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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!
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