Risa Hall

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Risa originally comes from Forest Hills, Queens, New York home of the Ramones , Lesley West (Mountain) and Simon and Garfunkel who all went to her school.. Risa grew up with the Ramones as her brother was in the Rattlers with Mickey Leigh, Joey Ramones brother and we all hung out. My first love of music was Motown and probably still is....I was an actor for years and appeared as Frenchy in the Broadway musical 'Grease' with Jack Coleman who went on to Dynasty fame. I toured with Joe McGann, William Gaunt and Julie Graham as Mae in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and sang with Sinitta in the Heather Brothers' musical 'Gratuitous Sex and Violence and Good Old Rock and Roll'. I still do voice overs and you can hear me on Red Dwarf, Radio 4, Manchester Art Gallery, Playstation games iincluding Stuart Little 2 , Timesplitters 2, Edge of Chaos and more...My first love was always music and wrote songs on and off since I was 9! After hearing Sheila Nicholls in 2002, my love of the singer/songwriter came back and I was inspired by KT Tunstall and Nerina Pallot and got out my guitar once again and the results are what you hear! Apple Tarte - EP Risa Hall http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2f5kNAonfIk Release Date: 16 Jun 2008 Genre: Rock ? 2007 RH Records ..

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Member Since:

February 17, 2006

Members:

U.K. Band http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bld0Iu6w5V8&fmt=18 Special guest Joni Fuller- violin Laura Manship will special guest on flute, sax and vocals Emily Clay, guest violin/flute Dave Speakman, guest guitarist, Jim Duff- Bass New York Band- Dave U Hall - bass Special guest tbc- guitar Ethan- drums and occasional other guests http://memusic.metro.co.uk/users/risahall DOWNLOAD THE SONGS ON ME MUSIC!!!!!!!!!!! .. --> Start Bravenet.Com Service Code --> View my Message Board
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Influences:

Steve Winwood,My Brightest Diamond, Steve Marriott, Marvin Gaye, KT Tunstall, Nerina Pallot, Jimi Hendrix Sheila Nicholls,Maia Sharp, Todd Rundgren, all of the Motown artists, Dusty Springfield, Blondie, Stephen Sondheim, Beth Neilsen Chapman, Joni Mitchell, Carole King, The Hollies, Bonnie Raitt, Thea Gilmore, The Byrds, Maury Yeston, Ashford and Simpson, The Ronettes, The Shangri-las, Rufus Wainwright/Burt Bacharach,Marc Bolan and T-Rex, Nick Lowe, Ian Gomm /Brinsley Schwarz, , Bruce Springsteen, recent love Newton Faulkner Elvis Costello, Billy Holliday, Rogers and Hammerstein, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Capercaillie, Stephen Sondheim, Ella Fitzgerald, David Bowie, Otis Redding, Solomon Burke, Al Green, The Ramones, Level 42, Cleo Laine, Robben Ford, Jess Klein, James Apollo, Sam Brown, Beach Boys, Janis Joplin, Kate Bush, The Doors, The Beatles, The Stones, The Kinks, The Who, The Faces (Rod Stewart), Traffic, Led Zeppelin, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Terry Reid, Spring Awakening, Pete Yorn, Crosby Stills and Nash, The Supremes, Hall and Oates and too many others to menti.. .. .. .. .. SONGS ON APPLE TARTE 1. BLINK TWICE 2. ROSES 3. OUTTA THE STREETS 4. SIMPLE LIFE
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Sounds Like:

Glass Half...? is the debut album from Queens-born singer songwriter Risa Hall. Hall has a lusty, Broadway-babe voice and can really belt out the tunes ala Bonnie Rait or Vonda Shepard. Take the bluesy 'Can't Take Away', with its icy cool piano or the breezy 'Shooting Stars' which works particularly well with her powerful alto. The songs have an easy, Prime Time feel to them and you can imagine them playing in the background shows like Ally McBeal or One Tree Hill, soundtracking yet another tense moment of middle class naval gazing. The one bum note is the New Age-y 'The Grail', its fey lyrics and twee flute incongruous alongside Hall's voice. The soft rock tempo of 'Candy Coated Hell' is a much better match for such a punchy vocal style. A promising debut album then from an aspiring singer songwriter that will no doubt please those who are in the market for feel-good tunes to wind down to after a long day at the desk. ...'The Music Fix' Release Date: 16 Jun 2008 Genre: Rock ? 2007 RH Records

Record Label:

my own label, RH Records