Cyndi Harvell | ru

CHailing from a small town in Georgia, singer-songwriter Cyndi Harvell has become a voice to be reckoned with since moving to California's Bay Area a few years ago. With her first album, "The Night Turned to Song," Harvell toured the West Coast, received significant airplay on Americana stations across the globe, was a featured artist on Bay Area radio station KFOG's Local Scene Compilation album, and she was a part of 2008's San Francisco's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival. 2010 brought the band more attention with another spot on KFOG's Local Scene CD, followed by a cross-country tour and rave reviews of new album, "From the Echo."

Harvell's band creates a unique sound anchored by guitarist John Howland, who primarily plays weissenborn-style lap steel a la Ben Harper, and drummer Mike Stevens, who keeps a tight groove, whether it's polished pop, airy folk or dub-country. Not unlike songwriters in the vein of Willie Nelson or Emmylou Harris, Harvell has a knack for subtle genre shifts, while always radiating that classic American flavor, with a little southern charm.
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