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Adjoa Skinner
Avg 3.00 / 5
Total of 36 votes
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Last update: 01/06/09 00:52:30
Account: A&R Promo Artist
My URL Is: http://www.promofm.com/Adjoa_Skinner
Location: AMERICA NORTH: USA: California (CA)
Signed up: 18 Jul 2007 10:40 PM
Members: 1
Genre: Acoustic
Influences: Ella Fitzgerald, Sting, Bobby McFerrin, Joni Mitchell, Peter Gabriel, Sarah McGlauchlin, Eva Cassidy, Travis, Coldplay, Delirious, Nick Drake, John Mayer, Sheryl Crow
Website: http://www.adjoaskinner.com
Licensing: License A Song
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Recent reviews for Adjoa Skinner
Reviews (1)
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Phoenix
(27 Mar 2008 12:33 PM)
THE VOICE IS SEXY !!!!!!!!!!!!!
your music is like a breath of fresh air.
WE ALL NEEDED THAT >>>>>THANKS
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Biography
“Adjoa Skinner has a pretty, lilting voice that is smooth, creamy and girlish, but she is also capable of belting her vocals with forceful, authoritative conviction...the arrangements are complex and intricate, characterized by odd time signatures and unusual chord progressions... "
- Harriet Kaplan, Music Connection Magazine, April 2007
Born and raised in New York by musicians she began performing at the age of two. In 2000 Skinner won a highly sought after voice scholarship to the Crane Conservatory, NY. She chose instead to experience the culture and music of East, South and West Africa, where she lived for two years and received the name Adjoa. In 2006 Skinner moved to Los Angeles to pursue her career full-time as a vocalist, songwriter and musician, playing piano, guitar, drums and flute.
She now performs regularly at clubs in Los Angeles including The world famous Viper Room & The Derby, Tangier, The Comedy and Magic Club (where Jay Leno performs weekly), Unknown theatre, as well as an ongoing residency at Molly Malone’s.
Adjoa Skinner has opened for Reeve Carney, Tommy King, Guitar Virtuoso Adrian Legg (voted Guitarist of the Decade by Guitarist Magazine), Leon Mobley (percussionist for Ben Harper), Andrea Hamilton, Amy Kuney, Micah Dahlberg, and world-renowned speaker Erwin McManus.
This Spring 2008, she releases a new Live CD of her weekly performances at Molly Malone's, LA. Skinner is also recording a studio album, which will be completed Summer 2008.
Adjoa Skinner was sought as an artist for the new digital distribution label Molly Malone's Music. She signed a non-exclusive music licensing deal with DL Music in 2007, and is currently working with A&R Select, the hottest indie A&R firm in Hollywood, CA. Adjoa Skinner is endorsed by Sennheiser Microphones and is performing on behalf of Sennheiser at NAMM 2008 in Anaheim.
More information is available by visiting www.adjoaskinner.com
REVIEWS:
"That is some voice she has there. Excellent pitch!"
- Eddie, Big Daddy Recording
"Beautiful music, Beautiful soul."
- Erwin and Kim McManus, MOSAIC
"Adjoa is a fresh, young, incredible talent whose star is on the RISE."
- Ashley Maher, Musician
"Awesome....beautiful vocals.."
- Jeffrey, Machi Entertainment