Artist Info: Tessa Souter

“Souter's crystalline contralto and impeccable phrasing are mighty arrows
in her quiver, but it is her ability to become one with a song, finding its intrinsic core and allowing its sentiments to grow organically, that enables her to score successive bull's eyes....” Christopher Loudon, JazzTimes (March 2010)

"I would not now be a singer, had I not lived in San Francisco in my 30s. And although I sometimes wish I'd started earlier, I think coming to it late was a good thing for me [read more...]