MONICA MCINTYRE: Blusolaz

Monica McIntyre

Blusolaz

© 2003 Monica McIntyre (613285960022)

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Blues, soul, and jazz with in your face three part vocal harmonies and soulful cello/violin.

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Monica McIntyre is a cellist, vocalist, and lyricist; originally from Hyattsville, MD, currently living in Philadelphia, PA. She has been playing the cello for 19 yrs., 10 of those years were focused strictly on classical music. Her focus has now expanded to include the influence of middle eastern, jazz, soul, rock and blues music. Monica's love of metaphor, play on words, and inherent story telling can be heard on Blusolaz, her debut album. Marcia McIntyre (back vocals, violin), Matt Davis (acoustic and electric guitar), Jeff Pedras (acoustic bass), Jeff Monjack (acoustic guitar) and Peter Guadioso (drums), lend their considerable talent on Blusolaz. Keep your eyes and ears open for Monica McIntyre's next album which will be strictly blues.

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  • author: Raquel M Jackson

    Monica, Monica, Monica how do you do that? I mean you are the spirit in the soul, like death is to new life, like sun is to new energy. You are what out people need, your the path of healing, your the healing of the womb, you are every wombman's Goddess, you are the sound of healing, the net for all tears, you are the simplicity of relaxation in a peaceful room. You are a wombful Wombsista I shall never leave you, for I am your listener for life. Peace, Love & Conscious Womb Thinking

  • terrific
    author: christy

    this cd was soul soothing! I love it!

  • A gifted & passionate writer...
    author: Women's Writing & Spoken Word Series

    Monica McIntyre has featured regularly at Robin Bookstore's "Women's Writing & Spoken Word Series". A gifted lyricist, her poems and essays on race and relationships in the United States are intense and well-crafted. The lyrics in her songs on Blusolaz (a little bit of blues, soul, and jazz) are no less intense. One can only expect more from her forthcoming (Fall 2005) musical release to be entitled "Abuse". If you haven't seen Monica sing, play her cello, or read her writing, you've missed something special.

  • Sultry vocals, accurate musical technique, flawless collaborating...
    author: The Black Women's Arts Festival

    Monica McIntyre's cello, vocals, songwriting, and bandleading skills were featured at the debut of Philadelphia's annual Black Women's Arts Festival in 2003. She returned in 2004 in the capacity of event coordinator of the same event. Blusolaz (blues, soul, and jazz combined) is a perfect sampling of what this woman is capable of with or without full band. McIntyre is one part jazz & blues musician, one part balladeer poet, blended with a generous helping of soul topped with 100% pure organic style. Philadelphia is lucky to have this brilliant treasure.

  • Wow!!
    author: rainbowimmin magazine

    Flawless vocals, mesmerizing stage presence, and duds to die for. Monica is definitely a woman to watch! -rainbowimmin magazine music reviews

  • Wonderfully rich, yet delicate...
    author: Cassendre Xavier a.k.a. Amethyste Rah

    I like how acoustic this album is, clean and simple, yet with all the sophistication that jazz offers. Its bluesiness adds a nice comforting feel to it as well. If I had only two words to describe this album, I would say, "Clean" and "Tight".

  • ...unlike anything you have heard before...
    author: MagnaPhone Magazine

    Her explorations and journeys with her beloved cello have been captured on her first release Blusolaz, a great starting point for any fledgling Monica fan or anyone who has seen her play and needs more. While Monica’s sounds are truly and uniquely her own, one cant help but run into the ghosts of Nina Simone, Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix, and others on the way. Her singing can be tender or furious, shifting gears on a dime, her arrangements and playing unlike anything you have heard before, creating combinations of sounds only a true artist could concoct. The title Blusolaz, a word created by the artist herself perfectly sums up the proceedings. A combination of the words Blues, Soul and Jazz, one can find 70 years of music distilled into 8 tracks along with a lot of experience. Chief among the tracks echoing her influences are “Bruised Fruit”. “When I wrote Bruised Fruit I felt like bruised fruit, I was in a difficult place and it was all about being able to express it, and not just express it but have the metaphor of the fruit in my mind and actually be true to what I was feeling. At the same time I think I was hearing ‘Strange Fruit’ by Billie Holiday and ‘Love for Sale’ by Ella Fitzgerald a lot, not so much listening to them, but around me as I recorded it.” --Excerpted from MagnaPhone Magazine, July 2004

  • Loved the combination of blues and jazz. Easy listening.
    author: Barbara Echols

    Great mixture of blues and jazz with just enough of each for a relaxing musical interlude.

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