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 GORIES
The Shaw Tapes: Live in Detroit 5/27/88
The Modern Savage
Unwilling Participants
Janove Ottensen
Francis' Lonely Nights
THE BURNING OF ROME
(Selections from the forthcoming album) With Us
ROCCO DELUCA & THE BURDEN
I Trust You To Kill Me
QUILT
Held In Splendor
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