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 SUBMARINES
Honeysuckle Weeks
OVER THE RHINE
The Long Surrender
...AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD
The Century of Self
RICHARD SWIFT
The Atlantic Ocean
Angela McCluskey
The Things We Do
TINA DICO
Count to Ten
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