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Victoria Vox
Other / Alternative / Acoustic

Victoria Vox Loves You at www.victoriavox.com



Green Bay / Baltimore, Maryland
United States

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Member Since12/28/2004
Band Websitewww.victoriavox.com
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Victoria Vox: guitar, bass, ukulele, mouth trumpet, real trumpet, cabasa, water glasses, shaker, vocals, tape dispenser, stapler, clapping

Video from PARIS UKE FEST (May 31, 2008):


Uking at the Wheel:


Eating Cherries in France:
picking cherries in France!
InfluencesThe Cranberries, Frente, Laurie Anderson, Madonna, Cyndi Lauper, Patti Griffin, Jonatha Brooke, Peter Gabriel, Jill Sobule, Michael Jackson, Talking Heads, Liz Phair, Julianna Hatfield, Lemonheads, Martin Sexton, Chet Baker, Depeche Mode, Harry Nilsson, U2...

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If there is something else you'd like to know about me or the music I play, just email me. I promise, I won't bite. I'm a fully independent artist, and not only wear all the hats... but I wear my guitar when I'm cooking. It makes waiting for the pot to boil not so bad. I also play the ukulele. I'm sponsored by KoAloha Ukuleles (Honolulu, HI). They say I have the aloha spirit. I think that's better than anything. One should have spirit in whatever they do. I was a cheerleader in gradeschool. Maybe that's where I got it.

I have a website, too. It's www.victoriavox.com.


"infectiously enjoyable" - Rock N' Reel Magazine (UK)

"arrestingly bright, ardent voice and vivacious songwriting." - Sue Wilson, the Scotsman (UK)

"Vox is a real gem... Her music is at once timeless and heartwarming." - Sam Sessa, Baltimore Sun

"Truly interesting and refreshing... In a musical landscape that sometimes struggles to produce artists with a unique and innovative vision, Victoria Vox and her ukulele are a definite breath of fresh air." - Greg Yost, Music Monthly

"In the vast, deserted wasteland of todays music, Victoria Vox is a lone flower in full bloom." - Dan Pavelich, Kenosha News

"You need to see Victoria Vox play." - Jason Genegabus, Honolulu Star Bulletin (HI)

"Victoria's bright acoustic pop songs are a fitting result of her endless energy and D.I.Y. cred." - Shepherd Express (WI)

"..one of the purest musicians touring the country today." - Matt Stroud, Pittsburgh Trib (PA)
Record LabelOBUS Music - self released
Type of LabelIndie


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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Jul 8 2009 10:00P
Joe Squared - Victoria Vox w/ the WoodPecker Band Baltimore, Maryland
Jul 9 2009 5:30P
Enoch Pratt Library - trio show Baltimore, Maryland
Jul 11 2009 6:00P
State College - Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts State College, Pennsylvania
Jul 12 2009 7:30P
DC9 - the 9 w/ 8 other regional artists! Washington, District of Columbia
Jul 16 2009 8:00P
Night Cat - Songwriter’s Night w/ David Majerowicz and Angie Miller and Linda Nelson Easton, Maryland
Jul 17 2009 7:30P
Googie’s Lounge At The Living Room - Victoria Vox at Googie’s New York, New York
Jul 18 2009 7:00P
Ground House - Victoria Vox Pitman, New Jersey
Jul 22 2009 7:00P
Strathmore Theatre - Ukulele Festival w/ James Hill Rockville, Maryland
Jul 24 2009 7:00P
The Patterson - Creative Alliance Ukulele Event Baltimore, Maryland
Jul 27 2009 9:30A
University of Wisconsin Green Bay - Teaching at UWGB’s Guitar Camp Green Bay, Wisconsin
Jul 28 2009 9:30A
University of Wisconsin Green Bay - Teaching at UWGB’s Guitar Camp Green Bay, Wisconsin
Jul 29 2009 9:30A
University of Wisconsin Green Bay - Teaching at UWGB’s Guitar Camp Green Bay, Wisconsin
Jul 31 2009 9:30A
University of Wisconsin Green Bay - Teaching at UWGB’s Guitar Camp Green Bay, Wisconsin
Aug 6 2009 7:30P
Door County Outpost Gallery & Cafe - Art of Music Egg Harbor, Wisconsin
Aug 7 2009 8:00P
Portage County Fairgrounds - Feel Good Music Festival Amherst, Wisconsin
Aug 8 2009 8:00P
Falling Rock Cafe & Book Store Munising, Michigan
Aug 9 2009 7:00P
Chamberlin’s Inn Curtis, Michigan
Aug 10 2009 7:00P
Chamberlin’s Inn Curtis, Michigan
Aug 21 2009 5:30P
Ottawa Folk Festival - Ottawa Folk Festival Ottawa, Ontario
Aug 22 2009 5:30P
Ottawa Folk Festival - Ottawa Folk Festival Ottawa, Ontario
Aug 29 2009 3:00P
Artstreet Main Stage - Artstreet Green Bay, Wisconsin
Sep 9 2009 7:00P
Music Center at Strathmore North Bethesda, Maryland
Sep 9 2009 7:00P
Music Center at Strathmore North Bethesda, Maryland
Sep 26 2009 1:00P
Redmeer Lutheran Church - Milwaukee Ukulele Festival w/ Gerald Ross & The Fabulous Heftones & Lil Re Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Sep 30 2009 7:00P
Strathmore Theatre Rockville, Maryland
Oct 16 2009 12:30A
Ukulele Festival - Uketoberfest Eugene, Oregon
Oct 17 2009 7:00P
Ukulele Festival - Uketoberfest Eugene, Oregon

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Victoria Vox Moves The Ukulele From The Fringe Bin to the Pop Bin New Album Chameleon - Produced By Mike Tarantino – Mixes Ukulele and Contemporary Production
Victoria Vox says that sad songs are harder to come by on the ukulele. Actually, there are a couple of heartbreak themes on her newest album, Chameleon, but surrounded by the ukulele and other contemporary sounds, the end result is a bright and enchanting pop record.

Vox graduated from The Berklee College of Music with honors and a degree in songwriting -- releasing a handful of DIY, guitar-driven albums before a friend gave her the 4-stringed instrument. It proved to be the perfect new partner for her rich voice and changed the way she wrote and arranged music.

“The ukulele doesn't interfere with my range as much as a guitar, and because it's more simplistic, I feel that I move to different melodies than I would on the guitar,” explains Vox. “The ukulele has given some of my songs more of a jazz feel, which is mostly in song form more than anything. All of a sudden there was room for solos (which I do with my trumpetless trumpet.)”

Her first ukulele driven record, Victoria Vox and Her Jumping Flea was funded by fan donations and released in 2006. The refreshing disc was well received, and featured on NPR’s “To The Best of Our Knowledge,” while songs were featured on television and in independent movies. “My Darlin’ Beau” was awarded runner-up in the International Acoustic Music Awards. She was also included in Relix Magazine’s list of artists to watch.

On Chameleon, released on her own label this spring, Vox partnered with producer Mike Tarantino (James Blunt.) The two mix the ukulele with her acoustic guitar, electric bass, percussion and other instruments to flesh out her burgeoning songwriting talent and pure vocals – moving the uke from the novelty bin to the pop genre.

Vox also employs the mouth trumpet, which she spontaneously tried when she needed a horn solo.

“I was writing the song “My Darlin’ Beau” for Jumping Flea, and being a jazzy form type song, I felt it needed some horn punctuation,” says Vox. “Now it finds it's way into any song needing a solo. I did start to play the trumpet when I was 14, and I think from my years in band, I can hear what a trumpet is supposed to sound like.”

The opening track, “Peeping Tomette,” has slightly disturbing theme, but is offset by the quirky and playful melodica and innocent sounding ukulele. "“Peeping Tomette" is from the view of a female voyeur. It’s purely fictional, but I was trying to understand a stalker I had when I was younger,” explains Vox. “It's a fun song, but has definitely creeped-out my current neighbors. I wrote it during February Album Writing Month (fawm.org) and the weekly challenge was to write a song with a street name in the title. Well, I failed at that, but I kept thinking, ‘Nobody knows my name or that I'm playin' games of hide and seek with the whole neighborhood / I live just up the street, but I've been so discreet you'd never know that I'm up to no-good / You won't see me or hear me’ -- and that was that. I felt it definitely was one of those songs that comes from someplace else and I was simply the channel.”

On “Jessica,” the lyric is a bitter send off to a lover’s ex-girlfriend, but the instrumentation on the chorus sounds more like a happy love song. Elsewhere, Vox’s experience as a French exchange student is conveyed in the lovely and melodic “C’est Noyé,” about being free out at sea. “This is the song that always sticks out in my mind as a magical recording process,” says Vox. “It was the one song that Mike was not sure what to do with, for fear of stepping all over the melody and rhythmic ukulele. I dug around in the closet and found a tape dispenser and some wood screws and started shaking them to the rhythm. Before long we were in the studio clapping and shaking things. I spotted Mike’s trumpet, and though I haven’t used a real trumpet in 10 years, I somehow remembered how to find the notes. When I sing my other trumpet solos, I actually mimic the motions of playing a trumpet, so it came easier than I thought.”

One song on Chameleon that does sounds more akin to the Tin Pan era of the ukulele is “The Bird Song,” which uses a toy piano as loving compliment. “It seems to have become the ‘long-distance dedication’ number. It’s such a simple song and the production just came together so naturally.” “What’s Wrong!” evokes the ukulele’s roaring twenties popularity and sounds like a concert saloon sing-along. In sharp contrast, “Alone” and “From The Outside” are more contemporary sounding pop songs that would sound at home on any radio format.

Vox, who lives in Baltimore now, has been averaging 150-200 dates for the past several years and will continue to tour vigorously with the release of Chameleon. “I'm finding that non-ukulele listeners are converted daily,” she says. “It's really fun to give people what they weren't expecting.” Not that Vox is the only current artist to slip in a little ukulele -- which seems to be on the cusp of comeback? But, the singer-songwriter is dedicated to the tiny instrument, and maybe, just maybe helping make it cool again.

www.victoriavox.com
Label: Obus Music
Chameleon is available now



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Jul 4 2009 7:09 PM

Hey yo....I just just put up my tour dates for my summer tour...you should check it out and come out if im playing near you!!! :))))
SonsOfTheRadio





Jul 2 2009 3:12 PM

hows the road treatin ya Ms. ukulele girrrrrl =)
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Jun 30 2009 7:47 AM


Next Sunday! we have Bigfish Live Show vol.7 @aoyama mandala, Tokyo on 5th July featuring Mari Fukuhara, Seiji Toda and GASTRONOMICS. ARIGATO
Emily Mitchell





Jun 27 2009 1:33 PM

Hey guys :) Just stopping by to say hi and let you know I just put some new videos up of new songs! :) Come listen? I'd love it if you would - put up the lyrics too cause I really want fans to be able to get into my head :) Please come check them out and add me as a friend if you haven't already! :) Love ya ;)

xoEm
lae





Jun 27 2009 7:30 AM

YAY! i'm so glad you're coming back to LA. we've missed you here on the left coast :)
Truman





Jun 26 2009 8:35 PM

Hey Victoria! How are things going for you? I hope all is well for your touring in these hot summer months! I'll have to see if I can make it out to a show sometime soon. Take care n send me an update sometime, it'd be great to hear from you! Ciao!
alex colvin





Jun 25 2009 6:13 PM

Hope everything is going great this summer!
alex
theroosterswife





Jun 25 2009 2:03 AM

Hi Vee Vee !
Nancy and Bert and Tootsie send a big hello and want to know when uke will be back in Aberdeen ? Let's plan a uke fest ! Octukerfest ? OOXX, Janet
Denys Lord





Jun 24 2009 8:52 PM

Hi Victoria, glad to hear that you are coming to the Ottawa Folk Fest, there is a huge french community here so your song C'est Noye will do well. Hope to meet up with you.
Denys
Andy White





Jun 24 2009 5:06 PM

hi victoria, lovely to hear from you. that's an astonishingly comprehensive list of shows you have there! ottawa will be amazing. btw I have a great friend in maryland robert earl hardy so maybe see you there sometime x a
Cineversity TV





Jun 23 2009 1:40 PM

Hi,

We wish you a very good holiday and lots of fun!
We will contact you after the holiday about our bandsupportprogram.


Greets,

Simon Hoekstra
www.cineversity.tv
Denis





Jun 23 2009 8:39 AM

Hi Victoria
Thanks for you visit on my page.
Your frebch song is very cute, what means "C'est noye" ?
I love your works, very sensitive and intelligent music, especially with the mandolin.
Keep in touch
Denis
♫ LSB2 ♫ - ~Songs Without Singing~





Jun 23 2009 7:56 AM

Hi Victoria, many thanks for the friendship.
Great music, and can't wait to hear more :)

All the best,
Andy x
The Bellini Twins





Jun 23 2009 6:29 AM

All I can say is what a surprise. You totally Rock. Thank You for the music!
Big Bellini Love
desi farren





Jun 23 2009 12:56 AM

Nice to meet you. Maybe we'll meet someday. I'm in Northern Virginia. On the side I work with BandHouse Gigs. We're doing a Tribute to Woodstock at the Strathmore in Bethesda on August 13! Check it out!
Desi
Jeannie Tanner





Jun 22 2009 6:28 PM

Peace & Love! Jeannie
Tubie Blue With Envy now out!!!!!!





Jun 22 2009 5:50 PM

Thanks so much for being my friend!! I really appreciate it! The best to y’all from Navasota…the OFFICIAL blues capitol of Texas.


Tubie Pushée
2009 nominee for musician of the year at the Texas Music Awards
WINDJAMMER'S





Jun 22 2009 1:02 PM

Hello
many thanks from France
for the add it's a real pleasure
to be in the lot of your friends
it's a nice day for us
Long life at your and our music

Friendships

Gihem for Windjammer's
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Jun 22 2009 11:43 AM

Thanks for the add Victoria!

Rock on!
David Greenspoon





Jun 22 2009 6:05 AM

Hi Victoria, thanks for the add. It looks like the website now says 5:30 pm but I coulda sworn it had said am before. Either way, I'll be in NYC on my way to MA for the weekend before going to the Catskills for Pete Wernick's Jam Camp and the Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival. It looks like I'll have to catch the show at Joe2 instead!

In the blessing of peace!

David
Cesar Pignata





Jun 21 2009 1:26 AM

Hi Victoria,
I just came by to listen to your music and wish you a awesome sunday.
Warm Regards
Cesar Pignata
Hokulea





Jun 17 2009 12:28 AM

Mahalo Victoria for the add! The uke blends so well with amazing sweet vocals. Your "Uking at the Wheel" was so awesome. I was thinking about getting the "Pineapple" Koaloha uke as well, how do you like it? Aloha - Keoni Boise, ID
The Crow Mountain Prophets





Jun 16 2009 1:13 AM

Hi Victoria,
Thanks for accepting our friends request. You have a great voice. Come and visit Crow Mountain. The Prophets wish you well.
Kat





Jun 15 2009 5:20 PM

Thank you Victoria for your precious frienship:)kisses and compliments for your good music:)
Dakota





Jun 15 2009 3:48 PM

Thanks for the add!

I really dig your tunes.

Please take the time to listen to my music.



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