Heart of Thieves is a Guitar/Bass/two Voice collaboration between singer/songwriter Brian Espinoza and singer/songwriter Saria Idana. They play sultry rock and jazzy ballads. The duo usually performs acoustic and without percussion. All recordings are engineered by Brian at his studio Calico Audio. Brian Espinoza was born and bred in Hollywood, California. His fascination with sound and vision began at the age of 7 and grew as he began playing in punk bands, painting canvases and creating sculptures out of found objects in the 80’s.. He now plays a wide range of instruments from piano to sitar and enjoys arranging and composing not just songs for the band but also scores for film. Brian has a back log of songs the size of a tidal wave and is pleased that some of these songs have found a home with HEART OF THIEVES. His songs are known for his pulsing guitar, buttery voice and vivid imagery of emotional and psychological landscapes.
Saria Idana, originally from New York, first recorded as a vocalist at age 9 on an album of World Folk Music for children. As a teenager she had a brief stint with an Italian Circus, and while she is still a dedicated interdisciplinary performance artist and the Artistic Director of Birds Eye Project, she always returns to music to put life into perspective. Her music training is broad, from Flamenco to Jazz. She has a passion for using the voice as a melodic instrument without words and has been influenced by the Jazz Scat, Sargam Indian Music, and Middle-Eastern styles. Her songs are usually contemplative with room for vocal improvisation and a delicate and staccato plucking syle.I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)
