Music
Press
"Lola Gulley is one of Atlanta's hottest soul and blues performers, with a voice that ranges from sweet to earth-shaking."
- Andy Shaughnessy - GopherTunes.com
"...She has a mighty soulful voice that makes me think of Mavis Staples..."
- Calvin Lee Hill - BluesCritic.com
Lola on the charts: Top 30 Southern Soul, Rhythm & Blues Albums Of 2007 - Blues Critic
"...Lola’s voice and style bears a slight resemblance to Mavis Staples – and at times to Candi Staton, too..."
- Soul Society of Finland
"By the second verse of "Wash Your Hands",Lola had the audience where she wanted them,testimonials to the shared experience being shouted out @ random." - Lee Henzel,WRFG 89.3FM
Discography
LP's:
"Give Her What She Wants"
-2007
Wilbe Records
"The Blues Chose Me"
-2005
G N'L Records
Singles
"Wash Your Hands"# 1 on ABC's nationally syndicated Touch Radio,Bobby Collins(host)
"The Blues Chose Me"#1 on"Blues With The Midnight Creeper"WWOZ-FM,New Orleans,LA.
"I Can't See Myself"Heavy Rotation on Southeast UAC Radio
"I've Got Feet"Heavy Rotation on Southeast UAC Radio
"The Sweetest Thing"most requested song on WJAB,Huntsville,AL.,"Talkin'The Blues",Joyce"Queen"Coffman(host)
"Two Fools In One House"
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Bio
Lola is a Blues & R&B singer/keyboardist,blessed with a dynamic voice,her own patented keyboard style,& an intense,high energy stage presence.
She's been igniting stages nationally & internationally for more than a decade now.
Born in New York and raised in California,Lola combines traditional blues with hard-edged R&B to create her own brand of SOUL music.
It was in Mobile,Alabama that she began sitting in with her father's Funk band,playing trumpet & drums before switching to keyboards.
Stevie Wonder,Donnie Hathaway,Jimmy Smith,& Joe Sample were her main piano influences,along with her father's favorite,Amos Milburn.She worked her way through college playing in three different Mobile churches,absorbing a huge dose of Gospel influence that you can hear every time she sings.Other vocal inspirations include Aretha Franklin,Bonnie Raitt,B.B.King,& again,...Stevie Wonder.
After college,Lola played keyboard with the late Soul legend Johnnie Taylor,touring across country & learning first hand how to work a crowd into a frenzy.
In 1996,after winning a nationwide talent contest on BET,she was signed by Andre Harrell to a Motown recording contract,but the project remained unreleased because of Harrell's departure from the company.
Since sriking out on her own as a band leader,Lola has shared the stage with The Pointer Sisters,Bobby Womack,Bobby"Blue"Bland,Betty Wright,& Chubby Checker.
She is presently signed to Wilbe Records,owned by Stax great William Bell,& has released a new cd entitled"Give Her What She Wants".
Performance Highlights include:
***Quai Du Blues (headliner)
Paris, France
***Montreaux Jazz Festival (headliner)
Atlanta, Ga.
***12th Annual Blues Festival (headliner)
Normandy, France
***Thomas Dorsey Blues Festival (headliner)
Atlanta, Ga.
***The Atlanta History Center Presents
“Nothing but the Blues”Featuring:
Floyd Dixon, Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne, and Lola
***Annual Blues Festival
Noyons, France
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