Next gig is the 4th Annual Songwriter's Beat Fest
Tue July 22nd at 8:30pm at Cornelia Street Cafe in Greenwich Village
$10 cover, $7 food/drink..
Member Since: 10/21/2005
Band Website: kyraocity.com
Band Members: Duo: Kyra Gaunt, vocals (sometimes keyboards) & Tomas Doncker, guitars & vocals; Band:
Tomas Doncker, guitars & vocals; Booker King, acoustic & electric bass; RJ Rabin, drums; and and Danny Sadownick, percussion. Special guests Gregoire Maret, harmonica; Emcee, Toni Blackman; and William Galison, harmonica.
Influences: Jill Scott, Alice Smith, Phyllis Hyman, Kurt Elling, Dianne Reeves, Chaka Khan, Carmen McCrae, Me'shell Ndege Ocello, Bobby McFerrin, Betty Carter, Cassandra Wilson, Donnie, Nancy Wilson, Al Jarreau, Minnie Riperton, Lalah Hathaway, Grah-am Cen-tral Sta-a-tion!, Parliament, Mandrill, Heatwave, Imani Uzuri, Brandy, Carleen Anderson, Earth, Wind & Fire, The Emotions, Musiq Soulchild, Lewis Taylor!!, Maxwell, A Tribe Called Quest, The Roots, Rock, Soul, Rhythm n Blues, Funk, Hip-hop, Jazz musicians high and low, the Hi-Los, Manhattan Transfer, the Dixie Dregs, Weather Report, Coltrane (John, Alice and Ravi), and did I say Betty Carter, Chaka Khan and Minnie Riperton! The list in endless!
Sounds Like: Al Jarreau meets Sade meets Betty Carter meets Anita Baker. I'm the "black" Sheryl Crow -- just a music professor going solo! Someone who bought my CD said I reminded him of Dean Bowman of Screaming Headless Torsos! I LOVE THOSE CATS!!
Type of Label: None