Valerie Ghent appears at Ashford and Simpson’s Sugar Bar in NYC on March 20 and March 27, 2018.

Get Yr BLUES ON!

Valerie Ghent LIVE
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Nick Ashford’s “Nuttin but the Blues”
March 20 & March 27

RESERVATIONS: 212.579.0222

Ashford & Simpson’s Sugar Bar
254 W. 72nd Street
NYC NY 10023
212.579.0222
sugarbarnyc.com

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About Valerie Ghent

Powerhouse recording artist Valerie Ghent is an American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and recording engineer from New York City. An outstanding live performer, Valerie weaves together blues, soul, R+B, jazz and pop, treating listeners to soulful, romantic, highly melodic music rendered with passion, undeniable skill and a mighty heart. With a bluesy, funky piano style and a stunning 3 1/2 octave range, Valerie has toured, performed and recorded with world-renowned artists including Ashford & Simpson, Debbie Harry, Defunkt, Valerie Simpson, Dr. Maya Angelou, Nina Simone, Roberta Flack, Sir Cliff Richard, and Luther Vandross.

As a solo artist Valerie has five albums released under her own name, including Day to Day Dream, which launched a #1 hit song on iHeart Radio, Love Enough for a Lifetime; and Velours, named Soul Tracks 50 Best Albums of 2016. In 2017 Valerie released The French Sessions, her first release on a French label, and her song New York City Streets was hailed as an “anthem for New York City”.

Valerie grew up in SoHo and Greenwich Village. Born into a musical family, she began writing songs as a child, recording in her father’s electronic music studio, absorbing her mother’s string quartet rehearsals and falling asleep to the music of Ornette Coleman, who lived and rehearsed in the same building. Longtime keyboardist, vocalist and recording engineer for legendary hit singer-songwriters Ashford & Simpson, Valerie worked closely with the duo for over two decades, recording their music as well as collaborations with Angelou, Nina Simone, Roberta Flack, Sir Cliff Richard and many others. Literally a whirlwind of musical energy, in addition to her own music career Valerie continues to perform and record with Valerie Simpson, is founder of arts nonprofits Feel the Music! and Songwriter’s Beat and travels regularly to China to further her studies of Chinese internal martial arts. Music, video and more at valerieghent.com

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