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"she's an amazing singer/songerwriter and guitarplayer, composer,world traveller and soically-conscious diva ?Her passion for music and efforts to make the world a better place through song is infectious!'
from investigative and entertainment reporter NICKY VALLEY- CBS NEWS -Palm Springs/indio -spotlight EYE ON the DESERT
you can also check out : CBS morning news for EBONY playing live
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http://www.hatecrimemovie.com/downloads/Media/video%20list.html - NICKY VALLEY-2006/7
"GUITAR GODDESS"-
"her perfomance at San Diego Indie music fest was impressive !..
great songs from her soundtrack "
read full artilcle on links - jennifer corday
"Do not leave the theatre during the credits if you want to hear the best song on the soundtrack. It is Canadian producer-composer-singer Ebony Tay's tough, bluesy tune, Jesus By 45. Tay, who co-wrote it with Stovall, has said the song was inspired by a real-life hate crime involving the loss of a family member." - Bruce Kirkland
LOS ANGELES--May 25, 2005-- Composing music several years ago for a short film about domestic violence in conjunction with the premiere of the Clint Eastwood film "Absolute Power," Canadian singer/songwriter Ebony Tay, then an upstart in the world of film composing -- received a life-changing piece of advice from the legendary actor/director: "Never work on anything you're not passionate about." Taking those words to heart just a few years later, Tay draws on some deep-seated personal life experiences to create a masterful, eclectic score for director Tommy Stovall's controversial new indie film "Hate Crime" Tay is currently mixing her indie album debut "Stories of the Firehorse". An eclectic acoustic storytelling project spotlighting her brilliant songwriting and performing, the collection features top session musicians, James Gadson (RayCharles, Beck). - Ebony Tay Feels the Musical Love in ‘Hate Crime’
The film has also won raves for its music, composed and performed by the soulful Tay. Mainly an acoustic artist has now joined the likes of Madonna (on the charts with Hung up) Tay's tune to the film, "Jesus By 45," raced to the top 20 of the Billboard Music's Hot Dance Club Play Chart with DJ Mike Cruz's remix hit! - Michael Hernandez
" Ebony is a rare talent! Cafe song is a real winner. We all can relate to a song like this, just love it!"- Tabby Johnson host ! - The Tabby Johnson Show
"Everyone should go to an Ebony Tay concert,her voice, musicianship and songs are truly soulful. We want her back again" - Claudia, Big Town/small world - cbc international
"The singer, songwriter, guitarist and film producer has had a busy year. Tay's music has an earthy Hendrix meets Marvin Gaye with an early Mahalia Jackson .. her up and coming live show has a serious buzz after her success with Hate Crime!"
- John Hobbs
"honestly it's like listening to Curtis Mayfield in female form.
Ebony's song featured sharp social commentary delivered by funky
rhythms. She is also not short in the guitar department!"
full review on Myspace/URL
click on review of last tour. This is before miss tay attended flamenco guitar school. - blues bunny-uk
Discography
SOUL RECITALS- 2010
singles/ New Video
acoustic version ,preview
Jan 22./2010
Feb-YOU'RE MY REVOLUTION
may-GOOD WOMAN
june-FUMPED
july-PERFECT DAY
Aug-sept-SUPER SOUL MAMA
remixes, throughout 2010
Label:SilverTruckMusic
Hate Crime movie soundtrack (image ent 2006)
Jesus by 45 single (Billboard top 20 hit club play)
Stories of the firehorse EP (Silvertruck Music/kufala 2007)
Radio: college and EU AAA stations
Situation & Love this planet - singles
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Bio
ATTENTIONS SCHOOLS AND PROMOTERS RE VIDEO CLICK LINK BELOW FOR NEW SINGLE FROM SOULRECITALS 2010 SERIOUS
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She's been called the "guitar goddess."
"If Jimi Hendrix had a daughter, she'd play like you," said one critic.
Ebony Tay has commented " I am so humbled by statements and I realise the more I learn the more I no nothing .. Hendrix was a genius. People hate Bios..you wanna know more about me, in early 2010 a new bio to take place...coming FEB 15
Top billboard DJ's have described her sultry voice as "the soul machine."
Her performances have been characterized as having the same vibe as Curtis Mayfield, Mahalia Jackson, Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, Prince and Lenny Kravitz.
And, her global fusion of music from different countries and genres has created a new sound of soul that Professors at The Juilliard School have labeled powerful and unique.
A brilliant singer-songwriter, critically acclaimed guitarist, composer, and producer, Ebony Tay is on the path to becoming an undeniably great musician.
Adopted by a hard-working blue-collar family in a small mining town in Ontario, Canada, Tay grew up the daughter of a Scottish-Irish father and Finnish mother who cared for over 44 foster children and 10 of their own. Musical talents were cultivated early on with the entire family often spending their evenings playing guitars and singing to the songs of Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, Tina Turner and even The Jefferson's theme song.
Tay's older brothers taught her the guitar and her sisters, who she still calls "the greatest harmonizers ever," inspired her to play. Her early immersion in country, gospel, folk, rock and blue-collar soul music as well as her mom's favorite standards -- from Gershwin and Leonard Bernstein -- gave Tay an early appreciation for the masters of music. It wasn't until she began exploring her own Jamaican and Chinese-Cuban heritage when the old-school sounds of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Otis Redding, Tina Turner and Bob Marley, brought her guitar soul back to her global roots.
The first phase of her career has brought Tay enormous success. She was first recognized by Les Garland, (founder of MTV, VH1, The Box), and then signed by two majors -- Chris Blackwell (U2, Bob Marley, PJ Harvey), and Don Rubin (Tracy Chapman) of Sony/Edel/Red. She released "Stories of the Firehorse," co-produced by Steve Genewick (engineer for Diana Krall, Usher and Ray Charles), and featuring top session musicians, James Gadson (Ray Charles, Beck), plus master members of the funk band LTD.
Tay is the first black female composer to score a feature film. She composed an award-winning original score for the indy film "Hate Crime," while serving as producer for the film. The film's hit tune, "Jesus by 45," rose to the top 20 of the Billboard Music's Hot Dance Play Chart with DJ Mike Cruz's explosive remix. The complete soundtrack created such buzz and accolades, that it continues to burn on iTunes, and the film is now in distribution through Image Entertainment.
Critics have called her the "good karma rebel." This former national track star of Canada, business entrepreneur and now, performer and producer, is a socially-conscious, global musical citizen, who believes in giving back through her musical talents. Profits from her past albums and tours were allocated to national and local charities supporting domestic violence and AIDS.
Tay's charismatic stage presence has ignited a fan base from Alhambra to Zihuatanejo and in major markets across the U.S., U.K., France and Canada. She has opened for such acts as India Arie, Berlin, Mobb Deep, Gypsy Kings, Hall & Oates, Transport and the Lemon Drops. Her dynamic showmanship has delivered powerful performances as the headliner for the International Guitar Festival and before crowds of 250,000 at Toronto Pride, on the U.S college circuit, as well as pubs, clubs and festivals throughout the U.K., France and Spain.
Her connection to music has brought her around the globe and back to discovering new dimensions of her artistry. Combining her passion for music with her desire to make the world a better place through song, is what is driving Tay to become a top guitarist, composer and all-around musician.
Currently, she is on hiatus at The Juilliard School in New York City where she is getting classically trained in music composing, jazz guitar, and piano for the first time, thanks to a private scholarship from the PBA and retired police officers of New York City. Relaunching new material on SilverTruck music in 2010!
Becoming better at her instrument and not just the showmanship of playing is something her father always wanted her to do. Tay's "baptism" in hard-core music theory at Juilliard has ignited a new creative bent for Tay -- a new sound that flirts with old-school soul, STAX Memphis sound, flamenco, traditional jazz and classical music. Think: Beethoven meets Otis Redding meets
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