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Quincy Coleman
(Quincy has)...all the goods, a beautiful voice, such sweet emotion and tenderness...very talented." Dolly Parton
Most recently, Quincy Coleman was featured on the ABC-TV web site as one of their favorite artists.
Her cover of "Bridge Over Troubled Water" (Paul Simon had to approve it) from the 2-Hour Special of BROTHERS AND SISTERS hit the #3 version downloaded at iTunes, beating out Lee Ann Rhimes and Aretha Franklin's versions -(#2 being Johnny Cash and #1 being the obvious, Simon and Garfunkel).
With song writer and vocalist extraordinaire Quincy Coleman think Elvis
Presleys power, Edith Piafs emotion and the spirit of Django Reinhardt
breaking Challa on a Hawaiian island while shooting a scene for a David
Lynch, Quentin Tarantino, Fellini collaboration.
Online publication, Editorial Emergency says about Quincy and her
sophomore recording "Come Closer", her husky delivery navigates the
shifting territory with aplomb. Coleman's feel for the swoony tropes of
yesteryear at times recalls Maria Muldaur and Van Dyke Parks, though
her voice is closer to the knowing, rootsy timbre of Shelby Lynne.
While Paste magazine describes Come Closer as Asyln meets Tom Waits.
Released independently, the CD includes songs such as
Calling Your Name which Quincy describes as an Israeli, surf punk,
gypsy swing. Mix that with Mary, a bittersweet, yet hopeful goodbye and
the sultry redemption song, Want Me Back and you have what critics and
fans are calling ready for radio music. Music Connection Magazine
describes the contagiousness of Coleman's songs quite simply as, catchy
and lodge easily in your memory.
Born into a family of performers, (dad actor and Golden Globe winner
Dabney Coleman, mom model/actress Jean Hale Coleman and brother Randy
who has toured with Def Leppard and opened for The Who at the Hollywood
Bowl) Quincy pursued entertainment dreams throughout high school and
college. After flirting with acting in New York and a few TV spots she
did the U.S. college student thing and headed for Europe.
It was in Nice, France where I found myself with someone elses guitar
in my hand on a very small stage at a hole in the wall singing a very
drunk and a very nervous version of Indigo Girls Closer to Fine. The
owner slammed a pint of beer in front of me and said your hired! From
there to busking in London (the best $15 I ever made) she headed back
to L.A. and recorded her self-released debut album Also Known as Mary.
It caught the ear of tastemaker Nic Harcourt, program director of L.A.s
trendsetting NPR station KCRW. In addition to the resultant heavy
airplay Coleman was hand picked personally by Nic as one of the four
artists showcased at the 2004 KCRW Next Up event at the famed Santa
Monica Pier.
Quincy not only regularly sells out local Los Angeles venues such as
the Temple Bar, The Mint, and the influential Hotel Café, her buzz is
expanding beyond Southern California and into the national and
international spotlight. The song Afraid from Also Known as Mary is on
the soundtrack for the academy award winning film Crash. Give it Away,
from the same CD is on an upcoming UK compilation called Beautiful
Embrace which also features Bryan Adams and Sarah McLaughlin. To kick
things off for the new CD internationally, two songs from Come Closer,
Calling Your Name and Mary will be on a Japanese compilation released
this spring.
"Come Closer" has been reviewed in Paste
Magazine, Harp Magazine, Performing
Songwriter, American Songwriter, Synthesis
Magazine, Southeast Performer Review , Skope
Magazine and many others.
Some press quotes:
"Not only has God graced her with a gorgeous voice, her songs are
undeniably catchy, which, matched with flawless instrumentation, makes
Come Closer and absolute gem." ~ American Songwriter.
"Check it out, your ears will thank you." ~Performing Songwriter
"The melodies are pop but the arrangements-with organs and horns
bursting out of nowhere-elevate the tunes far above the ordinary." ~
Billboard
".........this artist really belongs on the road and on radio dials. As a chanteuse, Quincy is ready to fly. " Music Connection
This unsigned artist could surely be listed among some of the great
female singer-songwriters of our generation. -The Philadelphia Hawk
