 Grace Askew's Profile |
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wildflower waiting on the sun... |
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| Location: | Memphis, Tennessee |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | Oct 11, 2008 (437 days back) |
About Me |
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Grace is a 21 year old, 6th generation Memphian. After picking up the guitar at age 13, she immediately knew she had found the perfect vent to capture her equally strong passion for writing. Around the age of 17, she began to play publicly in churches, school events, cafes, coffee shops...skating rinks...whatever opportunity she had to share her music. Growing up to the songs of Joni Mitchell, The Allman Brothers Band, Cat Power, and Al Green, Grace's sound has developed into a unique blend of country, urban folk, and Memphis soul. Studying under a jazz/bossa nova guitar teacher throughout high school and living in New Orleans for over a year, jazz came to greatly influence Grace's sound as well. But the music soon called her back to the soulful/country roots of her childhood, and the music of Memphis quickly came into the foreground. With a little country in her pocket, jazz on her fingertips, and the soulful roots of her hometown close to her heart, Grace's sound has evolved into a unique blend of different cultures, eras, and roots....but Memphis will always be her home and her muse. »-(¯..v..¯)-» Design your MySpace with MyLook «-(¯..v..¯)-« Michael Donahue's interview "Listen Up: Grace Askew" [Commercial Appeal] To watch the video footage of Grace's in-studio interview and performance of "Gotta Get Real", also with Michael Donahue, **CLICK HERE** !!! To read Grace's EP Release write-up by Mark Jordan from the Commercial Appeal **CLICK HERE** !!! "...I was blown away with her husky voice, stage presence, and nice guitar work. She reminded me of a cross between Cat Power, Joni Mitchell, Jeff Buckley, Neko Case, and a lot of soulful Memphis roots thrown in with a little of her own flair as well." - Ryan Jones, "My Midtown Memphis" To read the full review, check out www.mymidtownmemphis.blogspot.com
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Music:Member Since: 12/13/2005Band Members: Grace Askew: vocals, rhythm guitar Ryan Peel: Drums Influences: Cat Power, Joni Mitchell, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, Al Green, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Ann Peebles, Jeff Buckley, Ryan Adams, PJ Harvey, Nina Simone, Sam and Dave, Aretha Franklin, The Staple Singers, Ray LaMontagne, Memphis TN Sounds Like: "A Neo-Soul songstress with her heart tied to her Memphis roots"The crew for "Wasted Lipstick" EP:Grace Askew - vocals, acoustic rhythm guitar, background vocals Rick Steff - accordian (on "Good As Gold") Dave Smith - Bass Steve Potts - Drums Al Gamble - Hammond Pete Matthews - acoustic guitar, background vocals Steve Selvidge - lead guitar ("Wasted Lipstick" and "Ripen") Van Duren - lead guitar ("In 1,2,3") Charlie Shaw - lead guitar ("Good As Gold") Shawn Eckles - lead guitar ("Swoop Down") Recorded at: Ardent Studios and Leeway Studios Producer: Pete Matthews Co-Producer: Grace Askew Engineer: Pete Matthews Co-Engineer: Jennifer Lee Assistant: Nick Redmond (Ardent), Nick Fleming (Leeway) Mastered by: Brad Blackwood Album artwork/design: Cody Maple Record Label: Unsigned Type of Label: None |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Neo-soul / Alternative / Country) |
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Wasted Lipstick |
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| Just wanting to update everyone on the status of the EP, entitled "Wasted Lipstick." We have finally completely finished the 5 tracks, they are posted up on my website. As for the "available-for-purch... Posted by Grace Askew on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 07:26:00 PST |
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Grace Askew's profile has been tagged with the following keywords. Click a tag to search for profiles with the same tags. michael donahue, pocket jazz, midtown memphis, allman brothers band, neko case, memphis soul, joni mitchell, mark jordan, donahues, waiting on the sun, country roots, jazz bossa nova, sun music, mylook, memphis tennessee, different cultures, stage presence, ryan jones, guitar teacher, coffee shops |
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