Like a musical shape-shifter, singer/sax player Emily Brass takes you on a psychedelic hip-hop journey, channeling the ghosts of old school rap, rock-steady reggae, ragtime jazz, and 60's rock & soul.

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HIP-HOP/RAP: Alternative Hip Hop, REGGAE: Reggae rock

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Like a musical shape-shifter, singer/sax player Emily Brass takes you on a psychedelic hip-hop journey, channeling the ghosts of old school rap, rock-steady reggae, ragtime jazz, and 60's rock & soul.

Her lyrics are progressive, poetic, and downright inspirational, sung through her countless vocal styles, conjuring up the spirits of Zap Mama, Sade, Erykah Badu, Billie Holiday and even John Lennon. Between rapid-fire raps, catchy choruses, and sensuously sung verses, she wails on her sax, as listeners swoon under the influence of Maceo Parker, Manu Dibango and Dean Frasier-inspired riffs.

Former front woman of Foundation Stone, Brass releases her debut solo record entitled "Open Door" on October 23, 2007. The CD will be sold in stores and online, both at her website, EmilyBrass.com, and at CdBaby.com.

As the title suggests, "Open Door" represents a fork in the songwriter's path. With Foundation Stone, the multi-talented songstress played festivals and dance halls from New England to Florida, selling thousands of CDs to their far-flung fans. After the band quit playing in 2005, Brass channeled the experience into new music, transforming what was heartbreaking into something empowering.

Fond of the Philadelphia sound, Brass enlisted the help of musical allies, The Princes of Babylon (a funk-hip-hop-reggae-soul trio), as well as reknowned studio musician, Jeremy Dyen (of Fathead and Alo Brasil), on keys.

The musical match-up was astonishingly hot. Straight from the ranks of G. Love's "All Fellas Band," bassist and vocalist Dave (Katman) Katowitz jumped in as co-producer, lending his mad-scientist musical genius to the project, while guitarist Dave Quicks, of Burndown Allstars fame, engineered and mixed the sounds in his own Burndown Studios in Philly. Ry Pilla, who toured extensively with Foundation Stone, and who also plays in New York-based bands The Last Broadcast and Gonnagetgot, and rounded out the line-up on drums.

Raised in multi-cultural Montreal, Brass learned to play sax at age 12. The daughter of an accomplished Canadian jazz musician, music comes to her naturally. When experienced live with The Emily Brass Band, she relentlessly keeps audiences spellbound, in a sweat-inducing, smile-inspiring trance-dance, all night long.

Join the circle, become entrancedâ¦her music is headed your way soon!

CONTACT EMILY BRASS:
www.EmilyBrass.com
www.MySpace.com/EmilyBrass
saxgrrl@excite.com