Biography
Tia's constantly being compared to legendary female singers Tina Turner, Koko Taylor and Aretha. Sure her power and sassy style of story telling may be similar, but TIA CARROLL has her own unique star power that's evident in her new self-titled album. Don't pass on America's hot new sweet heart Tia Carroll. Name drops not required when the sound is this hot. Tia recently toured with the legendary blues icon Jimmy McCracklin to the Annual Lucerne Blues festival in Switzerland and also to the Jazz Club Lionel Hampton in Paris France, where she left a great impression on the audiences there. Tia Carroll was featured during the Jazzkarr featival in Tallinn Estonia. Awarded West Coast Female Blues vocalist of the year 2007 and recipient of the Jus Blues Music Foundation’s Traditional Blues Woman Of The Year 2008, in Memphis.
Her 2009 Italian tours are going great and plans are in progress for another Eastern Europe Tour in Spring 2010. Tia Carroll is carving a name for herself on the blues wall of fame.
The Band Hard Work is made up of friends and musical acquaintances from over a 5-year period. We have all played in one band or another sometime together and sometimes not. At the end of the day we all decided this was the way to go.
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Instrumentation
Tia Carroll Lead Vocals
Joel Cohen Lead and rhythm guitar
Tom Bowers Bass
Artie Chavez Drums
Jimmy Smith Keys
Rik Munson Sax & Flute
Discography
Tia Carroll
Wanna Ride
(4 songs)
Tia Carroll
"Tia Carroll"
(10 songs)
"Tia Carroll Live"
(10 songs)
Backing vocals on cd's by EC Scott & Sugar Pie Desanto
Distributed on iTunes, Amazon.com and Digstation
KPOO San Francisco
KFOG San Francisco
isound radio rotation
http://www.isound.com/radio/index.php?r=blues
Links
| http://www.tiacarroll.com |
| Tia Carroll |