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.
GOLDEN DOGS
Everything in 3 Parts
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan
Ballad Of The Broken Seas
CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH
Hysterical
...AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD
The Century of Self
Andrew Bird
Armchair Apocrypha
NOUS NON PLUS
Menagerie
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