"In this age of voices made 'pretty' with lots of sound effects and machinery, Tracy Kash stands out as "real". Lush vocals, intriguing lyrics, and a jazzy beat, Kash is one to be listened to as a true talent."
--- Karen E. Reynolds, Writer's Block, WDVX, Clinton, TN
"Tracy Kash honestly has one of the most fantastic voices I've heard in a long time.
The songwriting is first class...indie stuff at its finest."
----Jodi Krangle, Muse’s Muse
Tracy Kash Thomas began her musical life as a classical musician. Armed with a Bachelor’s degree from University of North Texas – a veritable jazz factory producing musicians such as Lou Marini and Stefan Karlsson - and a Master's degree from the venerable Boston Conservatory, Tracy is an accomplished flutist and pianist. She previously pursued classical studies and composition with Ervin Monroe of the Detroit Symphony and Larry Austin at University of North Texas, respectively. She rounded out her music education studying jazz with Detroit greats Matt Michaels and George Benson. Add her impeccable songwriting, arranging and production talents to the mix and it is easy to see why she is an established musician’s musician in her native Detroit, where she currently lives, as well as in her previous hometown, New York City. Her unique brand of jazz-influenced rock/pop and R&B, thrills live audiences as well as her growing radio following.
In 2009 Tracy received a Detroit Music Award for Outstanding Jazz vocalist and has been nominated for numerous others including Outstanding Jazz Composer, Modern Jazz Band, R&B Composer, and in 2007 for Best Jazz Album for her release, There and Back Again. Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull fame, enamored of her classical bent and rock sensibility, invited her on stage as a guest flutist at his 2003 State Theater concert. She also did the same for folk star Tom Prasada-Rao at his Harbor Springs, MI concert in summer of 2008.
Her song entitled "Home" can be heard on the CD ROM, which accompanies The Complete Idiot's Guide to MP3. Her extensive media exposure in New York and Detroit includes the nationally broadcast Mitch Albom Show, WVMV, Detroit’s smooth jazz station, WHFR, 107.1 Ann Arbor, and numerous internet radio outlets. She has done considerable radio jingle work nationwide. In the Detroit area, she appears regularly as performer and songwriting clinician at well-known venues and festivals, including Trinity House Theatre, Memphis Smoke, Ypsilanti Crossroads Festival, Lansing Jazz Festival, Crazy Wisdom Tearoom, Common Grill, Detroit Noel Night, and several Detroit area concert series.
Thomas can be heard on the 1999 release of gravelly NYC great, Alan Andrews, entitled Cleaned and Pressed. The Tracy Kash Debut album, Some Strong Potion, was released in February, 2000. Of her 2006 release, There and Back Again, L. Anne Carrington of Indie-Music Stop says “Those who appreciate true music sung and performed by artists who know how to do it right will no doubt love ‘There and Back Again.’ ” The third CD, Sound Truth, which was engineered and produced by Thomas, was released in April 2010.
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