ALLISON SCOLA PROJECT
Allison Scola, vocals, keyboard, clarinet, and Italian frame drum
Janie Barnett, guitar, back-up vocals, co-writer, producer
Steve Jabas, guitars
Joe Ravo, nylon string guitar
Mark Verdino, bass
David Mancuso, drumset & percussion
Madonna, The Beatles, Al Green, Joni Mitchell, Laura Nyro, Carole King, Sarah McLachlan, David Gray, Dido, Sting, Cole Porter, Ella Fitzgerald, Carl Maria von Weber, Kim Richey, Patty Griffin, Stevie Wonder, Abba, Hall & Oats, Michael Jackson, Helen Merill, Kate Bush, Carmen Consoli, Pet Shop Boys, Janie Barnett, Indigo Girls, Frou Frou, Imogen Heap, Death Cab for Cutie, Suzanne Vega, James, Everything But The Girl, Prince, Michael Jackson, Jimmy Webb, Violent Femmes, George Harrison, Sheryl Crow, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Yes, Otis Redding, Basia, Patti Smith, The Police, The Carpenters, Marvyn Gaye, Howard Jones, The Pretenders, Seal, Fratelli Mancuso, Spagna, Jovanotti, Luca Carboni, Vinicio Caposella, Daniele Sepe, Ana Oxa, Mina, Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck, Joe Ravo, Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Wagner, Amy Beech, Debussy, Poulanc, Hindemith, Liszt
Sounds Like
Sarah McLachlan, Madonna, Laura Nyro, Carmen Consoli, Dido, Carole King, Sade, Everything But the Girl, Carly Simon, Natalie Merchant, Kim Richey, Patty Griffin, Fiona Apple, Coldplay, Norah Jones, Jonatha Brooke
After months of working 12 -14 hour days at a top New York advertising agency, songwriter and singer Allison Scola realized that she had missed her true destination by just a few hundred yards: That moment was when she discovered that day in and day out on her way to the office, she had been walking right past the Brill Building, the songwriting headquarters of the 1940s to 1970s. Within hours she quit her job, and since has thrown herself into crafting songs and performing.
Allison’s dedication and talent shows – her 2004 Song Sampler received rave reviews from CollectedSounds.com and Musesmuse.com and landed her a place in the national Chick Singer Night showcase, the On Stage Italian American Artists showcase, and the Songwriters Hall of Fame New Writers showcase. In addition, her song "Something Better Waiting" reaped a Finalist Position in the 2005 Hank Williams Songwriting Contest, and "Risking a Fall" won her a 3rd Place prize in the 2005 SolarFest Singer-Songwriter Competition.
In 2006, Scola performed in New York’s Columbus Day Parade, and in 2007 she wooed audiences during her Italian Day pre-game performance at the New York Met’s Shea Stadium and Staten Island Yankees Stadium. In the summer of 2007, her band, Allison Scola Project, was voted a finalist in the CBS News Early Show “Living Room Live! Battle of the Bands Contest.”
Scola creates songs that weave hues of her Italian heritage and fascination with Mediterranean folk culture together with personal accounts of her experience as a modern American artist taking risks in love and life. Her latest album, A Braver Kind, produced by Janie Barnett and engineered and mixed by Jon Gordon, illustrates her power as a songwriter and musician. With a voice that's been described by Music-Reviewer.com as "comforting and all-embracing, like being in the presence of your long lost best friend," Allison transports listeners to a world where hearts are bursting and dreams come true.
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Proud of you cousin, love the new music! I'm spreading the word for you in Maine as promised, hope it pays off for you! Stay safe and stay well, love and miss ya!
Hello Allison! Great seeing you yesterday, you sounded amazing. Also great CD(!), worth the wait, I've been listening to it, on repeat, all day here at work.
Ciao Allison ho letto che il 7 settembre sarai a Bagheria ci sarebbe piaciuto venirti a trovare ma il 4 settembre partiamo per andare a fare 8 serate in Guatemala e a portare la musica siciliana nel mar dei Caraibi ritorniamo il 16 ....tu quanto tempo resti a Palermo ????? facci sapere
Cara Allison, grazie per la richiesta e l'amicizia. Fammi sapere se decidi di cantare "Le traiettorie delle Mongolfiere". Sono contento che ti piaccia. Ciao dall'Italia gianmaria
