Supa Fine offers a superb intimate venue with LIVE jazz, soul, poetry, folk, classical, hip-hop, latino performances which are oozing raw talent with passion.
Performing on 30th January 2010 @ Smugglers Tavern, 28 Warren Street, London W1
Entry Free B4 8PM after £2
Akua Tu
Akua Tu started singing in the school choir and at the tender age of 9 was singing in the equivalent of the Royal Festival Hall in Germany and Hong Kong. At the age of 14 she sang and played Bass Guitar in her own Reggae band performing at the Donmar Warehouse Theatre in London on several occasions.
During her time singing background vocals in a 16-piece African Jazz/Funk band, Akua auditioned for a Gospel band and found herself performing alongside The Sounds of Blackness and other well known artistes.
Forever moving forward she then sang background vocals with a five-piece Jazz/Funk band and then lead vocals in a 3-piece R’n’B band performing in the presence of Trevor Nelson who were offered an independent record deal.
Having achieved the highest accreditation in World Music for Live Musicianship and Rehearsal/Performance, she then went on to achieve the highest accreditation at the British Academy of New Music as Vocal Artist and Performing artist at the end of 2007.
She performed, for the first time as a solo artist, with guitar in hand in January 2007, to a packed audience at the Vocals@Vortex in Dalston, with the Bob Stuckley Trio and was told by an audience member that she blew everyone out of the water. At a recent British Academy Of Songwriters, Composers and Authors song writing critique (June 2009) Tim Fraser, Phil Pickett and Peter Cunnah (D:Ream), were very impressed with her piano and vocal track “Mother Nature”, due to be released from her new album ‘Introspection’ out now.
Jules Rendell
Julie trained under the direction of Barbara Robotham at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester until July 2003. Julie performs and records a variety of music with her accompanist Charlotte Wilson, from the early sacred songs of Purcell to the light cabaret songs of Britten from 20th century.
Jules has broadened her musical horizons, working with not only classical musicians, but in the genres of jazz, gospel and soul. Some highlights of the contemporary side of her work have been recording and promoting her new cd to follow up her debut four track EP
Other notable events have been singing with the Gorillaz as part of the Manchester Community Gospel Choir for their five date tour in 2005; presenting two short films for VideoJug, “How To Sing: The Basics” and “Learn To Sing Pop”.
Her classical career in itself has been varied. She has been privileged to perform premieres of new works by Hannah E. Jackson: So, written for mezzo-soprano and orchestra, Rain comes, All change for mezzo, piano and bass, and ground breaking techno-opera, Fragile Existence. Opera roles that she has studied and performed include Rosina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Smeton (Anna Bolena), Hansel (Hansel and Gretel) and Diana (La Calisto). Performing song-cycles is where she is most at home though. Her favourite recitals have been of Da Falla’s Siete Canciones Populares Espanolas with guitar, Britten’s Cabaret Songs and Cinco Canciones Negras by Montsalvatge.
Emily O’Hara
Emily O’Hara is a recent graduate classical guitarist of Trinity College of Music. This site is dedicated to her classical music. Performed at venues tha include The London Palladium (Dec 2008), and Royal Naval College Chapel (March 2009). Emily is one half of the acclaimed guitar and mandolin duo ‘Cancion’; specializing in Latin and Brazilian classical music (Audio track ‘Tango’). Other projects include a soprano and guitar duo and flute and guitar duo.