Artist description "Phoebe Legere...multi -instrumentalist and one of the greatest singers in the world today, received a unanimous vote for pinup of the millenium from the male members of her audience. Her band The Hot Hairy Hunks is one of the greatest bands I have ever heard. Not to be missed.

Music Style ROOTS ALTERNATIVE +HIP HOP +CAJUN BOOGIE

Musical Influences Oscar Peterson, Richard Thompson, John Hiatt, John Prine, Mahalia Jackson, Mary Lou Williams, Clifton Chenier,Laverne Baker,John Lewis, Miles Davis, Art Tatum,Bud Powell, Late Beethoven

Similar Artists Aretha Franklin, Beck, Kim Wilson,C.J.Chenier

Artist History PHOEBE LEGERE was the subject of the lead off Feature in the Washinton Post Style section on Friday July 14. "Decked out in pink-tipped python-skin shoes and a revealing, low-cut olive dress Legere struts and gyrates across the stage singing with authori ty and conviction like a female Mick Jagger - PLAYING A FIFTY POUND MIDI CAJUN ACCORDION no less!! Legere is an expressive and versatile singer whose voice ranges from a dark and earthy alto to a gorgeous dazzling high soprano....convincing...entertainin g...amazing....There is certainly nothing shallow or frivolous about her music, which combines intelligent lyrics and a fusion of French musette, Cajun, pop, rock and jazz into a stew she calls, "roots alternative."- John Pitcher, Washington Post. Legere has opened for David Bowie and Jimmy Webb. She is a virtuoso piano player who has been described as ?Professor Longhair meets Cecil Taylor?. Legere is also a brilliant songwriter. Her writing is reminicent of Leonardo Da Vinci and Charles Chaplin. S he w She is the recipient of a NYSCA grant to produce an experimental musical for year 2001. She has been named a Ragdale fellow, and will be a resident at the prestigious Ragdale artists colony in August. She is also the host of a new leading edge Art a nd Music show which will be seen on Channel 13 and MTV. Her show will include such favorites as ?Hot Sicilian Pizza Boy?, ?Crazy White Trash? and the ever popular ?Good Stiff Cocktail?, as well as new tunes from Blue Curtain; ?SEX IN THE HAMPTONS" and "N EVER LET GO OF THE LAND". Phoebe Legere is the best loved entertainer in the Hamptons of modern times... Don?t miss the only opportunity this summer to see the woman that Interview magazine called ?A Classic case of Genius?, and the NY Post called ?Dazzling, ...Superb...Fun! ? to celebrate the release of Phoebe Legere's new CD- "BLUE CURTAIN". For the ?Best video on the web..? IT Magazine... go to www.phoebelegere.com

Group Members Phoebe Legere- Piano,Guitar, Cello, Sampler, Keys, AccordionTodd Horton - TrumpetKerrin Quinn - Guitar¶

Instruments piano, accordion, guitar, samples of live human suffering, trumpet, sax, vibes, teapot

Albums SWINGALICIOUS, MEET THE FOUR NURSES OF THE APOCALYPSE, Blonde Fox, 1000 Kisses, Last Tango in Bubbleland, Armageddon A Go Go, ,Love from Planet Boob: Adventures in CLITOPIA--the Soundtrack Album from Boobopolis

Press Reviews Read Dimitri Monroe's Interview with Phoebe in Hit List Magazine this month..."Phoebe Legere is one of the most dangerous, inspired and talented creative-supernovas on the planet...One of those rare luminous souls... scathingly beautiful, wickedly funny, annointed with wisdom, and her music possesses Native American mystical and healing qualities...like Billie Holiday or Jimi Hendrix or Miles Davis or Sun RaWashington Post "...Phoebe Legere is a sex kitten on stage and off...the men in the audience were m esmerized, and the women left energized and empowered... Phoebe Legere is the Artist of Tomorrow...with intelligent lyrics, a superb voice and a truly courageous and virtuosic approach music. She is the new Mick Jagger."Here is the first review of Blue C urtain: Blue Curtain (Einstein) Phoebe Legere's latest recording is an incisive critique of the role of contemporary culture in America in the form of a post modern, urban opera. A dazzling, dizzying sound collage of sampled soundtracks, spoken word, com posed melodies, sound effects, raps, electrobeats, and vocal and keyboard improvisations, it's a shimmering soundscape of a night spent downtown with Legere as tour guide. A tribute as much to the composer/vocalist/keyboardist's virtuosic talent as to her keen wit and intelligence, "Blue Curtain" surprises, shocks and entertains at every jagged turn. Simply put, it's as important a piece of music as you're likely to hear all year , or any year- Seth Rogovoy, The Berkshire Eagle, Sunday, March 19. 2000, "Genius" - Interview Magazine",****" A brilliant singer - songwriter" - TIMEOUT*****"Breathtaking vocals" - USA TODAY"******"She rocks, she shocks, she shakes the rafters playing guitar, piano and a hot pink midi accordion"- Playboy"*****"She plays the pi ano with enormous authority in a style that encompasses Chopin, Bebop, Blues, World Beat, Electronica and Beyond"-NY Times******"A superb singer, miles above most rock stars of today..." - NY Post******"Perfections name is Phoebe."- NY POST

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