the stereotypes associated with toxic masculinity by showing both strength and sensitivity in his music in equal amounts. He explains: “I grew up practising boxing and martial arts, which is an arena where strength, courage and machismo are encouraged. Where it becomes distorted is when a man is defined by these attributes alone.

As I have got older and matured as a performer, the internal battle of wanting to express myself through words and music contrasted with not wanting to come across as ‘weak’ has lessened. Men don’t tend to put our feelings down on paper, but I’m writing using my real feelings and real emotions. By opening ourselves up to show that vulnerability, that’s where we demonstrate our real strength.”

Shaun Escoffery, vocals

Shaun Escoffery
Championed by the likes of Elton John, Shaun Escoffery was hailed as one of Britain's brightest talents when he arrived on the R&B scene in 2002. Born in East London, Escoffery grew up in a musical family with his singer mother and DJ father. Aware of the pitfalls of a career in the music industry, his parents encouraged him to follow a more academic profession. But after being asked to provide backing vocals for his aunt, also a singer, Escoffery got hooked on the music bug.

While at college he started to write and record tracks, and soon landed a part in the Chaka Khan-fronted musical Mum I Wanna Sing. In 2001, Oyster Music showed interest in his independent release "Space Rider" and promptly signed him, re-releasing the track a year later to widespread interest from the likes of influential DJs Trevor Nelson and the Dreem Team.

Featuring collaborations with 4hero, MJ Cole, and Ed Case, his self-titled eclectic debut, which was later re-released as the remix album Soulonica, soon followed, but -- despite huge critical acclaim -- it failed to enter the U.K. charts. However, his talent soon became recognized in the U.S., with a personal invitation from Lennox Lewis to sing the National Anthem at his title bout with Mike Tyson in Memphis and the likes of Erykah Badu and Angie Stone requesting his services.

In 2007, Escoffery teamed up with longtime writing partner Geoffrey Williams on Move into Soul, a collection of classic soul covers including "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" and "A Change Is Gonna Come." In the same year, he trod the boards at the Donmar Warehouse Theatre, earning a Laurence Olivier nomination for playing several roles in Parade, and in 2008 he was cast as Mufasa in the West End production of The Lion King.

Shaun's new album “Evergreen”, is out now in the UK on Dome/Mvka.

This album contains no booklet.