Lauren Kinhan
Lauren Kinhan
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Famed New York area radio station WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM/WBGO.org, NPR Music, and Berklee present the seventh year of The Checkout—Live at Berklee. The series brings critically acclaimed, New York–based Berklee alumni back to their alma mater for concerts at the Red Room at Cafe 939. The shows are broadcast in New York over WBGO-FM as a special edition of The Checkout, the acclaimed multimedia show featuring what’s new in New York’s jazz scene. In addition, selected shows will be webcast live.
Legendary producer Phil Ramone discovered and signed Lauren Kinhan at a Bitter End performance in 1997, impressed by her fiercely creative voice and original music. With influences steeped in jazz and a love of the great singer-songwriters, Kinhan’s vocal style borrows from both disciplines.
Her new album, A Sleepin' Bee, released October 6, pays tribute to jazz vocalist Nancy Wilson. The album was recorded at Berklee’s Shames Family Scoring Stage with Grammy Award–winning producer Elliot Scheiner.