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.
Stew
Something Deeper Than These Changes
THE FRESH & ONLYS
House of Spirits
CENTRO-MATIC
Take Pride in Your Long Odds
THE NIKHIL KORULA BAND
Music of the New Day
KEN WILL MORTON
Slow Down
THE LAST SHADOW PUPPETS
The Age of the Understatement
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