Lina Koutrakos discography. Arranger: Rick Jensen. Personnel: Lina Koutrakos (vocals). Recording information: Spin Recording Studios, Long Island City, NY.

Lina Koutrakos songs. Singer/songwriter Lina Koutrakos is a Diva for the ages. Her southern influenced music is rooted in both her nomadic childhood and Greek heritage and it presents us with an artist whose voice is alive with a cultural intimacy we didn't ...

Lina Koutrakos CD discography. Singer/songwriter Lina Koutrakos is a Diva for the ages. She sings with amazing spirit, extraordinary energy, and perhaps most exciting of all, a joyous celebration that will rock your soul. Her powerful band weaves their way from world pop through southern ...

Lina Koutrakos albums. Reimaged Version of "Lighting In A Bottle" with two new Tracks and a DVD with live performance of "Fly Away" and "Southern Rain"! Singer/songwriter Lina Koutrakos is a Diva for the ages. She sings with amazing spirit, extraordinary energy, and perhaps ...

Lina Koutrakos albums. Brian Lane Green has a fairly distinguished career as a TV and stage actor, but despite a long string of vocal credits, Waiting for the Glaciers to Melt is his debut as a singer/songwriter. Though the majority of his credits are in musical theater, Green is a good Tennessee boy, and there's a strong country ...

Lina Koutrakos CD discography. With his clean-cut all-American looks, star-making moniker, James Taylor-lush voice, and résumé that includes shared stages with Paul McCartney, Liza Minnelli, Michael Feinstein, and Chrissie Hynde (in addition to starring off-Broadway in Our Sinatra), singer/songwriter and keyboardist Johnny Rodgers seemed destined for big things even before the release of his spectacular debut. But the real achievement of this glorious whirlwind of 12 original songs is the way it celebrates artistic independence in a world of cookie-cutter artists and hyper-restrictive radio formatting. That is, he's comfortable singing and swinging in all styles -- soaring piano-driven pop ballads ("Box of Photographs"), moody jazz ("Midday Moon," featuring Randy Brecker's beautiful muted trumpet), Taylor-flavored confessional pop-folk ("Is It the Way?"), gospel-country ("Mary Jean"), and samba ("She"). That list covers only the first five tracks, which hints at Rodgers' powerful artistic depth that must drive marketing folks crazy. There's a definite Southern charm throughout, which he explores via funky, bluesy trips to visit "Miss Dixie" and Elvis territory via "Movin' into Graceland." As a lyricist, he scores best on "In the End," a wonderful tribute to his father whose images rank up there with the best of country songwriters. There's just no end to the praise Rodgers deserves for following muses that make sure he doesn't remain in any single comfort zone for too long. If this collection is any indication of what's to come, Rodgers will be an across-the-board superstar and an inspiration to millions of artists who don't fit neatly into a single genre. ~ Jonathan Widran Audio Remixer: Al Houghton. Liner Note Author: Richard Barone. Recording information: Dubway Studios, NY; llWll Studios, NJ; Westrax Studios, NY. Editor: Jason Gaines. Photographer: Bill Westmoreland. Arrangers: Johnny Rodgers Band; Richard Barone. Personnel: Johnny Rodgers (vocals, piano, organ, background vocals); Joe Ravo, Carlos Alomar (guitar); Jessica Wright (violin); Lisa Haney (cello); Randy Brecker (trumpet, flugelhorn); Danny Colfax Mallon (drums, percussion); Dan Gross (drums, drum programming); Lina Koutrakos, Margaret Dorn, Richard Barone, Terre Roche, Brian Wilson (background vocals). Audio Mixers: Jeremy Harris; Al Houghton.

Lina Koutrakos music CDs. "Life Is Grand !" is Promis' fourth album. This time the Chilean-born singer, who resides between Los Angeles and Paris, teamed up with acclaimed Turkish-born producer, arranger and songwriter Ayhan Sahin. Together they created fourteen truly international songs, mixing European, old world, Mediterranean, American, Middle Eastern and Turkish influences, and recruiting a variety of international artists. Promis got his start in the L.A. cabaret scene of the early 2000s, and through Myspace, CDBaby and so forth has created a musical career for himself, with most of his success being in Europe. His previous albums include Promis (2005), a cabaret record, Promis 2 (2007), a world/baroque/gothic album, and 2008's Promis III, an electronic record.