Valerie Ghent's "Unstoppable" CD offers infectious, funk-based grooves & gorgeous pop ballads. Val's striking voice and crystal clear record production fills these eleven songs of love and truth, survival and justice. A musical oasis; a must-have.

11 MP3 Songs
POP: Pop/Rock, ROCK: Funk Rock

Show all album songs: Unstoppable Songs


Details:
VALERIE GHENT is a native downtown New York artist/producer/composer with a strikingly powerful voice, piano chops to match and "soul-stirring, uplifting songs full of vitality and joy". Val's performances have been described as "an inspiration, Valerie is an unsung hero (who sings!!)".

The recipient of multiple grants and awards, including the Betances Center's Paul Ramos Award for Service to the Arts, Valerie has written music for film, dance and theatre as well as three CD's on her record label, West Street Records: "Unstoppable"; her father Emmanuel Ghent's "Songs for Children and All Their Friends"; and the acclaimed WTC benefit CD "We'll Carry On".

Musician and recording engineer with Songwriter's Hall of Fame inductees Ashford & Simpson since 1989, Val toured with Debbie Harry (Blondie) and has run the successful performing songwriter's night, The Songwriter's Beat, since she founded it in 2000. A volunteer at the WTC site for nine months after 9/11, Val co-founded the World Foundation for Music and Healing and its Feel the Music! program, which brings music and creative self-expression to children and families affected by trauma and loss. As photographer, over 500 of Valerie's photographs of martial arts master Gao Ji Wu are included in the 2007 book, "Essentials of Ba Gua Zhang".

Co-composer for the critically acclaimed 2007 musical, Betty and the Belrays and composer for the sold-out The Hamlet Project (2002), Valerie has performed, toured, recorded with Ashford & Simpson, Deborah Harry, Dr. Maya Angelou, Nina Simone, Billy Preston, TM Stevens, Defunkt, and many other artists. For more information please visit: valghent.com songwritersbeat.com musicandhealing.org

Musicians on Unstoppable:
valerie ghent - vocals, keyboards, producer
tony bridges - bass
knox chandler - guitar, cello
nigel hitchcock - saxophone
benjamin orick - drums
yuri zak - accordion
natalia ghent - russian voice
kit hain, napua davoy, deborah berg, sherryl marshall, elise morris, val ghent - backing vocals

Press:

Valerie has been featured in Billboard, The New York Times, The New York Daily News, Keyboard Magazine, New York Press, American Songwriter, The Villager, The Aquarian and many others. She has sung live on Oprah, Channel 2's "The Early Show", Rosie O'Donnell, Pat Sajak and been interviewed by NPR. Some reviews are below. For full press please visit http://valghent.com