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Artist
Tara O'Grady
11+ albums
jazzbluesfemale vocalistsvocal jazzFemale Voices
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Elizabeth Taylor’s features, Billie Holiday’s voice, Audrey Hepburn’s fashion sense, and a combination of Cole Porter’s writing style with a touch of Nellie McKay’s quirky lyrics. Tara O’Grady is the full package, combining celtic, folk, blues, and especially jazz in her unique style. Featured on BBC Radio 2 in the UK and WFUV 90.7 in New York, Tara’s soulful and lilting vocals have been compared to Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin and Patsy Cline. WFUV’s John Platt chose Tara as one of his three new music discoveries of 2013 that the station is most excited to get turned on to. And her third album, A Celt in the Cotton Club, made the Irish Voice Newspaper’s Best Albums of 2013 list. Since she flew on to the scene, this songbird has received rave reviews. Hollywood Mega-Star Bruce Willis proclaimed his love of Tara’s voice and band one night in Manhattan when he stormed the stage to sing along with her. Pulitzer Prize-winning author William Kennedy expressed at his tribute Tara’s performance of ‘Minnie the Moocher’ was better than the version in his 1984 film The Cotton Club, co-written with Francis Ford Coppola. She recently completed a memoir about her cross country road trip sponsored by Chevrolet and was featured as a cover girl on Automotive News’ commemorative edition of Chevrolet’s 100th anniversary, November, 2011. Awarded as one of Irish Voice’s Most Influential Women of 2010 presented by Ireland’s Prime Minister, her debut album, Black Irish, released in August of 2
