Artist Information
Biography
"Powerful grace, sultry sweetness and a haunting voice of the most welcome kind. I hired Tiger Zane to play in our ‘Music on the Streets’ program and would do it again without hesitation. Her music and voice were so riveting and filled with spirit that I can still hear those sounds every time I pass by the performance space. I immediately purchased her CD ‘no matter what’ and found I literally couldn’t remove it from my CD player for weeks. Tiger Zane’s style and vocal artistry is on par with the most well known female singers of our time.”
Michael Johnson
ArtWalk Issaquah Chair
Music on the Streets Coordinator
Demure and velvety, sultry and sensuous, confidence and earthiness...these are words critics use to describe Tiger Zane. Tiger’s music is both powerful and melodic— high energy and heart felt.
Tiger Zane is a Seattle based singer and songwriter who has been compared to Sheryl Crow, Joni Mitchell, and The Cowboy Junkies.
Her songs are a soulful hybrid of folk rock and pop with occasional winks at country and jazz . Tiger’s music has been influenced by extensive travel in Europe. She spent time living in France and her newest demo includes her first recording in French.
Her full length CD, “no matter what”, is upbeat and sexy. It explores love, life and the quest for creativity and beauty. Tiger’s band includes dynamic drummer Michael Alex (Hart & The Hurricane), bassist and film composer Jeff Tolbert and recent addition James Howard on electric guitar. Their live act is captivating and fun; they perform originals sprinkled with a variety of covers.
Performance venues in Seattle include the well known Tractor Tavern, The Showbox, The Sunset Tavern, ToST, The Highdive as well as a wide range of festivals such as Folklife, The Bite of Seattle, The Edmonds Arts Festival, and the Shoreline Arts Festival. She has been hired by the Seattle Downtown Association and The Issaquah Downtown Association for outdoor summer concerts. Her music has been aired on KMTT—The Mountain, KEXP and KBCS. This spring she is being featured in an ad campaign for radio and television for The Emerald Downs Racetrack...look for her version of the 80’s hit single, ‘Break My Stride’!
Instrumentation
Tiger Zane - Lead Vocals, Acoustic guitar, Electric guitar
Jeff Tolbert - Bass guitar
Michael Alex - Drums
Visiting Musicians:
James Howard - Electric Guitar
Hugh Sutton - Keyboards and Accordion
Discography
The Egg - 5 song EP (1998)
no matter what - Full length CD (2000)
Light Your Fire - single (2001)
Clover - single (2007)
every love song - single (2007)
Chanson de Prevert - single (2007)
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Setlist
Our average sets are 45 minutes-- depending on the venue. We play up to 4 sets of primarily originals with some covers thrown in-- everything from Dusty Springfield to Concrete Blonde to Eric Clapton. Here is a sample setlist:
silver buttons
skin
dream
only the love remains
the egg
Chanson de Prevert (cover by Serge Gainsbourg)
Carey(Joni Mitchell)
you are the man
Clover
