Description

From origins in warm oceans and islands, singer, songwriter, horn-player Solade & FM Groove have created songs of the heart. A simple, seductive, voice sings and plays sophisticated, beautiful tunes. Funk combines with jazz, blues and world music to yield a delightful original sound. Her style is her own. A unique mix of Miles Davis in attitude, Sade in sincerity, Bob Marley in skank and Billie Holiday in blue, SOLADÉ and her music promise to open you to something new…

Biography

“BORO”, the English equivalent of “heart”. references the body’s emotional center, aptly describing the emotional purity with which SOLADÉ sets her songs free. Inspirations of reality blend into original compositions in collaboration with Cameroonian producer/musician Francis Mbappe. Her unique voice combining a blend of reggae and jazz with Brazilian overtones is illuminated by the production skills of Mbappe. Her style is her own. A unique mix of Miles Davis in attitude, Sade in sincerity, Bob Marley in skank and Billie Holiday in blue, SOLADÉ and her music promise to open you to something new… Half Argentinean, half American, born in Panama and raised in the Marshall Islands, former Micronesian swimming champion SOLADÉ earned her Bachelor of Arts in trumpet performance at Oberlin Conservatory. (Oberlin is a conservatory of music, located in Oberlin, OH) She proceeded to tour the Mediterranean with the jazz combo of the MS Rotterdam( a cruise ship of the Holland America line) before moving to New York City in the winter of 2001. Since her arrival in New York City Andrea Lindborg has persevered to find her sound and fulfill her destiny and transfiguration as SOLADÉ. Like many aspiring musicians that migrate to the city with big dreams, she found herself struggling to make ends meet and honed her ‘island big city sound’ in the subway transit system. ‘[her] playing was streamlined and lyrical’ New York Times SOLADÉ landed her first New York gig as a featured trumpeter at Jazz Lincoln Center’s “Night of the Cookers”. The evening’s program was a tribute to Freddie Hubbard and Lee Morgan. She has toured internationally with the world-renowned all female ensembles: modern jazz band “DIVA”, “Kit McClure’s Female All Stars”, and world music sensation “Femm Nameless,” toured and recorded with afro beat orchestra “KOKOLO”, and has played NYC’s gamut of venues including Birdland, SOB’s, Zinc Bar, Sweet Rhythm with numerous jazz, funk, world music and Afro Beat bands. Randy Brecker, trumpet player, recording artist "Solade is 'enters the fray' as a triple-threat singer-trumpet player-songwriter with an imaginative debut recording!" Cliff Decatrel,Cable Vision "A rare beauty with extraordinary talent, Solade blends brash and brassy trumpet notes with the sounds of an angelic voice."