"How about band?" her adviser prodded.
The bartender, the band, her audience — none of them escape.
From her brother, she received a watch with a blue band (her favorite color) and gloves.
Once she went on the road with a dance band, her rise was swift.
"And when can you join my band?" Her recordings including gospel, pop and soul, as well as big-band barnburners.
And with a big tour (with her band, Her Happy Hookers) kicking off in March, there's plenty of hard-core bellows-pumping ahead.
The harmonium player Shilpa Ray, who sings with a jazzy howl, opens the show with her soulful garage band, Her Happy Hookers.
Emblazoned with a detailed line drawing and the words "Lady Bug Transistor," a friend's band, her tote hit perfectly at the hem of her peacoat.
She's the singer stroke accordion player in Molotov Jukebox – a "gypsy, funk, flamenco, ska band" (her description).
At 13, she started singing with big bands, her big break coming with Vincent Lopez and his Orchestra.
