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Ngozi

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About Me


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"Rich, smoky, and soulful," Ngozi is a passionate vocalist and thoughtful lyricist. She has a unique style, incorporating soul-funk, rock, reggae, folk, spoken word and even jazz into some of her original pieces. She has therefore been dubbed, "The FolkRockNeoSoulStar." The U.S. born binational, daughter of Jamaican immigrants, Ngozi comes to us from Jamaica by way of New Jersey. As a proud card carrying member of the Jamaican Diaspora, she plans to include at least one reggae influenced song on each of her original albums so that she can pay homage to her heritage. Ngozi's favourite artists include: Vinx, Meshell Ndegeochello, Prince, Ben Harper, Donnie Hathaway, Maroon 5, Bob Marley, Sananda Maitreya (aka Terence Trent D'Arby), Nina Simone, Brian McKnight, Damian Marley, Stevie Wonder, KUKU, Jason Mraz, Rob Thomas, Michael McDonald, Doria Roberts, India.Arie, Gordon Chambers, Rachelle Farrell and many others.
Ngozi is a former boxing silver medalist and kung-fu sparring gold medalist. While she still studies martial arts, Ngozi put down her gloves and picked up a guitar. When she's not practicing music, Ngozi works in the human services and public health arena.


My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/10/2006
Band Website: myspace.com/ngozimusic1
Band Members: Ngozi Andrade Messam



Influences: Tracy Chapman, Michael McDonald, Bob Dylan, Jimmi Hendrix, Bob Marley, Meshell N'degeOcello, many others...

More on me:

What I Dig:
Fireflies, Horses, Buddhism, Human Services and Public Health, my family, being around beautiful sincere authentic people, my cat, my heritage, Jamaica, singing, guitar, exercise, soft vanilla custard ice-cream with strawberry dip-top, coffee heath bar crunch ice cream, Spanish, Japanese, learning languages, traveling, learning about different cultures, great cuisine…

Music:
John Legend, Vinx, Kuku, Jason Mraz, John Mayer, The Fray, Barrington Levy, No Compromise, Maroon 5, Gavin DeGraw, Doria Roberts, Carinne Bailey Rae, MeShell NdegeOcello, Cassandra Wilson, The Shields Brothers Band, Nina Simone, Lenny Kravitz, Black Eyed Peas, Robin Thicke, Stevie Wonder, Rachelle Farrell, Marvin Gaye, Sanchez, Damian Marley, Van Hunt, much more…

TV:
Heroes, CSI (Las Vegas), Spongebob Squarepants, Fairly Oddparents, Ultimate Fighting Championships…

Movies:
I Am Sam, Stand and Deliver, Finding Nemo, Pursuit of Happyness, The Matrix, The Color Purple, Spiderman (all of them especially 2), The Fantastic Four, XMen 3, Fearless, The Karate Kid, Rudy, Stander, Black Belt Jones, The Octagon, Enter the Dragon…

My most favourite book is "Overcoming Severe Obstacles and Difficulties".

My mom is my hero. There are others...

Sounds Like:

Tracy Chapman, Meshell N'degeOcello

Record Label: Unsigned
Type of Label: None