Dessy Di Lauro, Ric'key Pageot Debut as New Music Duo with 'Hotel Cafe' Residency

Singer-songwriter, neo-ragtime vocalist Dessy Di Lauro and musical director/producer Ric'key Pageot (touring keyboardist to Madonna and writer for Jill Scott and Earth Wind & Fire) announce their official partnership as recording duo Parlor Social with a Residency at L.A.'s Hotel Cafe this summer. Read their exclusive interview on this announcement with AXS here.

Allen Foster of AXS remarks, "Parlor Social still wields the same evocative sound that earned award-winning vocalist Dessy Di Lauro the distinction of being named 'Hot 100 Live Unsigned Artists and Bands' by Music Connection Magazine."

Creating a sound inspired by jazz pioneers, Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway, Parlor Social uses the musical language of the Harlem Renaissance era fused with today's urban beats, contemporary sounds and catchy R&B hooks.

Upon returning to her native town, Montreal, from a long-standing residency with Cirque du Soleil in the United States, Di Lauro met her now producer/husband Ric'key Pageot . As writing partners, they created original songs for her soulful, latin-tinged debut EP, A Study Of A Woman's Soul released in 2004. The Di Lauro/Pageot couple later moved to Los Angeles, where they curated their "neo-ragtime" sound in the L.A. club scene with notable residencies in the Santa Monica and Hollywood circuits. As a result, the release of the duo's first full length album, This Is Neo-Ragtime ( 2013) was inspired.

With critical acclaim from several tastemakers in the blogosphere, AFROPUNK reverences the duo's"...Blend [of] hip-hop, soul, RnB, and ragtime into a sound and style that looks back on the last 100 years of black culture while simultaneously looking forward." LA Weekly states, "Di Lauro's honeyed vocals are smart, sassy and sensual." Perez Hilton coins the act as a, "postmodern jukebox meets Blu Cantrell " while Motown praises them as, "a unique visionary that transcends genres [and] eras of time.."

Parlor Social's latest effort entitled Say Hep Hep + This is Neo-Ragtime still perpetuates the dynamics and energy of their live shows as the other records have in the past. Essence Magazine sums up the album in one word-- "funky." Their upcoming residency with Hotel Cafe, entitled 'Retrofuturism' happens every Monday night in June at 9 PM. Visit Hotel Cafe's web site for tickets and more information.

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