Deitra
Farr
( US )
Mange
meiner at Deitra Farr er ein av bluesbyen Chicagos beste vokalistar.
Ho er energisk, lidenskapeleg og ein spennande soul – og
bluesartist, som i løpet av si karriere er blitt nominert til mange
prisar.
Karriera starta i 1975 med deltaking i lokale soulband.
Hennar blueskarriere starta i begynninga av 80-åra.
I sin song går ho ofte tilbake til sine soul-røter.
Ho han sunge med fleire band og har turnert mange gonger både
i Europa og USA. Deitra
Farr har gjeve ut fleire solo CD-ar og delteke i mange CD-prosjekt
saman med andre artistar. Ho
kjem til å laga eit forrykande show under Skånevik Bluesfestival.
Her opptrer ho med Chicago Blues Band som består av Billy
Boy Arnold, Jody Williams, Kenny Smith, Bob Stroger, Billy Flynn og
Christian Ranneberg i Bluesteltet.
Kort
biografi
Deitra Farr is considered
one of
Chicago
’s top vocalists, according to Living Blues Magazine (May 1997).
Fiery, energetic, and soul-stirring describes this woman, who has
over the years been nominated for Traditional Female Blues artist of
the year by the W.C. Handy Awards, Female Blues Artist of the year
by the Living Blues Critics Awards, the British Blues Connection
Awards, and the Les Trophees France Blues awards.
This
Chicago
native began her career in 1975, singing with local soul bands,
before starting her blues career in the early 1980’s.
From
1993 to 1996, Deitra was the lead singer with Mississippi Heat,
recording two CD’s with this all-star group.
In
1997, Deitra resumed her own solo career, continuing to sing blues,
while reaching back to her soul music roots. After recording on
eight previous CD projects with others, she recorded her first solo
CD, “The Search is Over”, for the London-based JSP records. In
2005, Deitra released her second JSP CD “Let it Go!”
The
multi-talented Deitra Farr is also a published writer, poet,
songwriter, and painter. A graduate of Columbia College (Bachelor of
Arts in Journalism), Deitra has recorded many of her own
compositions and has written articles for the Chicago Daily Defender,
The Chicago Blues Annual, and the Italian blues magazine il Blues.
Currently she has a column "Artist to Artist" in Living
Blues Magazine.
In
1990, Deitra represented the Chicago Tourism Bureau in Düsseldorf,
Germany and has toured England, Iceland, Finland, Norway, Canada,
Holland, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Italy, Yugoslavia, Greece,
Israel, Austria, Latvia, Portugal, Sweden, and Mexico.
Deitra
toured
Europe
with the 2000 Chicago Blues Festival with Lil Ed and the Blues
Imperials. In 2003, Deitra completed a six week British tour with
Otis Grand and Bobby Parker, as the American Festival of the Blues
II. She did the 2004 Chicago Blues Festival European tour with Jody
Williams and Andrew “Jr. Boy” Jones.
The
Italian newspaper, The Pistoia La Nationale, proclaimed Deitra Farr
“Regina del Blues”. Be a witness.  Websida
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