Lauren Kinhan

Lauren Kinhan hails from Massachusetts and resides in New York City. Whether on her four highly-acclaimed solo albums, a member of the beloved New York Voices, or co-founder of two supergroups, Moss and JaLaLa, singer/songwriter Lauren Kinhan has forged her own path as a performer, composer, producer, arranger, educator and now curator. Her monthly vocal series, Vocal Mania co-produced with Janis Siegel once was land locked, but since the pandemic they have rebranded it Vocal Gumbo and taken it to the online superhighway. Forging new ways to stay connected, collaborate and keep music performance alive, this program has taken on fulfilling that need plus added a talk show format that covers a multitude of topics ranging from music, the pandemic, Black Lives Matter, politics, education, depression, activism, and of course, cooking! Downbeat gave Lauren’s 2017 A Sleepin’ Bee 4 1/2 Stars for her loving tribute to the late great Nancy Wilson. Prior solo releases include Avalon, a journey in a new mother’s brain, and Circle in a Square, a 50-year birthday present to herself highlighting all she’s learned thus far. Phil Ramone produced her debut, Hardly Blinking, calling her “a true songstress.” Other highlights include her contributions on Bobby Mcferrin’s Vocabularies and Ornette Coleman’s Sound Museum, Three Women. Lauren is on the adjunct faculty at New York University and is a graduate of Berklee College of Music.

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