Artist description "Barbara Lewis is a classically trained singer on a quest. She is forever searching for a deeper understanding of her past and of her destiny. Over the years she has expanded her operatic vocals to embrace the texture of world music, the meditative quality of new-age music and the highly creative improvisational quality of jazz." The Montreal Gazette - Montreal, Canada

Music Style New World Fusion - poetic lyrics, with a political edge in a World/Jazz blend.

Musical Influences For world sound: African, Indonesian, Chinese traditional music / For North American sound: lush folk, blues, jazz, classical / For lyrical content: Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, Joni Mitchell

Group Members Barbara Lewis and a core group of instrumentalists. Barbara Lewis - lead vocals; Jon Deley (keyboards - combination of jazz influence, world/folk, and futuristic space sounds); Joe Mowatt (percussion - traditional exotic instruments); Peter Calo (variety of guitars, acoustic and electric)

Instruments keyboard, guitar, percussion, flute/sax

Albums Love (Coming Fall 2000); Freedom; Once in a Blue Moon; Hara's Quest, Book of Dreams

Press Reviews "Beautiful melodies, perfectly intertwined, both with respect to the music and the lyrics.... " - Derek Doarn ~ Amazings Reviews, Spain "Hara's Quest is a beautifully conceived, ambitious work that stretches the boundaries of the New Age with its originality and maturity." - New Life, New York "...Lewis is known for creating music that "explores the frontiers of human experience." Her latest compilation, titled Hara's Quest, combines the meditative lyricism of new age, the sounds and textures of world-folk and the improvisational qualities of jazz, in a style of music she refers to as "new world fusion." - The Gazette, Montreal

Additional Info Two song video (for sale), and heard on PBS and other TV stations.

Location New York, NY - USA

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