Paula Harris Release party for "Speakeasy" **Prohibition Costumes optional at Angelica's

“Blues and Jazz” are two of the most beloved genres often paired together. Yet since the 60’s the separation between them has grown ever wider. For this acoustic album Release party, Paula Harris and crew have created an album that takes us back to an era where Jazz and Blues were the “Pop” music of the day. “Rootstime Magazine” says, “Speakeasy” combines the passion and conviction of blues with the sophistication and complexity of jazz”, “Ziczac Magazine” in France says, “Paula belongs in that rare space of singers who know how to combine Jazz and Blues perfectly. Delicate and Sensual, “Speakeasy” brings us a natural born singer with a magnificent voice but also an impressive talent. We welcome this incredible work from an artist who makes the border that exists, often wrongly, between jazz and blues- Disappear. BRAVO!” The album is being called “Timeless”, “Superb” and “Top Shelf”....

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“Blues and Jazz” are two of the most beloved genres often paired together. Yet since the 60’s the separation between them has grown ever wider. For this acoustic album Release party, Paula Harris and crew have created an album that takes us back to an era where Jazz and Blues were the “Pop” music of the day. “Rootstime Magazine” says, “Speakeasy” combines the passion and conviction of blues with the sophistication and complexity of jazz”, “Ziczac Magazine” in France says, “Paula belongs in that rare space of singers who know how to combine Jazz and Blues perfectly. Delicate and Sensual, “Speakeasy” brings us a natural born singer with a magnificent voice but also an impressive talent. We welcome this incredible work from an artist who makes the border that exists, often wrongly, between jazz and blues- Disappear. BRAVO!” The album is being called “Timeless”, “Superb” and “Top Shelf”.

“Speakeasy” is receiving airplay around the world and has received glowing reviews from more than two dozen countries. One writer says “Speakeasy delivers a level of sophistication seldom heard in modern day blues circles”. Reviewers have also said it “Transcend boundaries” and called it “An album deserving the highest honors the worlds of Jazz and Blues have to offer”. Paula is compared numerous times to Dinah Washington, Etta James, Ruth Brown and Sarah Vaughan for her vocal stylings. “England’s “Blues in the South” even compared her to Nina Simone and a “Female Mose Allison” in addition to the previously mentioned icons. Her original songs are “On par with the masters of the genres.Her band members have received praise as “World- Class” and “Outstanding”.

In honor of the name and theme- this is a Prohibition Era Costume "Optional" event. So bring out your inner flapper/gangster- or just wear a great fedora or feathered headpiece -or no costume at all. But come excited to be the FIRST to hear this groundbreaking work LIVE and ready to have FUN!

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