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Artist - Singer - Composer - Painter/Visual Media

                   SONGWRITER


 
 
deborah ash
DIVA WITH HEART AND SOUL  -  SINGS - BLUES  - RnB - JAZZ - BALLADS

A True Story Teller     Great Entertainer    Authentic Artist

A GIFTED COMPOSER AND PRODUCER MS DEBORAH ASH is one woman who loves to sing, her voice in range and color like cellophane catching fire.

Ms. Ash has been singing, performing and writing songs from early age. Ms. Ash's relationship to Gospel and RnB began in the fourth grade in her home town of Buffalo, New York when her 4th grade music teacher introduced southern spirituals as part of the curriculum.

She felt the music in her heart and knew it in her soul.

Ms. Ash draws inspiration from many sources: Influences include

Mahalia Jackson, Nina Simone, Aretha Franklin, Sarah Vaughn, Stevie Wonder, B.B.King, Etta James, Linda Hopkins, Billie Holiday, The Rolling Stones, Taj Mahal, Weather Report, Keith Jarrett, Luther Vandross, Fela Kuti, Bach. Cole Porter.

Ms Ash has performed on stage with Joe Cocker, Elmo Witherspoon, Bonnie Raitt, Bad Boy Johnson, Billy Mitchel, King Errison, Mickey Champion, Linda Hopkins, Barbara Morrison, Rick James, Harold Bennett, Genell Hawkins, Carl Anderson, Michael C. Ford.

She has sung in India with Qawalli musicians and participated in the University of Buffalo's avante garde Composer-In-Residence program  and worked cross town performing the blues with artists Elmo Witherspoon and the All Stars in her hometown.

 In Buffalo , N.Y. Ms. Deborah performed and composed songs as part of the  exciting team of Ash & Campagna which included her then husband.

Ms. Deborah also has taken on a new adventure in teaching an Art For Special Needs children!!

Ms. Deborah has just released a new recording, available online!


 
Features or Publications Featuring MsDeborah:

On The Blvd, Baacchor Art Magazine

Pasadena Weekly

Movie: Standing In The Shadows Of Motown



FEATURED Art / Music



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