Greg Guidry Over The Line CD

' She's surrounded by a stage full of the best musicians Nashville has to offer - musicians who have toured with Steve Miller, Donna Summers, Roberta Flack and Luther Vandross, to name a few. Although Traci is sometimes compared with contemporaries such as Alicia Keys, Joss Stone, Norah Jones and Lauryn Hill, her influences and taste range back to her icon Stevie Wonder as well as performers like Al Green, Gladys Knight, Earth Wind & Fire and songwriters such as Paul Simon. You might find her classified under 'Pop', but her personal fusion of Classic R&B, Soul, Jazz, Hip-hop and Pop-Rock, have given her a sound all her own that drives cross-generational and multi-ethnic audiences to child-like fervor and enthusiasm. In fact, we dare you to imagine this scene without fans of all ages grooving and singing along! Her look is as multi-faceted as her sound. She's both high-fashion and down-to-earth. She kicked off her career touring in Southeast Asia for crowds of up to 40,000. While there, she recorded a song, 'I Will Carry You,' for Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen.

In the summer of 2008, before this two-time ASCAPlus award-winning songwriter made it to Round 2 of American Idol's auditions in New Jersey, (that would put her in the top 1% of the 10,000 hopefuls and/or skeptics who showed up to audition), she was picked out of the crowd by Fox News to sing a Stevie Wonder tribute live to New Jersey, New York and Washington DC. She was also a 2007 Independent Music World Series Northeast Semi-finalist. In December of 2008, she released her newest project, Love Hard, which includes the single, 'Dig Deep', that audiences and fans have gone ga-ga over. Traci is one rising star that in the words of VH-1, you truly 'oughtta know!'Wanna know more about Traci Root? Just keep reading!Born in Indiana, but raised in multiple ethnic communities - diversity has always found its way into Traci's musical style. She landed in Cincinnati, OH in 1995 and began actively pursuing her passion as a singer/songwriter in 1999, at which point she began playing local venues. In 2003, she and her husband, Richie, began traveling internationally, which expanded her network and provided opportunities to perform internationally. In 2006, while based in CT, she released her first full-length CD 'Greener On This Side.