Stevie Wonder, Rolling Stones, Marvin Gaye, Al Green, Gillian Welsh, Martin Sexton, Prince, Sly & the Family Stone, Arcade Fire, Tori Amos, ACDC, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Dinah Washington, Shirley Horn, Little Jimmy Scott, Ani Difranco, Pretenders, PJ Harvey, Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin, Ben Harper, Joni Mitchell, Greg Brown, The Meters, Jeff Buckley, Aime Mann, Lucinda Williams, Joy Division, Clash, Bombay Jayashri, Veena Sahasrabuddhe and many others...
Cypress brings a vast range of styles and coloring to her work as a singer and songwriter. Known for her soulful vocals and nuanced use of the voice as an instrument for melodic line and texture.
Cypress is just finishing up an album with Satsang Circus and collaborator Brad Roberts (Crash Test Dummies), Chanting Under the Big Top blends ancient eastern chant with Electronica, Indie, and World influences. These rarely heard mantras have been recently brought to the West by Dr. Douglas Brooks from the Rajanaka lineage. (Douglas is an old friend of, and a long-time collaborator with, John Friend, founder of Anusara Yoga.) Aside from its’ recorded musical offerings, Satsang Circus is dedicated to exploring and sharing the healing quality of sound in group chant, teaching mantra classes, and in performance. www.myspace.com/satsangcirucs
Other performance and recording credits include commercial jingles with Crushing Music, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Santa Cruz Symphony, motion pictures including Home Alone, and independent artists such as Michael P. Nordberg, Fabio Bambini Band, and April Finger.
