Michelle Lordi Appearing at Metropolitan Room Saturday, July 11th

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Michelle Lordi Appearing at Metropolitan Room (34 WEST 22ND ST. (Bet. 5th & 6th Aves), NEW YORK, NY 10010) Saturday, July 11th 1-2pm. Michelle Lordi (Vocals), Sonny Troy (Guitar), Matt Parrish (Bass), Michael Kanan (Piano) - accompanist to Jane Monheit, Little Jimmy Scott. Michelle will be playing music from her critically acclaimed CD Drive.

"Singer Michelle Lordi has released a notable CD in DRIVE … She is Julie London intimate, straight forward, clear and appropriately dreamy. Even so she builds up tension… A very pleasant and understated album."

Robert Rusch/Cadence Magazine July 2015

Artist: MICHELLE LORDI

Title: DRIVE

Label: CREEPER MUSIC

Artist Website: http://michellelordi.com

Release Date: JULY 24, 2015

UPC: 889211320127

Track Listings w/composer credit and track times

1. YOU'RE MY THRILL ( Gorney, Clare) 5:18

2. IMAGINATION (Van Heusen, Burke) 7:12

3. TRUE LOVE (Porter) 5:21

4. My SHIP (Weill, Gershwin) 5:08

5. IF I ONLY HAD A HEART (Arlen, Harburg) 5:37

6. I FALL IN LOVE TOO EASILY (Kahn, Styne) 5:04

7. MY IDEAL (Robin, Whiting, Chase) 5:46

8. (I DON'T STAND) A GHOST OF A CHANCE (Young, Crosy, Washington) 4:57

9. NOW AT LAST (Haymes) 4:09

10. DRIVE (Ocasek)) 5:31

Orrin Evans-piano (TRACKS 4, 6, & 10), Tom Lawton-piano, Larry McKenna-tenor sax, Dan Monaghan-drums, Madison Rast-bass

Combining a voice of unique clarity and grace with subtle emotional depth and eclectictastes, singer Michelle Lordi takes listeners on a moving, captivating personal journeyon her breakthrough CD, Drive . The deeply-felt album, to be released in 2015, mines tenfavorites from the Philadelphia-based singer's varied repertoire, which finds inspiration inAmerican Songbook classics and modern pop hits alike Along with her passion for music, Lordi has also long been fascinated by natural history and the visual arts. Drive was shaped in part by her interest in Victorian cabinets of wonder, eccentric collections of modern wonders gathered and displayed that became the precursors of modern museums. The stellar band of Philly jazz greats that supports Lordi is just such an assemblage of marvels, collected over several busy years headlining venues throughout the Philadelphia area. The band includes legendary tenor saxophonist Larry McKenna, pianist Tom Lawton, bassist Madison Rast, and drummer Dan Monaghan, as well as Grammy nominated pianist Orrin Evans, who also produced the album with his trademark insightful spontaneity. But the true collection of wonders on Drive is Lordi's choice of songs, which ranges from her sultry take on the standard "You're My Thrill, " through a bluesy interpretation of "If I Only Had a Heart" from The Wizard of Oz, to the title track, a heartbreaking reimaging of The Cars' 1984 hit. Steering directly to the heart of each song, Lordi has gathered ten well loved wonders that unexpectedly converge to conjure a vivid portrait of love and loss.

Michelle Lordi sings in a way that is uncommon today: simple, straightforward, direct, and conveying the emotions in the way we all do: in our voice inflections. No gimmicks…Cool uncorrupted understatement that swings is a way to describe Lordi's vocal style in a nutshell. Her voice is clear and never shrill, her diction is flawless, and she uses almost no vibrato. So what you get is the pure unadulterated song.

—VICTOR SCHERMER Jazz Near You, OCTOBER 2014

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