The Deb Cleveland Band

To call Deb Cleveland a soul singer is only a start, but it's a good start. She sings with a mix of sensitivity and raw abandon that reveals her deep roots in the Black church, her style enriched by influences ranging from Billie Holiday to James Brown, soaring and swinging, yet intimate.
A Deb Cleveland Band performance isn't a show that people merely watch. It's a group celebration, an exchange of energy that swirls from the stage to the crowd and back, almost as if the band were part of the crowd, the crowd part of the band. Fans routinely dance themselves to sweaty exhaustion, long into the wee hours.