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Dayna Kurtz

General Info

  • Location BROOKLYN, New York, US

    Profile Views: 174460

    Last Login: 8/20/2011

    Member Since 2/18/2006

    Website www.daynakurtz.com

    Record Label Kismet Records

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    ALL MUSIC GUIDE REVIEW_____________________________________________________________________________ Dayna Kurtz is the kind of artist who inspires wild-eyed zealotry among her fans, and there are three reasons for it: One, she's an artist's artist, one whose whiskeyed, determined alto often earns her comparisons with Nina Simone; two, while Europeans adore her, she's obscenely underappreciated in her own country; and three, her songs, which straddle a difficult space between jazz, rock, and folk, are pure poetry. Another Black Feather, her third full-length, merits still more whipping up of the faithful. Each of these 11 tracks arrives swathed in soul-derived, deeply held meaning, and each follows lyrical twists that deliver a listener to places in her own heart she might not have had occasion to visit otherwise. There is sadness ("It's the Day of Atonement, 2001"), regret ("Venezuela," "Nola"), and tenderness ("All Over Again"), but most of all there is beauty; a common thread. Kurtz chooses her backing players as carefully as her words, and here they display an audible knowingness of her character -- when her mood shifts, they match it with idiosyncratic mastery. Another Black Feather owes its artist instant stardom. If that's unattainable, it should at least earn her the one descriptor all serious artists strive for: important. ------by Tammy La Gorce
  • Members

  • Influences

    Travel. Books. Film. Music.
  • Sounds Like

    whistling in the dark

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  • Panorâmica

    ..PANORÂMICA buscamos BATERIA..
    ..No se nos ha estropeado la del móvil, no.....
    Daro nos deja en breve y estamos buscando un batería que lo sustituya.
    Ya sabéis, si conocéis alguien que le pudiese interesar no dudéis de ponerlo en contacto con nosotros. A poder ser, que sea "NINI": "ni" más guapo "ni" más alto que nosotros...
    Sabemos que será difícil pero confiemos en la Providencia.
    Abrazos panorâmicos!..
    ..
     ..

    2 years ago
  • Sarah R. Weaver

    Hey!i love you music


    2 years ago
  • Kyla Hanna

    I've been wading through a multitude of music and yours shines my dear. Just perfect.

    2 years ago
  • TAmIka WAters

    Thanks for the add. Great music.

    2 years ago
  • Doria Roberts

    hi dayna, congrats on your kickstarter campaign!
    i have 24 hours left on mine and i'm trying to rally as many folks as possible.
    hope you're well!
    dr


    2 years ago
  • Roger Melvin

    glad to have you as my friend thank for joining me and my friend love your music it sound wounderful so keep up the  grate work and keep in tuch have wounderful week.

    2 years ago
  • nycmusic.net

    Please help spread the word!

    Help us save lives!

    2 years ago
  • Karl

    Hi leute,
    danke fürs freund sein.
    Gruß
    Karl

    2 years ago
  • the Fluu (producer)

    Thanks, Not too many people actually communicate or link here anymore ..... It's a shame. I hate face book !!! ............... anyways ................. Spreadin some dizzy dizeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaze ....... Play nice !!! ~the Fluu (producer)

    2 years ago
  • Manitú

    Gracias por aceptarnos, un saludo

    2 years ago
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Bio:

ALL MUSIC GUIDE REVIEW_____________________________________________________________________________ Dayna Kurtz is the kind of artist who inspires wild-eyed zealotry among her fans, and there are three reasons for it: One, she's an artist's artist, one whose whiskeyed, determined alto often earns her comparisons with Nina Simone; two, while Europeans adore her, she's obscenely underappreciated in her own country; and three, her songs, which straddle a difficult space between jazz, rock, and folk, are pure poetry. Another Black Feather, her third full-length, merits still more whipping up of the faithful. Each of these 11 tracks arrives swathed in soul-derived, deeply held meaning, and each follows lyrical twists that deliver a listener to places in her own heart she might not have had occasion to visit otherwise. There is sadness ("It's the Day of Atonement, 2001"), regret ("Venezuela," "Nola"), and tenderness ("All Over Again"), but most of all there is beauty; a common thread. Kurtz chooses her backing players as carefully as her words, and here they display an audible knowingness of her character -- when her mood shifts, they match it with idiosyncratic mastery. Another Black Feather owes its artist instant stardom. If that's unattainable, it should at least earn her the one descriptor all serious artists strive for: important. ------by Tammy La Gorce

Member Since:

February 18, 2006

Influences:

Travel. Books. Film. Music.

Sounds Like:

whistling in the dark

Record Label:

Kismet Records

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