Oooh now then... this could go on for some time but for starters I'd have to say Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Madelaine Peyroux, Peggy Lee, Julie London, Chet Baker, Elizabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins), Dianne Reeves. These certainly influence HOW I sing generally, but there are LOADS of singers out there who'll influence me depending on my mood, the song, etc. Or just generally there are many people I love to listen to, which again is dependant on my moods, what I'm doing and where I'm going. Love 60's stuff: Beatles, Byrds, Velvet Underground, Doors, Mamas & Papas; World Fusion: Natasha Atlas, Susheela Raman, Jocelyn Pook; Folk: Fairport Convention, Altan, Dervish, Dubliners; Indie: Cardigans, Sundays, Gorky's Zygotic Mynky
I'll not go on cos my lunch is nearly ready and it smells lovely! Have you ever tried this exercise yourself with the naming your fave stuff? It's very hard to pinpoint your influences in life...
Sounds Like
I'd love to say I sound like the influences I've listed (sigh...wishful thinking)but I'll let you, Dear Listener, decide for yourself - as well as the tracks on here, there are also more tracks on the Lounge Lizards and Impressions Myspaces too.
I personally think you can't completely get a sense of what someone sounds like unless you see them live and I like to think I sound better live than on a recording, so if you live around Sheffield please come along to check my voice out! (I don't just think this about myself, BTW, but also about others I've seen live and heard on Myspace/their own websites).
PLEASE SEE MY WEBSITE FOR ALL GIGS LISTINGS www.karenlake.co.uk. I've been singing jazz professionally since February 2005. I now perform regularly in around Sheffield with my 2 bands, Lounge Lizards and Impressions. I also perform as a freelance singer with other musicians.
You can find out more about the bands at Myspace.com/loungelizardsjazz and Myspace.com/impressionsjazz. There's also gig listings and sample tracks for you to listen to as well as links to our websites.
There's much more to do on this (and the band's!) pages, so come back again soon to see what's what. So much to do, so little time...
We are proud to announce that we are HEADLINING the Cream
Insturment Cable Stage at the Lesser Muni as part of the 2009 Great British
R&B Festival in Colne, Lancashire, UK on Monday August 31st. The
Charlie White Project and Sheffield’s blues
poet Mr Billy Martin Jnr are also appearing. Expect great music and utterly
immaculate sound quality using cutting edge PA cables and power amps. Ticket
details are available at www.bluesfestival.co.uk.
Doors open at 7.30pm and we will be onstage at 10.15pm.
Our new album “A Time and Place” is available directly from www.robinhoare.com via Pay Pal and from
good record stores.
Hope your gigs haven't been credit crunched too badly, Karen! :-)
Grove Inn Jazz Club, Back Row, Leeds LS11 5PL.
Sunday October 12 2008, 8:30pm
£4.00 waged/£3.00 unwaged
Guy Hatton (guitar), Stuart Garden (keyboards), Kenny Higgins (bass), Caroline Boaden (drums). Electric jazz influenced by Miles Davis, Chick Corea, Pat Metheny, Gary Burton etc!
Hi Karen! Thanks for checking out Charlie’s pages, hope you enjoyed the music. Here’s some other sites you might be interested in below and don’t forget to stop by at the new look official site at www.charliebarkermusic.com.
Hello Karen,
Thanks for getting in touch; what a lovely singer and a talented band!
Good luck and I hope to get to see you at the Lescar!
Best Wishes
Sarah B
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