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Gina French

"Raise your hopeful voice, you have a choice."

About Me

“Music is my sanctuary, singing is my passion” Those are the words that the Utah-based musician and singer/songwriter Gina French uses to sum up her musical vision. Hers is a voice that has been variously described as “volcanic” and “an angelic instrument” by different reviewers. French is not a newcomer. She’s been around, spending years performing both in bands and as a solo act, gradually learning the basics and paying her dues along the way. Long ago she came to realize that she had almost literally been born with music in her blood, but it has taken her time (often while life intervened) to nurture and cultivate her natural gifts through a patient and gradual growing process which has brought her to where she is today. This dynamic songstress delivers emotionally driven music, which incorporates, blues, rock, pop, and world beat undertones, all wrapped up in her sultry, soaring, and soulful vocals.French's current project, "DREAMLIGHT", which will be a tribute album for her late father, James Smith, is in the early stages of production. She has begun recording in Salt Lake and hopes to release it in 2009'. Read the full bio @ GinaFrench.net Gina @ IndependentArtistsCompany.com CDBABY LINK for GINA FRENCH:Of Rapture .. CDBABY LINK for GINA FRENCH: Sacred Ground -- .. ..

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Member Since: 7/7/2005
Band Website: GinaFrench.net
Band Members: Gina French - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar.The Fabulous "Core" players on "Of Rapture" - Mr. Bill - Lead Guitar, Slide. Lance Lee - Bass Guitar. Adam Sorensen - Drums, Dumbek.The Fabulous "Guest" musicians on "Of Rapture" - Dan Morley - Lead guitar, Sitar, Various instruments. Tom Cram - Guitar, Stick, Various instruments. Melissa Warner - Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals. Stacey Board - Backing Vocals. Mike Doran - Lead Guitar. Sean Meade - Drums. Philip Miller - Sax.
Influences: Whatever moves my heart, soul, and body. There are too many to name, but the main artists who have greatly inspired and influenced me throughout the years are - U2, Peter Gabriel, Tori Amos, Seal, Coldplay, Earth Wind and Fire, Aretha Franklin, Blondie, The Rolling Stones, Sarah McLachlan, Pat Benatar, The Clash, The Beatles, Emmylou Harris, Lucinda Williams, Sheryl Crow, The Who, Frank Sinatra, Tina Turner, The Pretenders, Annie Lennox, Johnny Cash, The Police, Daniel Lanois, Joan Osborne, Billie Holiday, and Lucinda Williams.
A FEW OF THE GREAT ALBUMS WHICH HAVE GIVEN ME ENDLESS INSPIRATION...PEOPLE WHO HAVE INSPIRED ME WITH THEIR GOLDEN HEARTS AND RADIANT EXAMPLES OF COMPASSION...
Sounds Like: Depends on my mood. I am a walking mixture of some amazing influences...:)
Record Label: Songstress Productions
Type of Label: None

My Blog

here is what is..

Here Is What Is - Daniel Lanois   I felt so very compelled to write about Daniel Lanois's recent film, entitled, "here is what is". First off, let me just say that the viewing of this f...
Posted by Gina French on Sun, 18 May 2008 09:39:00 PST

Words that soothe...

This beautiful poem was sent into my email recently. It couldn't have described better, just what I need, especially as I try to recover from some of my most recent experiences and...
Posted by Gina French on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:01:00 PST

In Celebration of The Joshua Tree

20 years ago, a phenomenal album came out, called, The Joshua Tree, by U2. It still inspires me today, with its poetic and stunning songs, which seem to have dropped straight from the heavens. I...
Posted by Gina French on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:18:00 PST

Project Warchild DMD, Available now!!

  I'm very proud and honored to announce, that my song, "Hard Way" appears on a charity DMD compilation, that is now available on IAC. All of these artists from IAC are exceptional...
Posted by Gina French on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 09:43:00 PST

My song on the Neil Young site...:)

It's truly unbelieveable to me, my song, "Child of War" is on the Neil Young website. I submitted that song a few weeks ago because I was inspired by my Utahn artist/friend, David Prill, who has one o...
Posted by Gina French on Mon, 09 Oct 2006 07:15:00 PST

Cancer, ( a whole new world), The caregiver blues and music's healing power....

Well, 2 more weeks for my mom's radiation to end, we've made it this far, yay!!! She got diagnosed with breast cancer back in July, fortunately they did a lumpectomy and I think they caught it early e...
Posted by Gina French on Sat, 05 Nov 2005 10:39:00 PST