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Sandy Ross is a veteran contemporary folk and acoustic blues coffee house performer of the late 60s, a Peter Yarrow new writer pick of the mid-70s, a Smithsonian/Folkways Fast Folk artist of the 80s/90s, and a 21st century troubadour who tours back and forth across the US accompanied by her conversion van, Cecil, and an old, but Internet-ready laptop computer. She started writing and performing during the 60s coffee house era. In the 1970s her time was spent mainly as a staff songwriter for Chappell Music (Warner/Chappell), in Los Angeles, but she also produced demo sessions of her songs for 11 other major song publishing companies, including: MCA, ATV, Screengems, and Filmways. Her songs have been performed by, among others, Anne Murray and Kim Carnes. Her own performances of her songs currently receive airplay on over 150 public, community, and college radio stations across the US, the CBC-Network throughout Canada, BBC in Essex England and Northern Ireland, ATL in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands, 4DDB, PBS-FM, and 100.3 Bay FM in Australia, and folk radio programs in other various parts of the world. Since the release of her 1995 CD, "Portraits of Innocence," Sandy has toured four times through 40 US states, performing the coffeehouse/bookstore circuit and doing live interview-performances on many independent and syndicated radio shows. She posted Notes from the Road journal segments, of her first two tour adventures to folk listservs on the Internet, in "real-time" as she traveled, emailing fans and well-wishers as she went. Her most recent CD "Coloring Outside the Lines" was released August 9th, 1998 and had a wonderful send-off at B.B. King's in Universal City. The Los Angeles Times ran a story on Sandy August 6th, to publicize the CD release party. As for her work, and her style, Sandy's roots are ingrained in the blues. Even her social commentary and political songs tend towards the bluer side of life, as she paints pictures of characters in their settings, while telling their stories. . .without judgement. Her great love for people and humanity reaches through every song and every performance. In the Words of Others..."Sandy is a woman of substance, and this is reflected in both her songwriting and her performance style." "Sandy Ross is the real thing. . . a gifted, versatile songwriter and a powerful singer who always sounds entirely committed to her material. . ." "Sandy Ross is a master storyteller. Her new release, 'Coloring Outside the Lines,' is a collection of songs in various musical styles that will move you, sometimes to anger, sometimes to tears and sometimes to stomping your feet." "Sandy Ross is a legend. (Her song 'All My Heroes Sang the Blues'). . .is the best of genre, and has been a Pro Critic Radio Classic Track for a full year now. This one stays on my hard drive forever. . .this is as perfect as perfect gets, all the way around. " "('Coloring Outside the Lines') is great songwriting that should be studied and analyzed by novices and professionals alike." "Ross sings with soothing familiarity and plays with refreshing expertise. . .You need this album ('Portraits of Innocence') in your collection!" ". . .songs that cover the intensely personal with the power and understanding of real experience. 'Portraits of Innocence' is one of the most impressive singer/songwriter albums to appear from America in the last year (1995)." Contact InformationInquiries regarding Sandy Ross' music may be directed to:Lee Hirsch, PublicistSandy's recordings may be ordered at the address above, for $16 each (which includes S&H). Make checks payable to SLR Productions. (Make sure to specify which recording(s) you want.) |
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Sandy Ross exclusively plays 
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