Meritxell is a beautiful soulful songwriter and vocalist with a culturally rich and diverse outlook on life.
Born in Barcelona, she embarked on an artistic developmental journey. This journey took her to Nashville, Tennessee. (USA) While there she collaborated with numerous industry writers and vocalists to enhance her skills and extend her vocal boundaries. In 1996 she signed a Publishing and Production contract with EMI Publishing Inc. This great opportunity lead to the writing collaboration of a number of songs, allowing her to improve greatly on the art of writing, recording and producing music.
Meritxell has since journeyed to the United States east coast, where she has collaborated with new savvy vocalists and writers. As a result of this move her style is even more diversified and her skills have ascended to another level. She has performed at world renowned events like: the Jazzmatazz Festival in Washington DC, where she shared stage with B.B. King and Jonathan Butler, the Philadelphia Convention Center with Jean Norris, of R&B group Zhane, sharing the stage with R&B singer songwriter Musiq SoulChild, the Detroit Jazz Festival (Maysa Leak, member of Incognito), sharing stage with Billy Preston, Floetry, the Pasadena SoulFest, sharing stage with the legendary Chaka Khan and R&B vocalist Vivian Green. Meritxell has also collaborated with R&B singer Alyson Williams in Washington D.C. At the Baltimore Jazz Festival, she opened for R&B/ Jazz singer-songwriter/producer/arranger Frank Mc Comb, and also for the East Coast All Star Jazz ensemble (Randy Brecker, Omar Hakim, Chuck Loeb, Will Lee, Ralph McDonald, David Benoit, Bill Evans) at the Carter Barron Amphitheater in Washington D.C, and different Corporate Events for world-renowned people and Corporations like Donald Trump or the Coca Cola Company in Atlanta Georgia.
She currently resides in the Washington D.C area.
Her latest project, THE MERITXELL PROJECT/EL PROYECTO MERITXELL ,
Product of the merging relationship with bassist/producer Gary Grainger is a bilingual mixture of styles, from R&B to Latin and Jazzy ballads. A contemporary urban cd in both English & Spanish that will surely excite a vast range of tastes.
After watching and listening to her perform, you will agree that Meritxell is one of the most talented and versatile premier bilingual writer/vocalists in the business today.
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