Lojo Russo

Artist Information

Biography

Lojo's band history reflects her style of music - a little bit of everything. She's played bass in a psychedelic jam band, mandolin in a Celtic group and guitar in every kind of funk, folk, jazz, and jam combination you can imagine.

Currently, I've been in a more roots-influenced state of mind. The likes of T-Bone Burnett, The Band, Tom Waits have been making their way into my music.

When performing a cover song I do my best to make it my own - sometimes to the point of un-recognition - so be it. I'd rather do a cover song in my own style then be a cheap copy of the original.

If you ask me who my influences are I can only respond with who I listen to; CSN, Kenny Rankin, Pink Floyd and Zappa, The Guess Who and the Grateful Dead. I grew up with the contemporary jazz greats of the 70's like Herb Alpert and Miles Davis and the pop stylings of Dionne Warwick and the Doobie Brothers. Whether or not any or all of these artists have influenced me is for you to say.

This conglomeration of genres doesn't set me apart so much as it sets me out front of the mainstream singer/songwriter. No classic training means no rigid styling. I take my music places I'm not aware that I shouldn't go.

Instrumentation

1 girl. 1 guitar. 1 helluva good time.

Discography

Discography includes:
-projects in production for 2012
Little White Box (solo-2008)
Stoic Abandon (solo-2003)
Lick The Blarney (w/Funks Grove-2001)
Albuminium Blue (w/Funks Grove-2000)
The EP (w/Funks Grove-1999)
Live Goats Watching (w/Funks Grove-1998)
Dreamlifecolour (solo-1996)
Understated (solo-1994)

I've also been involved with developing and composing the soundtrack for theater production, song credit for an ACS video and numerous guest appearances on other albums.

The above listed disks were self-produced.
(All projects have been engineered and mastered by some of the top recording industry personalities.)

Official Website

http://www.LojoRusso.com

Links

• Last.fm
• Jasmine Wind video - live concert
• Facebook
• Twitter
• Molly Malone - Live show with Funks Grove
• ReverbNation - music site
• Lojo & Natalie Brown at the Blue Moose

Audio

• Where We Left Off
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• Ripple
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• full moon morning
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• 13
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• Lucky Day
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• the Secret
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• Girrrl
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• sometimes
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Lyrics

• Hello My Friend (Demo)
• 13
• Full Moon Morning

Video

Lojo in the groove at IWMF

Lojoopening.wmv

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Press

• Lojo at Ritual Cafe [+ Show ]
  

  "As we entered the cafe, a voice with the energy and rocking empowerment of Ani and the graceful fol..."As we entered the cafe, a voice with the energy and rocking empowerment of Ani and the graceful folksiness of the Indigo Girls came from the stage."

• Helluva voice
  

  “A hell of a voice…[and] a lot of lyrical power.”

• Powerful
  

  “…powerful playing…soaring vocals...”

• Lush patterns
  

  “Russo blends alternative, jazz, folk and Celtic styles into a lush pattern of sound.”

• Kerrville Folk Festival New Folk
  

  2008 Finalist in the Kerrville Folk Festival New Folk Songwriting competition.

• Finalist Lilith Fair - #1 fan votes
  

  Lilith Fair sponsored contest on OurStage.

• Accomplished
  

  “An accomplished and developed performer”

• Girrrl Music [+ Show ]
  

  Perhaps it's cliche to compare any midwestern female singer/songwriter with a warm raspy voice to Me...Perhaps it's cliche to compare any midwestern female singer/songwriter with a warm raspy voice to Melissa Etheridge, even when there's obvious appropriate overlap. Such is the case with Iowa's Lojo Russo. It's certainly so for "The Secret," a funky, bluesy, wah-wah fueled number that most overtly recalls Etheridge, as well as more gritty women shouters like Susan Tedeschi. Even when Russo lightens the sound by setting the songs on acoustic foundations, her voice generates sparks of a familiar but still quite welcome origin.

Setlist

Originals and original covers.
Sounds of James, Ani, Susan, Bonnie, and Janis...
sometimes all at once.
I can play an entire 4 set evening without repeating a song. Playing originals allows me to tailor my sets to the venue environment.
Being a singer/songwriter also allows me to be creative with cover tunes. Peter Gabriel, Bruce Cockburn, Jimi Hendrix, Grateful Dead and Bonnie Raitt are just a sample of some of the artists I cover. And, yes, I can play Free Bird - but I won't.

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