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Muzik Reviews Gives Suzy Skarulis 5-star Rating - MuzikReviews.com
SKOPE Magazine Interview with Suzy Skarulis - Skope Magazine
Allegro Music Podcast Episode 29. Available for download on iTunes - Allegro Music Podcast on iTunes
Originally from Florida’s Gulf Coast, Suzy Skarulis is unsigned and best known for her soulful surf-influenced folk and rock music.
Before moving to the north shore of Oahu at the age of seventeen, Skarulis grew up a wave-starved surfer on the Gulf Coast of Florida surrounded by a family of musicians. Influenced by her father's passion for jazz and blues, she has managed to create a sound comprised of laid back surfing acoustic elements, as well as soulful blues, folk, and rock.
Skarulis moved to San Diego in search for an audience at the age of nineteen. Since then, she has had the opportunity to record at well-known studios such as Signature Sounds, Capricorn, and StageOne. A member of the San Diego Songwriter's Guild and SD Songwriter's Meetup, she has collaborated with many musicians as well as performed nationwide. - San Diego Reader
Rising Music Star Featured At Florida Music Festival
Rising San Diego-based singer-songwriter-filmmaker Suzy Skarulis will perform at the Florida Music Festival in Orlando Saturday, April 24. Originally from Florida’s Gulf Coast, Suzy is unsigned and best known for her soulful surf-influenced folk and rock music.
(Billboard Publicity Wire) April 20, 2010 — Rising San Diego-based singer-songwriter-filmmaker Suzy Skarulis will perform at the Florida Music Festival in Orlando Saturday, April 24.
Originally from Florida’s Gulf Coast, Suzy is unsigned and best known for her soulful surf-influenced folk and rock music.
Click here (www.myspace.com/suzyskamusic) to listen.
Before moving to the north shore of Oahu at the age of seventeen, Suzy grew up a wave-starved surfer on the Gulf Coast of Florida surrounded by a family of musicians. Influenced by her father’s passion for jazz and blues, Suzy has managed to create a sound comprised of laid back surfing acoustic elements, as well as soulful blues, folk, and rock.
Suzy moved to San Diego in search for an audience at the age of nineteen. Since then, she has had the opportunity to record at well-known studios such as Signature Sounds, Capricorn, and StageOne. A member of the San Diego Songwriter’s Guild and SD Songwriter’s Meetup, she has collaborated with many musicians as well as performed nationwide.
Suzy is scheduled to perform two shows at FMF2010 on Saturday, The Wall Street Main Stage at 6 p.m. and Tanquerays at 10:45 p.m.
For more information: www.musicbysuzy.com. - NewMusicReviews.net
Rising Music Star Suzy Skarulis released her first hit single "Bang Bang" which is now available for download on iTunes and other digital distribution outlets. Also, its accompanying new popular music video is circulating widely through youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvFDaSXR3YM
Date Released: 05/22/2010
For more information contact:
Nicholas Cruz Bianchi
(904) 303-9781
NotoNick(at)gmail.com
Suzy Skarulis, who LATalkRadio quoted as "the next Joni Mitchell", is currently in the studio working on her debut album which will be released later this Summer. She then will embark on her first West Coast tour stretching from San Diego to Seattle.
Originally from Florida’s Gulf Coast, Suzy is unsigned and best known for her soulful surf-influenced folk and rock music. Before moving to the north shore of Oahu at the age of seventeen, Suzy grew up a wave-starved surfer on the Gulf Coast of Florida surrounded by a family of musicians. Influenced by her father’s passion for jazz and blues, Suzy has managed to create a sound comprised of laid back surfing acoustic elements, as well as soulful blues, folk, and rock. Suzy moved to San Diego in search for an audience at the age of nineteen.
Since then, she has had the opportunity to record at well-known studios such as Signature Sounds, Capricorn, and StageOne. A member of the San Diego Songwriter’s Guild and SD Songwriter’s Meetup, she has collaborated with many musicians as well as performed nationwide. - Regional Business Resource Center of the Gulf Coast of Florida
Friday 8/13 - The North Park Music Thing gets underway! Listen Local is hosting the Claire De Lune stage for an evening of acoustic music. Check out this lineup: 7:15 Dave Humphries, 7:40 Christopher Dale, 8:05 Christy Bruneau, 8:30 Veronica May, 8:55 Robin Henkel, 9:20 Paulina Logan, 9:45 Chuck Schiele, 10:10 Miss Erika Davies, 10:35 Scott Wilson and the Complications, 11:00 Suzy Skarulis, 11:25 Sven-Erik Seaholm, 11:50 Brandon Rice, 12:15 William Walter - that's an incredible amount of talent packed into one room...dang. - San Diego Reader
Review of Liquid Nation Ball 2010. Suzy Skarulis was the music guest that performed up until Jason Mraz recieved the Humanitarian of the Year Award. Slide 10. - Surfline
Radio Interview with Tim Pyles on FM94.9 - FM94.9
Radio Interview with Guy Towe on LATalkRadio. - LATalkRadio
Radio interview with Cameron Dzatker on LATalkRadio - LATalkRadio
Before moving to the north shore of Oahu at the age of seventeen, Suzy grew up a wave-starved surfer on the gulf coast of Florida surrounded by a family of musicians. Influenced by her father's passion for jazz and blues, Suzy has managed to create a sound comprised of laidback surfing acoustic elements, as well as soulful blues, folk, and rock. Suzy moved to San Diego in search for an audience at the age of nineteen. Since then she has had the opportunity to record at well known studios such as Signature Sounds, Capricorn, and StageOne. Suzy has collaborated with many musicians in the southern california area and has been performing nationwide. More info at www.myspace.com/suzyskamusic - DYLA Magazine
Discography
Bang Bang (2009)
Can't Get No Rest (2009)
Till Then (2009)
Burleigh St. Blues (2009)
Clark (2009)
South Jetty (2007)
Gulf Coast (2010)
South Pacific Seas (2010)
Hold You Down (2007)
Ask No Questions (2010)
It's Finally Time for Christmas (2011)
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Before moving out of her small beach town home in Florida to the North Shore of Oahu at the age of 17, Suzy grew up a wave-starved surfer on the gulf coast of Florida surrounded by a family of musicians. Influenced by her father's passion for jazz and blues and integrating her love for folk and rock, Suzy's soulful voice croons a new style of captivating music that both excites and enthralls her listeners. Having been compared to the likes of Adele, Amy Winehouse, and KT Tunstall, Suzy has been reviewed as "“FIVE STARS" and having "a truck load of talent that is just overflowing with emotion, sensuality and energy..” by MuzikReviews.com.
At 19, Suzy relocated to San Diego and dove head first into southern California's music scene. At 21, Suzy released her debut album. Now 23, Suzy has toured nationally and been featured as a new artist on countless radio and television stations across the country. Suzy has been invited to perform at an MTV showcase in Los Angeles, has been featured on BET, The Today Show, as well as San Diego’s FM94.9, & KPRI-FM102.1 & LATalkRadio. Still an active member of the surfing industry, Suzy was the only musical act at SIMA’s 2010 and 2011 Liquid Nation Balls, which helped raise over $500,000 for surf-related charities and which honored Jason Mraz and Shaney Jo Darden of Keep a Breast as the “Humanitarians of the Year.”
Suzy co-founded the indie production company “Shameless Productions,” which made the music video for her song “BANG BANG.” She has also starred in/produced/soundtracked the short film “Leaving LA” as well as performed at The Florida Music Festival where she opened for band such as Amberlin & Rusted Root in front 21,000 fans. A graduate student at BerkleeMusic, Suzy is currently recording her original Christmas song as well as her second studio album. She is also involved in a killer Rock 'n Roll side project!!
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