laura prince

Music:

Member Since: 3/31/2007
Band Members: Laura Prince
Influences: When i was young my daddy used to play some african songs(west coast of africa)"africando",a lot of afro cuban songs,"la orquesta aragon", 'benny moré",without forget the jazz of"ella fitzgerald" and"nina simone","louis armstrong",the blues of "ray charles", and" bb king",the reggae of"lucky dube"and"Bob marley".Later ,i heard the name of SOUL ,and it became a very part of me... the funky divas ,name of"james brown"'s label(god bless him!),with"yvonne fair,anna king,elsie mae". and"Aretha","candi staton","curtis mayfield",puis "otis redding","gill scott heron","roy ayers","marvin gaye"...Then "prince","sade","lenny kravitz","earth wind and fire"and the new childs of soul"erikah badu" ,of course,"jill scott",of course"mary j blige","common sense","bilal","d'angelo","music souldchild","floetry poetry","lauryn hill","alicia keys","john legend","jamie fox","leela james","conya doss",julie dexter",and beyonce????!!no no no way!!! RAP:"a tribe called quest","arested development","jay dee","llcool j","mos def",jay-z","nas","dre and snoop","missy elliot". REGGEA:"gregory isaacs"(my favorite!),"freddie mc gregor","linton kwesi johnson"(the poet),"the heptones","the gladiators","steel pulse","tapper zukie","the itals". SALSA :"los nemus del pacifico","africando","cuco valoy","la fania all star","el gran combo"...finally,an universe of mixed cultures,mixed like i was ,mixed as i am...
Record Label: Unsigned