AYANNA HOBSON
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Home Town: San Diego, CA
Genre: Blues
Posted By: sk
Joined On: April 11, 2004
Page Views: 17,990
Song Plays: 2,057
Current Rank: 452
Highest Rank: 73
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Albums
"LOOKING FOR A HOME TOO"
Similar Artists
Tina Turner, Billie Holiday, Etta James, Aretha Franklin.
Group Members
Ayanna Hobson: Vocals, Chris Hiatt: Guitar, Rich Alfano: Bass, Johny Flores: Drums, John Cazan: Keyboards.
Instruments
Guitar, Keyboards, Drums, Bass.
Musical Style
Blues, Soul, Old School Rhythm & Blues, Jazz.
Influences
Tina Turner, Billie Holiday, Etta James, Aretha Franklin, Sarah Vaughn, Ray Charles, Marvin Gaye, Little Buster, and B.B. King.
Additional Info
Ayanna's latest CD 'Looking for A Home, Too' is a Tribute to her Mentor " New York's Blues and Soul Legend", Buster (Little Buster) Forehand. |
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Ayanna Hobson Is One Of The West Coast's Finest Jazz, Blues and R&B Vocalists" - Dale Morris 'San Diego Theatre Scene' - June 2007
| 'BLUES BY THE BAY FESTIVAL 2006' -EURIKA CA.
"Ayanna Hobson's Performance Was The Best Of The Festival...It Was Amazing." Cliff Berkowitz - VP Operations KHUM 104.7 - 104.3 FM
| "AYANNA HOBSON & THE SOULMATES are the stuff hot, sticky evening blues. I made my way through the gauntlet that is the Strut, and found my efforts paid back in fold. Ayanna Hobson is pure dynamism in motion. She delivers her vocals with the confidence and pleasure that are the foundation of all strong performances. She treats her audience members with the affection she might show a friend she's not seen for a number of years, but is enthralled that friend is now back in her company. Ayanna's stage presence exudes affection for not her musical gift, but true affection for the members of her audience.
The Soulmates are the tightest band I've heard, but trust me that's an advantage in the straight up blues they deliver while backing up Ayanna Hobson. I would describe the band's sound as unaffected, no frills electric blues. They have mastered that controlled looseness The Rolling Stones perfected and rode all the way to the top of the music world. Some of the syncopated musical... Read entire review » |
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| | Posted on Jun 16, 2005 @1:08 PM | Rating: 10 / 10 | Ayanna,
Thank you for tickling my soul with your most amazing sound!! I don't write blues myself, and openly only was exposed in the last couple years to the greats- I think you're certainly one of them:) You are soul!
Cheers
Serena Postel
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