Member Since: 8/28/2006
Band Website: reforecordings.co.uk
Band Members: Recently Louisa has been working on both a new acoustic/jazz/soul outfit and on two hip hop projects with London based artists for upcoming recording and gigs.
Louisa is an artist on the Refo Recordings label. Having been collaberating with Refo and Barry Jackson of Refo Recordings for over 5 years, contributing vocals, lyrics and writing on the Refo label on both solo projects and Refo productions. She will be releasing new material with the label later this year.
Andy Taylor has co-produced some of Louisa's past material and she continues to work with him today. He has co-produced and co-written her 2007 recorded track 'Pray'.
The Glasgow Gospel Choir - Louisa sang and performed with the Gospel Choir for 2 years all over Glasgow. This enabled her to encorporate her love of Gospel music into her solo material and this eventually became a massive inspirational factor in her music in general.
Louisa has also played, performed and written with a host of other musicians and producers over the past few years including, Jazz pianist, Dominic,
The Future Engineers and Australian house DJ and producer Adrian in Sydney in 2006.
Influences: CHAKA, CHAKA, CHAKA KAHN!BEAUTIFUL!INCREDIBLE!Soul, Gospel, House, Funk, Electronica, Punk, Lounge, Chillout. Sly and the family Stone, Nina Simone, Tracy Chapman, Prince, Ray Charles, Whitney Houston, James Brown, Mariah Carey, Jack Johnson, Frank Sinatra, Aretha Franklin, Erykah Badu, Chaka Khan, India Arie, Michael Jackson, Lucie Silvas, Lyn Collins, Groove Armada, Eva Cassidy, Norah Jones, Renee Olstead, Billie Holiday, Jazzanova, Alicia Keys, Sarah McLaughlin, Zero 7, Bebel Gilberto, Funkadelic, Air, Jill Scott, Angie Stone, Luther Vandross, Katie Melua, Goldfrapp, Moloko, Tina Turner, Gladys Knight, Ben Harper. The list is endless...
Record Label: Refo Recordings/Freelance
Type of Label: Indie