Jazz and folk influenced contemporary songwriting.

8 MP3 Songs
FOLK: Appalachian Folk, JAZZ: Jazz-Pop

Details:
Colin Killalea - voice, guitar, soprano sax
Liam Robinson - voice, accordion, piano, banjo
Chris Tordini - voice, bass, kalimba
Tommy Crane - voice, drums, french horn
Becca Stevens - voice, guitar, glockenspiel, kalimba, harp

Becca's music has roots in jazz and Appalachian folk music, but draws inspiration from West African rhythms, various pop and classical composers, and traditional and contemporary Irish Folk music.

Becca grew up in North Carolina where she majored in classical guitar in high school at the North Carolina School of the Arts. She came to New York to attend New School University where she graduated with high honors and a degree in jazz voice and composition. Since then she has established herself as a solo performer in New York and a leader of the Becca Stevens Band (also known as BSB). Becca collaborates with other musicians in the city and is the singer of Travis Sullivan's Bjorkestra. She has written lyrics for and recorded with Frank LoCrasto on his debut record "When You're There" (Max Jazz, '06), and for the album "Shock Value Live at Smoke" by Jeremy Pelt's band Wired (Max Jazz, '07). Becca also recorded with Sam Sadigursky's Words Project (New Amsterdam 2007), Andy Milne on Dapp Theory's "Layers of Chance" (Concord Records '08), the Bjorkestra's debut album "Enjoy" (Koch Records '08), and on The Solos Unit's "Electric City" (Independent release '07). Becca sings with other groups such as Bing & Ruth, the Elan Mehler Group, Monocle, and Apology Task Force. Festivals and other feature performances include the San Francisco Jazz Festival ('08), NYC Winter Jazz Fest ('08), featured soloist at the Roanoke Island Festival in Manteo, NC with the NCSA Big Band ('07), IAJE ('06), Jazz Improv LIVE! Convention & Festival ('07) with Jane Ira Bloom's Ornette Coleman Ensemble, and singing with the Sicilian Jazz Orchestra at the Golden Theatre in Sicily. Becca teaches Suzuki guitar and Music-in-the-Box, a music readiness program for very young children, at the Greenwich Suzuki Academy in Connecticut.

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