Soul Songstress Shawan Rice – The Starlight – New Orleans - August 4, 2018

Shawan Rice’s bluesy voice makes her sound older than she is, and it’s earned her comparisons to Amy Winehouse and Billie Holiday. “Maybe I just have an old soul, and I’ve been here for, like, quite a few lifetimes,” said Rice, who also plays guitar……When a performer has a voice like Shawan Rice…it makes it that much easier to be able to connect on a personal level… Several vocalists immediately come to mind – well-know singers like Amy Winehouse (who Rice admits is her biggest influence), Alicia Keys and Billie Holiday. Her sound also harkens to the days of the 1960s rock scene…