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Maria Johnston is poised to become one of the most impressive artists to arise during the 21st century; but a diversely talented individual in her own right. She's praised for her elastic ability to move easily from Jazz to Ambient genres of music while often composing her own material. She's complimented for her ability to place herself into the lyrics she sings and respected for being one of the easiest artists with whom to work.Maria has performed as a studio vocalist for several well-known artists including Digital Underground's Chopmaster J, Tupac and Mephisto Odyssey. The title track entitled The Lift off The Lift EP by Mephisto Odyssey hit ..42 on the Billboard Dance Charts and continued to dominate the charts for several weeks charting higher than such artists as Gloria Estefan, Shannon and Tracie Spencer. Her sexy, soulful voice has earned her the title of DIVA Vocalist on the dance music scene. A true testament to this title, her material has been featured at the winter music conference and has been all the rage on the San Francisco dance scene.Maria is no stranger to live performances. She performs on a regular basis with her band "Retrogroove" check blogs for show dates and time. Also no strangerto Live Theatre, She has just completed a successful season at the Stockton Civic Theatre where she had leading roles in "dearly departed", "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" and "The Full Monty". She has also been cast in several commercials and movies the most recent one being "The Gnomes" part of the 36 Parables series. You may check them out at www.36parables.com. In 2003 she was the headliner for the One World Beat music festival, an event put on once a year by musicians all over the world to raise money for their favorite charities.Touring under the band name Jaheira , Maria played to sold out shows at the Hard Rock CafÃ© in San Francisco and B.B. Kings Blues club in L.A, raising money for the Ronald McDonald house as well as local schools. Recently, she's been wowing audiences in California with soulful sexy original sound.Now sit back, close your eyes and prepare to be taken on a sensual trip though your deepest musical desires with her latest album titled What A Woman Wants . This smooth, sexy, sultry, jazz flavored album will not be forgotten.

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Member Since: 4/18/2006
Band Website: MSN messenger contact info [email protected]
Band Members:..Maria Johnston - Lead Vocal/Back ground vocals, production, lyrics W.Terence Jackson- Lyrics/Producer Clarence Ferguson Jr. - Music/ Composition/pre-production
Influences: Now you can purchase What A Woman Wants from the following websites just click on the [email protected] http://www.waterloorecords.com/waterlooinf.htmlhttp://www.au diolunchbox.com/reviews?a=119940http://www.buy.com/retail/pr oduct.asp?sku=204784776&loc=18250GET YOURS TODAY!!!!!!
Sounds Like: Toni Braxton, Anita Bakercheck me out on facebook.com bella maria johnston
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

jegermeister bottle cake

I made this cake for a client's daughter who was turning 21
Posted by on Sun, 12 Apr 2009 13:53:00 GMT

NEW GIG INFO!!!!!!

here is a Heads up for some up coming gigs......EVERY THURS. NIGHT : The Shadow Oaks Steak House 7555 Pacific Ave St...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Mar 2009 09:42:00 GMT

RETROGROOVE EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT

Maria Johnston is Proud to annouce that she is the New lead singer for Retrogroove! We will be performing every thursday night at "The Shadow Oaks" in Stockton, Ca. 7555 pacific Ave, stockton, ca7:30...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:55:00 GMT

My up coming Trip to Italy

Hey everyone,just wanted to give you a heads up that I wil be going to Italy for 3 weeks!I will be gone from June 30th to July 22nd and YES I WILL BE SPENDING MY BIRTHDAY IN ITALY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Feb 2009 03:22:00 GMT

Review of "Dearly Departed" from The Stockton Record

'Dearly Departed' provides a healthy dose of humor Print this Article Email this Article Text Size: A | A | A .. var currlink = escape('/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AI...
Posted by on Wed, 21 Jan 2009 08:39:00 GMT

Maria’s Just Landed a Leading role in SCT production of "Dearly Departed"

Hey all,Maria had just accepted a leading role in the Stockton Civic Theatre production of Dearly Departed.This dark comedy takes place just south of the mason/ Dixon Line the time is set in current d...
Posted by on Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:08:00 GMT

Catch Maria’s invterview on NorCal Ghost Talk 2/1/09

Hi everyone,please Join me as I am interviewed by Doug and Shane From Norcal Ghost talk radio!! Date is Sunday Feb 1ST..for mor info please visit their Myspace www.myspace.com/norcalparanormalplease t...
Posted by on Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:02:00 GMT

Maria’s Music is in rotation on KUVO 89.3 f.m.

We're thrilled to announce the hit song by Super Star Songstress Maria Johnston titled Within My Heart, I'll Always Have Room from the Hit CD titled What A Woman Wants will be featured on THE ...
Posted by on Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:10:00 GMT

Maria Live on KBIG Radio!!!!!!

California's own Maria Johnston will chat Live with Jammin' Jay of KBIG Radio, Sunday, August 10th from 1:00 PM 2:00 PM (CST) / 11:00 AM 12:00 PM (PST). Tune in to hear exciting news about Maria a...
Posted by on Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:34:00 GMT