Female singer/songwriter/pop/rock a la Jackson Browne, Patti Smith,Grace Slick

8 MP3 Songs
ROCK: 70's Rock, FOLK: Folk Pop



Details:
A native Chicagoan,flutist/singer/songwriter,Suki Rae has been playing music since the age of five. A classically trained flutist,she has an MA in Music/Film and has been performing internationally for the last twenty years. Awards include:the only American finalist in the Hoeillart Jazz Festival in Belgium;Honorary Award in the Great American Song Festival;Runner Up in Song of the Year Award; Viewer's Choice Award at Kweevak.com for "I think of You";ASCAP Awards since 1994;American Song Festival;Nashville Song Festival;and nominations for NAR Awards and Just Plain Folks Awards.Performances include:San Francisco Womens'Music Festival;Jerusalem Women's Music Festival;Michigan Womens'Music Festival;St. Peter's Church;Makor;and MUNY's Texaco Bell Atlantic Jazz Festival.

She has been a musician in residence at:Cornell University;the Arad Arts project in Arad Israel;Mitzpe Ramon and Ma'alot Tarshiha in Israel;the Wurlitzer Foundation in Taos, New Mexico;Fundacion Valparaiso in Mojacar,Spain;and Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado.

In June 2005,she had a reading of her musical,"I Don't Wannabe a Wannabe" to which she wrote the book,lyrics, and music, acted,performed music, co-directed and produced.

She has written songs in multiple musical genres including:jazz,instrumental,pop,rock,comedy and gospel.In April 2003 one of her children's songs was published in the "Music Box and Other Delights."She has also acted,directed and written for theatre and films as well as appearing on radio and TV.

Her recordings include:Pipedreams(jazzy/New Age);Water and Fire(jazz/fusion;world/ethnic;New Age);Cantique de Noel(Christmas songs);and newly released I Think of You(pop/rock) and My Bamboo Hat(comedy/children's) all of which she produced for Reverence for Life Records.

Reviews:
Water and Fire:

"jazz with world music leanings...transcendental style of pop singing..Rae's eclecticism is certainly admirable...embraces traditional middle Eastern ad Jewish music..Rae is quite capable of becoming better known in both jazz and world music circles."

Alex Henderson
All Music Guide

Cantique de Noel
"A lovely new age and classical montage of old and new hymns,Christmas standard and children's favorites..Suki's wonderful talents with the flute are obvious throughout the fifteen tracks."
Music Morsels Magazine
Marietta,Georgia

Pipedreams
"a flutist of intelligence and sensitivity."
Bill Tillard
Sound Choice Magazine

"a versatile player and inventive improviser"
Suzanne McElfresh
Ear Magazine

"her singing style as well as voice quality is reminiscent of the Melanie of the early 70's ..she has good chops...plays her flute in an airy, fluid style"
Bob Hadad
Option Magazine

"unique ..creates a special feeling..stirs the imaginative and creative self...a personal musical message."
Kim Rodrigo
Heartsong Review

"This classically trained flutist advances a highly acessible listening experience..she sings about the love and the eternal expressiveness of the soul..somewhere between a classical form and a new found New Age Broadway Musical.
Kenneth Warren
Free Media Awareness
Cleveland,Ohio