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Becca Stevens

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About Me

I was born into a musical family in North Carolina. From the age of two I sang in the family band, The Tune Mammals, doing songs written by my father. I was constantly surrounded by classical music, appalachian music, and Irish tunes, which led me to guitar and dance from an early age, along with theater and painting. During high school, I studied classical guitar at the North Carolina School of the Arts, then took a year off before college to teach music class at a day care and sing in a fusion band -- Gomachi -- with my brother. I graduated from the New School in NYC as a vocal jazz performance major in the spring of '07. Now I live in NYC where I write and perform music with my band, the Becca Stevens Band, and sing with other groups in the area. I also teach Suzuki guitar and "Music Readiness" at the Greenwich Suzuki school in Connecticut. My debut CD, "Tea Bye Sea", is available on CD Baby and iTunes.

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Member Since: 11/5/2005
Band Website: beccastevens.com
Band Members: Becca Stevens, Colin Killalea, Liam Robinson, Chris Tordini, & Tommy Crane.
Influences: William Stevens, Carolyn McKenna, Bill Stevens & Katie Stevens, (in no particular order:) Kora, Doso N'Goni, Foday Musa Suso, kurtis lamkin, Toumani Diabate, Adama Dembele, Joni Mitchell, Micheal Jackson, harp, Joanna Newsom, Valaida Snow, birds, cities, dance, painting, Bartok, Bach, Björk, Appalachian folk music, Sekou Sundiata, Duke Ellington, Christopher Guest, Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba, Fiona Apple, Charles Mingus, Ella Fitzgerald, Meredith Monk, Bobby McFerrin, Stevie Wonder, Mike Patton, Jeff Buckley, Will Oldham, Thom Yorke, Billie Holiday, Nick Drake, Digable Planets, Imogen Heap, Nina Simone, Joao Gilberto, Sonic Youth, David Cross, Sarah Vaughan, Gillian Welch, Mason Jennings, Elliot Smith, Coco Rosie, Bela Fleck, the Bothy Band, Aphex Twin, Tom Ze, Don Caballero, Thelonious Monk, Iron and wine, Bulgarian Women's choir, Matmos, Brian Blade, Sufjan Stevens, Jack DeJohnette, the Shags, The Shins, Jolie Holland, Tori Amos, Feist, Benjamin Gibbard, Laura Veirs, Annie Lennox, Anonymous 4, Milton Nascimento, African Dance, Kelly Watson, Tommy Crane, Colin Killalea, Chris Tordini, Liam Robinson...
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