Preparation is overrated. Impulse is everything. Such was the rebellious wisdom that drove the
sessions for Project Mama Earth’s astonishing debut EP. In June 2017, five world-renowned
musicians met in Devon England for a high-wire act unique in modern music. They had no songs. No
chord charts. No game plan. No safety net. Nothing, in fact, but a plan to play and catch the sparks.
Where a lesser band would have stumbled, the gauntlet was readily seized by the all-star Mama
Earth lineup of Joss Stone (vocals), Nitin Sawhney (guitar), Jonathan Joseph (drums), Étienne
M’Bappé (bass/guitar) and Jonathan Shorten (keyboards). Shorten: "This album has flavours of
everyone that’s involved. Any egos were put aside and everybody was really working together,
trusting each other and listening. I definitely felt pushed to perform well with those guys.”