Italian Jazz Indie Artist Sylvia Bennett Featuring CD “Smile”

Italian Jazz Indie Artist Sylvia Bennett featuring CD “Smile” is a reflection of passion for legendary American standards, and the desire to keep them alive with a contemporary flare.  Sylvia has been compared to Barbra Streisand, Rosemary Clooney, Astrid Gilberto, Diana Krall, Ella Fitzgerald.  What a compliment that happens to be true.  Sylvia’s love and vocals for jazz, easy listening, and contemporary set a tone and scene which captures moments in

time. 

Grammy nominated 1987 Sylvia Bennett, the timeless smooth jazz and pop vocalist sings of love with a warmth, clarity and spirit that is enveloping and tender, showcasing the depth of her skill, talent and experience. She's sung with Lionel Hampton and she's sung for presidents - all with a singular style and intimacy that is hers and hers alone.

Smile is a collection of wonderful standards, recognizable, but all with an international flair to appeal to a broader audience. The flavors are bossa novas, boleros and a new hybrid merengue. Inspiration came from a history of enjoying the styles of Sergio Mendez and Wes Montgomery. The music is grooving with luscious percussion and masterful guitar. The richness of the beautiful strings touches the heart. The tracks on the CD include classics like Smile, Witchcraft, Shadow of Your Smile, and Make Someone Happy. It also includes two bonus tracks: a Spanish version of Smile and a smooth pop version of Look of Love. 

The Italian born and American raised Bennett is a singer’s singer, having sung on TV, in community theater, club dates, conventions and even the inaugurations of presidents Ronald Reagan and George Bush. Walking in the footsteps of her idols such as Barbra Streisand, Ella Fitzgerald, Barry Manilow and Bette Midler, Sylvia has opened for artists as diverse as Bob Hope, Phyllis Diller, Jackie Mason, Dizzy Gillespie, Barry Gibb and David Brenner.

So, sit back relax have a cup of coffee, tea, or a glass of wine enjoy some good conversation with “Sylvia Bennett” and music…

Come join us Wednesday, 12/1/10 airs live 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Central Time, USA – Show Call-in#:  (347) 215-6487

***Please disregard the date link reference as the 2^nd, the show airs live on the 1^st***

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Sylvia Bennett Links:

http://www.sylviabennett.com/

http://www.facebook.com/sylvia.bennett.singer

http://www.myspace.com/sylviabennett

http://twitter.com/sylviabennett

http://www.youtube.com/sylviasbennett

http://www.last.fm/user/sylviabennett

http://www.ilike.com/artist/Sylvia+Bennett

http://www.reverbnation.com/sylviabennett

http://feeds.feedburner.com/thetimelessvoice/IMVu

       

West Coast Indie Artist Leslie Cours Mather Featuring CD “For My Children”

Born in Singapore West Coast Indie Artist Leslie Cours Mather Featuring CD “For My Children”. Leslie’s influence and concept for this project is touching, inspiring, spiritual, healing, and motivational. Her voice and the music reaches out to your spirit the determination, faith, and dedication for the purpose of “For My Children is endearing, you’ll want to place this CD on your gift list this holiday season, Leslie will be donating 50% of the proceeds for “Therapeutic Advances in Childhood Leukemia and Lymphoma". Tune into this show to refresh your faith and hope that God is still in the healing business.

It can be hard to remain hopeful when times are dark. But out of even the darkest, most testing times can come great art- profoundly moving works that give us faith and let us know we aren’t alone in our hardships.

Singer-songwriter Leslie Cours Mather has certainly endured some dark times recently. At the age of four her daughter Stefani was diagnosed with leukemia. Thankfully, Stefani, now eight, has been treated and is doing just fine. But it was a tough patch there for a bit. Out of it all, however, came an added bonus. As she and her family passed through this emotionally wrenching period, Leslie found solace and release in writing songs. Several of these songs are found on For My Children, her astonishing new album.

“Sometimes life hands us things we don’t choose, but as we walk things out we grow,” expresses Leslie. For My Children is the beautifully stirring sound of an artist growing. A sound sure to resonate, not only with mothers and those whose lives have been touched by cancer, but with compassionate listeners everywhere.

In 2000 Leslie performed her original ballad “Why Choose Me” as a duet with Tony Award winner Scott Waara, who said, “It lifts the spirit, which music does at its very best.” Her single “The Pledge” won an Honor Award 2004 in the Great American Song Contest and was featured on the Armed Forces Radio Network and other stations worldwide. Paul Wilson from TyneFM.com regards it as “Most impressive” and Brooksy from UnsignedBandWeb.com said, “I’m hooked on ‘The Pledge.’” In 2003 she released an acclaimed instrumental CD, Spontaneous on Piano.

Recently, Leslie joined with a team of doctors from Children’s Hospital Los Angeles where Stefani was treated, to establish the Parents’ Advisory Council of the international consortium TACL (Therapeutic Advances in Childhood Leukemia and Lymphoma). Together, they are working diligently to develop new treatments, support families and raise money to eradicate these diseases. Fifty percent of the purchase price of each For My Children CD will go to TACL.

So, sit back relax have a cup of coffee, tea, or a glass of wine enjoy some good conversation and music with “Leslie Cours Mather”.

Come join us Friday, 12/3/10 airs live 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Central Time, USA --- Show Call-in#:  (347) 215-6487***

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Leslie Cours Mather Links:

http://www.lesliecoursmather.com

Childhood Leukemia & Lymphoma:    http://www.tacl.us

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Leslie-Cours-Mather/150024071702917

http://twitter.com/LCMather

http://www.myspace.com/lesliecoursmather

http://www.ilike.com/

http://www.last.fm/music/Leslie+Cours+Mather

http://www.youtube.com/user/lesliecoursmather