Gabrielle Stravelli Launches New Podcast 'Big Modern Music'

GABRIELLE STRAVELLI - the celebrated pop/jazz singer hailed for her "natural effervesce, undiluted joy and remarkable voice" by The New York Times - presents the second episode of her podcast "Big Modern Music with Gabrielle Stravelli," which features monthly interviews with stars of jazz, pop and beyond. The August 2015 edition features special guest Sachal (www.sachalsings.com), the vocalist and songwriter who discusses his latest album Slow Motion Miracles. The episode also features a selection from Gabrielle's debut album Waiting in Vain. The first episode, released earlier this summer, includes a conversation with two-time Grammy nominated vocalist Jane Monheit. Both are available on iTunes here.

"Big Modern Music with Gabrielle Stravelli" is produced by Dan Fortune and Tyrus Emory.

GABRIELLE STRAVELLI has been called an "outstanding singer" by The Wall Street Journal and "hotter than the equator" by The Village Voice. Waiting in Vain, her adventurous debut record, was named "Album of the Week" by The Jonathan Channel from WNYC/New York Public Radio and Jonathan Schwartz. It combines the smoky ambiance of an underground supper club with exciting vocal chops, rhythmic dexterity and emotional yet intelligent interpretations. Highlights include the standards "Skylark," "In A Sentimental Mood" and "Love For Sale," in addition to the Miles Davis jazz classic "So What Boy," a haunting reinvention of the Peter, Bjorn and John 2006 global chart hit "Young Folks" and a lilting version of the Bob Marley song that gives the album its title. The album, recorded live at Zeb's in New York, is available on iTunes, Amazon and other music retailers.

Praised for her "forceful emotional presence and a versatile, well-shaded voice," by Adam Feldman of Time Out New York, Gabrielle joins the soulful sensitivity of a vintage song stylist with a distinctively modern sensibility. She has garnered critical accolades and a loyal following from her vibrant singing, extraordinary vocal tone and flexibility, original songs and unique takes on material from the American songbook, as well as music by artists as varied as Pink Floyd and Duke Ellington, Dolly Parton and Johnny Mercer.

GABRIELLE STRAVELLI toured the states with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra performing Marsalis's Abyssinian: A Gospel Celebration. At age 15, Gabrielle began singing as a soloist with orchestras and has since performed on stages from Amsterdam to New York including Lincoln Center's Midsummer Night's Swing, Birdland Jazz Club, 92Y's Lyrics and Lyricists, 54 Below, Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall at Kaufman Center, the Hammerstein Ballroom, the Iridium Jazz Club, BB King Blues Club, Somethin' Jazz, The Garage, Fulton Theatre, and the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) where she opened for Esperanza Spalding and Cassandra Wilson.

Gabrielle has appeared as a soloist with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra and the Cincinnati Pops, was a finalist for the international 2011 Shure-Montreux Jazz Festival Vocal Competition and was the 1st runner-up at the 2009 Jazzmobile Vocal Competition in Harlem. Earlier in 2015, she was given the Backstage Bistro Award for "Jazz Vocalist" and the MAC Award for "Best Female Vocalist."

Visit www.GabrielleStravelli.com for full performance schedule, videos, sound clips and more.