Results for "Vocalist"

Carolyn Martin

Singer Carolyn Martin has been described as “… a winning throwback to the days where emotion was measured and artful rather than loud and histrionic.” From European concert halls to intimate venues at home in Nashville, fans have come to know Carolyn as a a vocalist with a unique sense of musical style, a charismatic stage presence and a voice that exudes passion and experience

Lola Danza

Exquisite, Unique, Extraordinary, Honest and Passionate are the ways to describe Lola Danza as a vocalist and composer. Ms. Danza’s music is innovative and the result is the creation of a new idiom in music. She infuses beautiful flowing melodies and creative improvised lines with effortless mastery. With her four-octave range and vast array of vocal technique, Ms. Danza’s voice is rich, full and resonate. Lola’s music reveals a special connection to her soul that cultivates mutual inspiration between the musicians and enchants the audience. Lola’s music and compositions encompass myriad musical styles that span the world: from Asia to Latin America and including the influences of classical, jazz, contemporary American, gypsy, folk, and Flamenco music. Written with intensity and honesty, the songs are spiritual, her lyrics sheer poetry filled with insight that everyone can relate to and understand

Jane O'Brien

Dublin born singer/songwriter Jane O'Brien has been living and performing in Spain and Germany for many years and has just completed her "debut" album "jane o'brien" with her new band, Dörte Schüler on drums (on the album - Martin Stieber), Carsten Körtling on bass and Andreas Günther on keyboards. This album is already available from CD Baby.com, itunes, and many other download stores and will have it's official German release in September 2007 under the Blue Cat Label, Berlin. Jane O'Brien is a dymanic and passionate performer with a rich elastic alto voice who sings from the heart and does not hide behind show but bares her soul in both her lyrics and in the emotion she brings to every performance. Her songs are a snapshot album of her experiences and observations

Kendra Ross

Born: December 4

Kendra Ross is a truly gifted singer and performer. With her beautifully smooth voice and impressive songwriting talent, she is an artist in high demand. In her short career she has already worked with celebrated artists such as Kanye West, Talib Kweli, Omar, Faith Evans, and many more. She has appeared on NBC’s The Today Show and BET’s 106th and Park and has been featured in O magazine. Kendra celebrated the release of her debut album titled New Voice in June 2007. The long-awaited project, co-produced with longtime collaborator/music director Christian Ver Halen, is comprised of all original compositions

James Van Buren

Born: March 19, 1935

There is still a lot to be said about paying your dues. There is a certain vitality, energetic self confidence, and lusty exuberance that must be presented in a genuine performance. Propelled by a life firmly rooted in the blues, James Van Buren combined a lifetime of experiences and rolled them into songs that reflect his warm personal style and the dynamic nature of his musical career, which spanned more than five decades. Born in Arrow Rock, Missouri in 1935, Van Buren has been involved in music since 1956 when he formed the “Blues Kings” to play the type of music that he loved listening to as a child, the blues

Lisa Markley

Lisa Markley’s music is an exuberant blend of Jazz, Folk and Blues--her diverse style defies labels. A multi-instrumentalist, Lisa graduated from the University of North Texas with a degree in Music Composition. In the year 2000 Lisa received “Honorable Mention” in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest for two of her songs (in both the jazz and in the folk categories). She went on that same year to win the B.W. Stevenson Songwriting Contest. Lisa was a semifinalist in the Wildflower! Festival Performing Songwriter Contest in 2003, and was one of 10 “regional” singer/songwriters chosen by the Kerrville Folk Festival in 2001 and in 2004

Veronica Nunn

Born: October 7, 1957

"When you looked at an album cover in the old days," Veronica explains, "it told a story. The album cover and the title kind of prepped you for what you were about to experience, and I always felt that a jazz album isn't just the music that is played - it's the whole package. When you pull out that CD, it should be like a storybook. The cover and the album title kind of whet your appetite, and when you hear the songs, it takes you through an experience. It should all be an experience." Like her previous release, American Lullaby (which focused on jazz interpretations of lullaby-like melodies), Standard Delivery is very thematic (its dominant theme being a jazz vocalist's relationship with time-honored standards)

Julia Westbrook

I am a Musical Theatre and Drama student at Cumbria Institute of the Arts, Carlisle, England. Jazz has always been my main influence, I'm crazy about Frank Sinatra and absolutely love the new sensation Jamie Cullum, who covers jazz classics and makes them his own!

Maja Savic

Born: September 5, 1979

MAJA SAVIC was born in Zadar, Croatia. At the age of 7, she convinces her parents that she wants to learn how to play the piano and ends up in Music School “Pavao Markovac” in Zagreb, where she studies the piano until 1992. She starts composing and arranging and occasionally singing in public. She started performing as a lead female vocalist along with a male vocalist and a rhythm section with a pop/rock band called Flyer in 1998, doing all sorts of covers. After that band she finds herself in one original band named Bazaar dealing with a harder style, mixing hard core and jazzy sounds, where she wrote her own lyrics and vocals

John Boutte

Born: November 3, 1958

John Boutté sings for all those in New Orleans and everywhere, that don't have a voice, were forgotten, denied, neglected...you get the idea. His singing exalts feelings and emotions few can express much less convey. He is that soul singer that only comes around once in a generation, this is his time!! John Boutté was born by the river, on November 3, 1958, the eighth of 10 children; and grew up in the Seventh Ward of New Orleans. It was a rich musical environment in those days. During his school days John played coronet and trumpet, those clarions of life in New Orleans, in his junior high and high school marching bands; he was a section leader, no less, in a town where marching bands duel like decked-out demons in the street