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Detroit folk artist Audra
Kubat is a Force. Not like a military force. More like a force
of nature. A strong wind that blows past and transcends fads.
A flower that’s blossomed from coffeehouse gigs into
larger theater and festival performances.
Audra wears her influences—Joni, Miles, Billie, and
Nick Drake like a coat of many colors rewoven into a “
ruggedly pretty “ and haunting style all her own. It’s
a talent that's earned her a loyal following, airtime, stellar
reviews in local and national press and 10 Detroit Music Awards
nominations including a win for Outstanding Folk Artist 2001.
Audra’s played Detroit’s best venues, as well
as gigs in galleries and bars from Chicago to New York to
Tennessee and back. Forces, by definition, move.
From her post as front woman in the eclectic rock band Stunning
Amazon, she moved on and released two solo albums with a bold
and perhaps unexpected choice of production men. Her solo
debut, 2000’s “Elixir” and 2002’s
“Untitled for Now” were produced by Al Sutton
(Detroit Cobras) and Mike E. Clark (seminal garage\|/punk—The
Gories and Primal Scream) respectively. Both prove her to
be an acoustic artist capable of cresting toward the harder
edge of the shore.
Audra’s force is centrifugal, spinning out from its
singer/songwriter center into a myriad of other talents. Whether
she’s modeling for designers (Camillo Padro, Zaim),
displaying art work at some of Detroit’s hippest art
galleries, providing soundtrack work or opening for Sponge
performing a burlesque number, she’s a well respected
artist. 2003’s annually held “Tastefest”,
a city event, which typically includes 50 performing acts
invited Audra and her manager to debut a new stage which included
20 local solo artists.
Under the thoughtful direction of perennial Detroit scenester
and trend-spotter Stirling, who boasts thirty plus years in
the music business, mostly rock ‘n’ roll, Audra
thrives. Between the two, there’s not much they can’t
do. National Press, Radio, T.V., the time is ripe.
Audra’s new CD, “Million Year Old Sand”
is the latest step in her musical evolution. Recorded as a
cooperative effort between Audra and Gold Cash Gold’s
Eric Hoegemeyer, it illustrates what can happen when two unique
artists from different musical camps put their hearts and
souls into one project. Organic, ethereal, mysterious, healing,
quiet yet powerful with bare yet imaginative production, “Sand’
is a truly inspired record that will appeal to rock and acoustic
music fans alike. |
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