2004-08-18
Independent New York City vocalist Dayna Kurtz is grabbing the attention of increasingly-growing audiences throughout the country with a stark mix of smoky blues and jazz performances.On her 3rd and latest release, Beautiful Yesterday, Dayna Kurtz invokes the spirit of Tom Waits and Nina Simone while interpreting Prince, Leonard Cohen, Billie Holliday, Duke Ellington, European folk standards and adding three new original standards to the mix.
THE SPARES
Beautiful and Treacherous Thing
Electric Apricot
Quest For Festeroo
THE RED BUTTON
She’s About to Cross My Mind
Angela McCluskey
The Things We Do
Glenn Tilbrook
Transatlantic Ping Pong
KINA GRANNIS
Elements
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