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"Imagine if Tina Turner and Cassandra Wilson somehow combined genetic material... Gwen Hughes is an exciting talent."
- Wildy's World
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Jazz? Pop? Post-modern melodic posturing? Bluegrass? Funkified low-carb song styling? Well, you won’t find her in the sale bin with Perry Como, that’s for sure. Multiple winner of Creative Loafing's BEST JAZZ ARTIST -- a popular ambassador of the genre. Along the way, she has crooned in Paris and Prague, collaborated on a film about Elvis impersonators, and appeared as a character in a detective novel (Philip DePoy's, Dancing Made Easy, Dell).
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During this "journey, " Gwen & The Band thrice received "Atlanta's Favorite Jazz Artist," as voted by the readers of Creative Loafing, the largest local magazine published. Additionally, Gwen's song, "Lights of the City" (from Lost and Found) received finalist consideration out of 100,000 songs for "Best Jazz Vocal" song by the Just Plain Folks Awards (Los Angeles). Both "Torch Life" and "Lost and Found" have been included in initial GRAMMY consideration, as well.
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All you need in the way of electronic media.
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The Gwen Hughes Catalogue on
Fairfield Records
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REVIEWS
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"She swings lightly from come-hither cabaret diva to serious pop interpreter to playful entertainer, indulging in liberating vocalese.” -The Atlanta Journal Constitution
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