Amel Larrieux

American singer-songwriter and keyboardist

Born: 8 March 1973
Manhattan
Country: United States
Active: 1991–
Record labels: Epic Records, 550 Music

Biography

Amel Larrieux is a jazz musician who plays keyboard instrument and voice. Amel Larrieux was born on 8 March 1973 in Manhattan. The music is usually filed under soul. Record labels: Epic Records and 550 Music.

Amel Eliza Larrieux (née Stowell; born March 8, 1973) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and keyboardist. Larrieux rose to fame in the mid-1990s as a founding member of the duo Groove Theory along with Bryce Wilson. After leaving the group in 1999, she released her debut solo album, Infinite Possibilities, the following year on Epic Records. In late 2003, Larrieux and her husband, producer Laru Larrieux, founded the independent label Blisslife Records, on which she has released four albums so far. Larrieux cites Ella Fitzgerald, Prince, Sade, Rickie Lee Jones, Stevie Wonder, Shawn Colvin, Chaka Khan, John Lennon, Patrice Rushen, Jimi Hendrix, and Joni Mitchell as her musical influences.

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