Artist description can't really be classified,because i can sing anything,i listen to everything,and enjoy all music.

Music Style POP / COUNTRY/ROCK/RHYTHM & BLUES

Musical Influences WYNONNA JUDD/ARETHA FRANKLIN/NIRVANA/ CELINE DIONE/POVARATTI/WHITNEY HOUSTON I

Similar Artists no one in particular

Artist History LENA CARDWELL ______________________________________________________________________ Biography Lena Cardwell is not your average young lady. One could say she has encountered more experiences than a life time has to offer.But to Cardwell,she has no complaints whatsoever. Cardwell is living out a dream she dream many years ago as a young girl.Born in Detroit Michigan,Cardwell nearly drowned at the tender age of five.Lena remembers how she fell into the deep end of the pool unnoticed.Fortunately,a gentleman who was standing on his second story balcony spotted me,says Cardwell.The miracle of the story is,he had been drinking and thought he was hallucinating.But after he realized I was actually in six feet of water,he dove in after me and saved my life. Cardwell use to teach the neighborhood children to sing and dance in plays she had written at the age of seven.It was then her mother realized her daughter had serious talent.Lena mother paid for her dancing and gymnastic lessons.Seeing how persistent Cardwell was her mother,Cally decided to let her sing for money at Detroit Eastern Market to pay for violin, piano and drum, singing and acting lesson.It was not to long after that Cardwell had secured a lucrative contract with Nike to do a commercial.Cardwell and her mom packed their bags and headed for New York. After arriving in New York,Cardwell learned the commercial had been scrapped.Not having any money and no place to stay,Cardwell and her mom would make their home the local bus terminals,train terminals or the Port Authority.We would sleep anywhere we could before we got kicked out, explains Cardwell. Cardwell began singing on the streets, subway stations, train stations just about anywhere someone would listen. The money started to trickle in.What money I made, my mom used to save towards a place for us.I even managed to put a little extra aside for dancing lessons at the Broadway Dance School of New York. During the day, Cardwell attended Manhattan's Professional Performing Arts School. She secured an agent and began to go out on auditions in between classes.Eventually, after a two year stay on the streets, Cardwell's life started to turn around. She and her mom had saved up enough money to rent a cramped apartment with a roommate. To hear Cardwell speak about her homeless experience,one would think she isn't fazed by the ordeal at all.Some people would say I am in denial or have such a strong believe in faith that I wasn't affected by the experience.I just kept visioning my dream and knew one day it would come true. Cardwell is definitely living her life long dream.Successfully,she has beat the odds. She has appeared in numerous television series and films including New York Undercover, The Steve Harvey Show,and The Object of My Affection with Jennifer Aniston.However, Cardwell is best known for her 2 year performance role as Simone on the NBC daytime soap opera, Passions. It was great, I had a wonderful time and it was a great experience for me. Fans immediately took to Cardwell and the character and were visibly upset when she left the show. I received so much fan mail, it was overwhelming, beams Cardwell.It made me feel loved and appreciated. Cardwell continues to act but she has also embarked upon a second career as a singer.Her first cd entitled, Black Barbie is scheduled for release at the end of November.And I am really excited about it.I have always loved to sing. And now I have the opportunity and I hope my fans will appreciate it as much as they did my acting. Cardwell currently resides in the Los Angeles.In her spare time,she enjoys ballet,jazz, horseback riding, poetry and martial arts and gymnastics.Cardwell has come a long way from the mean streets of New York. She chuckles,I am now able to see the stars which once looked so far away.Little did she know or realize,all she had to do was to look in the mirror and smile.

Group Members solo

Instruments DRUMS, BASS,GUITAR,LOVE,

Albums BLACK BARBEE

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