Artistry

Artistry is a Band of Diverse Musicians whose backgrounds span from classical to funk, featuring Lead Vocalist NaDari Hockenhull.

Influences: Sarah Vaughn, Ella Fitzgerald, Chaka Khan, Leontyne Price, Luciano Pavoratti, Jill Scott, Keisha Cole, Erykah Badu, Musiq Soul Child, Anita Baker, D’Angelo, India Arie, Alicia Keys, Corrine Bailey Rae, Stevie Wonder, Oleta Adams, Floetry!

NaDari's style is like Chaka Khan meets Sarah Brightman. She is seasoned with an ecclectic scope of styles vocally with industry experience and appeal to answer the urban and classical markets. Bio... International Performer, Recording Artist, Songwriter and Vocal Coach.

She has been "honored" to share the bill, opened for, and recorded with artists such as Stevie Wonder, Salt-n-Pepper, Janet Jackson, Boys To Men, Hiroshima, Howard Hewitt, Al & Ramon Jarreau, Tina Marie, Nancy Wilson and The Winans.

She is a professional trained Opera Singer as well. She toured with the Los Angeles and Houston Opera Company and sang by invitation of the Presidential Elect Inaugural Committee at the Inaugural Ball.

“I love Sarah Vaughn, Chaka Khan, Leontine Price & Oleta Adams; they are legendary artists whose voices have what's called a 'vocal signature'. It's a sound quality that is unique to the individual...it's created...like a golden thread that flows from a transparent heart...” -NaDari, lead singer: Artistry