Artist: Amel Larrieux
Genre(s):
R&B: Soul
Rock
Discography:
Lovely Standards
Year: 2007
Tracks: 10
Morning
Year: 2006
Tracks: 10
Bravebird
Year: 2004
Tracks: 12
Infinite Possibilities
Year: 1999
Tracks: 10
R&B singer-songwriter Amel Larrieux grew up in New York's Greenwich Village; her mother, Brenda Dixon Gottschild, was a dance critic and professor, and she was raised in an artistic environment. She formed Groove Theory, a brace with former Mantronix member Bryce Wilson (AKA Bryce Luvah), which signed to Epic Records and scored a gold-selling Top Ten pop and R&B hit in October 1995 with "Say Me," followed by the Channel Theory record album, which score the Top 20 of the R&B charts. In 1996, Larrieux was a vocalist on the self-titled album by Sweetback, an instrumental group made up of other members of Sade's substitute band, which reached the charts. Larrieux released her debut solo single, "Aim Up," in November 1999, and it reached the R&B charts. Her debut solo album, Infinite Possibilities, was released by Epic/550 Music in February 2000. Larrieux teamed with balladeer Glenn Lewis and recorded "What's Come Over Me?" for the Barbershop soundtrack, released in 2002. The 2 reunited a class by and by and appeared on Stanley Clarke's 1, 2, to the Bass record album with their version of "Where Is the Love," a performance that earned them a Grammy nomination. In 2004, she affected to the Blisslife label for Bravebird, followed in 2006 by Morning.
