Joni NehRita

Guelph, ON, CA R&B/Soul / Pop / Singer/Songwriter

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- Songs

- Star
- A Fine Time
- Nothing Else Matters
- Not That Deep
- You Left
- Private Party (pre-release version)
- "A Fine Time"- You Tube Concert...

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Check out the new song "Private Party" Betcha you'll dance!

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Artist Info

Members: Joni NehRita- vocals/Keys, Adam Bowman- Drums/Percussion, Matthew Lima/Attila Toth- Bass

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Joni's brand of soul is real music played by real music. Think of when Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye were considered pop music. Her writing is where joyful melodies meet deep grooves and evocative lyrics. Where the head is jazz, the personality is pop, and the heart is classic soul.
An accomplished singer, songwriter and musician, Joni seamlessly blends time honoured qualities of soul music with the swirling, bubbling, mish-mash of culture that characterizes the tapestry of her hometown of Toronto.. The craft of songwriting is one that she steadily endeavors to deepen and listeners are left feeling re-charged and uplifted while NehRita gently urges us to live more mindfully.

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"...Joni sounds like what an Erykah Badu and Hip-Hop Joni Mitchell hybrid would sound like....I can attest that in live performance her voice and stage presence are stellar and come off as enderaringly natural....Joni had me hollering and cheering like I haven't at an R&B show in awhile....” Raji Sohal, CBC Radio 3

Highlights:

*Joni placed 2nd in the 2009 Cambridge Songwriting Competition

*Joni voted 2008 Female Artist of the Year of the Tri-Cities by Echo Magazine readers

*placed 2nd in the 2009 Guelph Songwriting Competition

*Joni and her band perform live on Canada AM

*"A Fine Time" receives a glowing 4/5 star review in Now Magazine (April 2008)

*songs from “A Fine Time” aired on LIFE FM and Solar Rodio (2008-U.K.)

*Joni and band performed on CBC Radio's “Big City, Small World” (April 2008)

*Interviewed and performed live on Rogers Daytime in Toronto, Kitchener, and London (2008)

*Joni lands the cover story in Echo Weekly Magazine (June 2008)

* Recorded “Joni NehRita- Live at the Registry” and released as a YouTube Exclusive Concert Series

*Received feature articles in View Magazine, The Woolwich Observer, Guelph Mercury, The Elmira Independent, The Record, and The Toronto Sun (2008)