Tom McRae | pt

Carmen McRae foi uma das primeiras e das melhores vocalistas do bebop. Suas improvisações em scat e a escolha do repertório fazia com que cantasse dentro de uma profundidade emocional em cada momento lírico. "Ela tinha um sentido musical para saber que, quando ela tivesse cinco tons para cantar, ela descobriria o tom certo vindo da sua cabeça e seguiria em frente" disse o baterista Joey Baron, que trabalhou com McRae. Carmen McRae nasceu em New York no dia oito de abril de 1920. Foi um prodígio no piano; Carmen cantou na orquestra de Benny Carter em 1944 e com...

FOR TOUR CALENDAR AND EPK VISIT: www.lindamcrae.com LINDA SIGNS WITH BOREALIS RECORDS! SKYDIGGERS record covers of great Canadian artists including Gordon Lightfoot, Ron Sexsmith, LINDA McRAE and Neil Young!” (Montreal Gazette, Metro Winnipeg, Nova Scotia Herald, July 2013) It’s no accident that the current buzz surrounding Linda McRae is building. Linda’s recent release Rough Edges & Ragged Hearts was nominated by the Canadian Folk Music Awards for Contemporary Album of the Year has been on the Roots Music Report Charts for 48 straight weeks. That fact and the recent signing of Linda to seminal Canadian Folk Music Label Borealis Records...

In 2011, after 7 years in Brooklyn and with a growing national fan base, Kelley traded in her apartment for a VW camper van and hit the road. Her husband Matt, who is also her guitarist, was on board. “At the beginning of the year we quit our jobs. We sold the furniture, the piano, everything,” Kelley said. “We took off on ‘The Great VW Camper Van Tour’ and we’ve played shows all over America. It’s been insane and absolutely amazing.” Since leaving New York City, they’ve played over 100 shows, driven 25,000 miles, teamed up with tour sponsor True...