Sammy Rae & The Friends "Chapter One" 2025-10-24 the band burns through the

the band burns through the tracks from "First Four EPs" without stopping to take a breath

The album is produced with longtime collaborators Greg Kurstin

Though King sings

The harmonies and rhythms are more sophisticated and considered

Sammy Rae & The Friends "Chapter One" 2025-10-24 the band burns through theSinger songwriter, bandleader, and human being Samantha Bowers first began writing songs at age 12 while taking piano lessons and listening to Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel and Freddie Mercury playing on the family stereo. By 16, she developed a love of jazz and began to study the great female vocalists of the century (mainly Ella Fitzgerald, Etta James and Sarah Vaughn). She and her eight piece group make music that has elements of pop, soul, funk,