06th Mar 2011
Alice Smith is a NYC-based chanteuse, with a 4-octave vocal range with a style that that evokes influences from a broad spectrum of artists such as, Patti Labelle, Nina Simone, Tina Turner, Barbara Streisand and Billie Holiday. Raised between Washington DC and her grandmother’s farm in Augusta Georgia, Alice now lives in New York City. Alice’s musical influences are as diverse as her album having grown up listening to Go-Go, Country, Classic Rock, Blues, Jazz and Gospel music. In the early 2000s, while she was wrapping up her studies at Fordham University, she sang with Greg Tate’s improv band, Moomtez, that drew upon a broad range of influences and was a part of the Black Rock Coalition. The experience was great for Alice, but only the start of her journey towards finding her sound. The sound Alice developed with her debut album “For Lovers, Dreamers & Me,” was a marriage of: her bluesy, soulful vocals balanced by mid-tempo grooves. It’s also an extension of the groundbreaking work created by music pioneers, Ike & Tina Turner.
Website www.myspace.com/alicesmith
