Results for "Vocalist"

Adina Nyree

Adina Nyree is Poetry... living in Soul... growin' up Funk... mellowing in Blues. An album and artist conscious of the world around and inside her. Planted in nutrient rich soil of understanding, love and hope, Certified Organic seeks to grow on the listener, intertwining with mind, body and soul. Adina Nyree uses her work to give voice to the voiceless, as well as social commentary on global issues. Her works include, but are not limited to, topics such as American teenage pregnancy and the conflict diamond trade in Africa. She is the author of a self-published chapbook, “Read My Lips: The Poetical Ramblings of an Insanely Aware Girl”. She is the former creative writer and performing artist in William B

Ashley Pezzotti

Born in Queens, New York, 23 year old vocalist Ashley Pezzotti discovered her love for music when her Dominican father would sing her classic Spanish songs to sleep. This fascination of music continued to grow, and at the young age of 4 years old she began her musical journey by taking classical voice lessons. Ashley continued to study music throughout high school and attended Miami Arts Charter School. In her time there, she was selected to participate in the GRAMMY Jazz Ensembles (in both 2013 & 2014), and was named a YoungArts winner in Jazz and Popular voice categories. At only 16 years old Ashley performed on national television with country star Keith Urban at the American Country Awards for a viewing audience of over 5 million people

Nymphya

Born: June 25

California-based NYMPHYA is an Ethereal Baroque Pop / Folktronica Art-Pop recording artist / producer whose music is lightly suffused with Worldbeat, Classical and Avant-garde. Her Art-Pop style is best described as a stirring collage of eclectic beats, soaring vocals, haunting soundscapes, and captivating samples mixed with acoustic and electric instruments. Nymphya's lyrics, inspired by Nature and the Mystical, are most often philosophical or transpersonal, and transport the listener to a mystical land or a place of deep reflection ... “more of an immersion than a listening session” wrote one of her fans. Prior to launching NYMPHYA, Valentina O has appeared throughout the United States as an opera singer (NYCO and SF Opera), actor (Magic Theater), performer and musician, guesting on numerous soundtracks for television, film and commercials (Time/Life Warner, IMAX, and Garfield), on multiple CD projects for recording artists,(Sky Cafe and Royal Fingerbowl) backing up John Cale (The Velvet Underground) on the Tonight Show, appearing on MTV with her group Screaming Divas, and opening for Todd Rundgren at the Fillmore in San Francisco, for George Benson at Villa Montalvo, and Dana Carvey at the Shoreline Ampitheatre. NYMPHYA has released three albums: Her all original debut, DREAM DANCE, in December 2017, her all-acoustic anthology of Kate Bush cover songs, NAKED KATE, in December 2019, and her sampler 6 song EP CURIOS in October 2021

Abby Lee

Abby Lee is a jazz and cabaret singer based in Philadelphia, PA. Until recently, she performed under her married name, Abby Lee Mosconi. She has a powerful voice and impeccable technique that has attracted attention at recent gigs such as the Cabaret Festival at Cornelia Street Underground and the annual “Comfort and Joy” Christmas Concert at the Church of St. Luke and the Epiphany, both in Philadelphia, and the Cornelia Street Café in New York City. Growing up in a musical household, Lee was influenced by the jazz standards and musical theatre showtunes her mother played on piano at their home in Vermont

Jeannie Taylore

In 1987, Jeannie Taylore, an actress (most notably on the enormously popular show EastEnders) and singer, went into a studio in London for the all day recording session that became ROUGH DIAMOND. The backing musicians, led by Big band veteran Billy Amstell, laid down the music for songs ranging from Jazz ("What A Difference A Day Makes") to Country ("By The Time I Get To Phoenix""), Pub favorites ("I Wanna Go To Heaven" & "Let Me Call You Sweetheart") to Gospel ("The Old Rugged Cross") and the inspirational closer "You'll Never Walk Alone." Jeannie was in school when her classmate built a crystal radio that captured the airwaves ("Pirate radio", she calls it) and she heard music from America - The Platters and Jerry Lee Lewis- stand out in her memory

Louis Apollon

"Louis Apollon has an angelic, magical quality to his voice. It’s the kind of voice that makes you just want to relax, sit and listen forever. Hearing him sing is a healing. I’ve been in the music biz for a long time and I am convinced that Louis has a really special gift that will one day carry him to stardom. If you haven’t heard him, I urge you to run, don’t walk, to see him and buy his recordings so that one day you can say that you were a fan before he became a star.” ~ Janice Pendarvis - Singer, College Professor, Activist Louis Apollon is a Boston-based Jazz-Folk Singer-Songwriter whose stories celebrate human imperfection, combining uplifting musicality with a soothing, yet energizing vibe that represents his own infectious positivity

Ami Yamasaki

Reggie Deas

For twenty years, Reggie Deas has led a six-piece band performing soul, jazz, and Motown classic American music from the last century. This year, he decided with musical director and pianist Martin Lesch that they should expand to a 12-piece orchestra, and the audience heard their debut performance November 2nd, 2019. Over time Deas has collected setlists which work, and the orchestra has been built around the core musicians from his band. Greg Whittaker played alto saxophone, Chris Russell drums, Zach Austin took lead and Tyrone Mack had the bass guitar. The sound of the orchestra came from the velvet voice of Deas himself, who also has a gift for imitation of the singers of the sixties, which he called making voices

Louise Spencer

TenGanG

Born: June 19

TenGanG is a Cameroonian artist (singer, guitarist, songwriter) living in France. He is passionate about all the music of the world, especially Jazz and Progressive Rock. Previous album of TenGanG "Symphony Of Noise In French Troubled Waters", with guest singers, was a Progressive-Rock album. In this new album that will go on sale online January 1, 2018, "Fusic-Jazz-Funk To My Musical Heiress With Nothing But My Male Voice", he changes totally universe. This time it is a fusion of Jazz and Funk and other influences, and, apart from the guitar in a song, all the other sounds of the album are performed by the single voice of the singer, influenced by Bobby McFerrin