Artist description "A Focused and assured artist whose vocal style and guitar technique recall the current stage of Janis Ian's Carreer...intelligent, impressionistic kyrics delivered with a hushed and haunted intesity" - Savannah Newsa

Music Style Blues oriented folk

Musical Influences Bonnie Raitt, Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan,

Similar Artists Patty Griffin, Paula Cole and a little Bonnie Raittish

Artist History Gabrielle grew up in New York City on the upper west side of Manhattan. Raised by an eccentric, multi talented father and a commonsensical mother, she was always encouraged to follow what ever she was interested in at the moment. For most of her young life it was drawing and sculpture. But Gabrielle could always be found after class singing in the school choir. Her musical talent was recognized from the beginning. She was a featured soloist on three of world renown Cantor Paul Zim’s hebrew records, a featured soprano, representing the United States at Venezuela’s Simon Bolivar Festival and in the Saint Patrick’s Cathedral Holiday celebration. For her sixteenth birthday her dad and her sister Amelia gave her a guitar, which, after a little help from her friends (and her sister), she learned to play by ear. After a year of figuring out chords and writing some songs, Gabrielle started playing around the NYC folk circuit just for the fun of it. Her focus was still on visual art and she eventually left music as she pursued sculpture and painting. In 1996 Gabrielle started singing again when she was asked to join the popular New York City blues cover band, Blooze Junction. Over the next 2 years she started playing her guitar again, and writing songs in which influences such as Joni Mitchell, Bonnie Raitt and Bob Dylan could be heard. Sometime in 1998 Gabrielle left the blues band to start her own original music project and all the pieces started coming together. That’s the year her song, “Line Of Your Leg” won the Spree National Song writing Contest, while “Threw It All Away” took an honorable mention. In 2000, she recorded and produced her debut full length CD, Dreamtown, which received great critical acclaim and was voted 3rd best unsigned CD of the year by Music Connection Magazine. She has been touring the east coast playing in clubs, cafes, colleges and festivals. Gabrielle was a featured new artist at the 2001 Bethlehem Musik Festival, The National Academy of Popular Music’s 38th Songwriters Hall of Fame Showcase and a featured solo performer at the 2001 Nashville New Music Conference. Her music is now being played on acoustic music shows on college radio, NPR and internet radio stations. Gabrielle recently released her second CD, a solo 7 song live EP entitled, Live and On Her Own.o

Albums "Dreamtown" & "Gabrielle, Live and On Her Own"

Press Reviews "Line of Your Leg" winner of Spree National Songwriting Contest 1998, Honorable mention at the Great American Songwriting contest.

Location New York, NY - USA

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