
Since
returning to her hometown to set down roots, Anjel Hawkins' career has
begun to blossom on the urban music scene in the greater Washington,
DC metropolitan area. Hawkins is an accomplished vocalist, songwriter
and producer with a musical background that includes formal training
in classical and traditional jazz music. Her vocal approach is fresh,
sultry and soulful. Her nearly five-octave range modulates
from the mellifluous depths of her silky mezzo-baritone register to an
exoteric first-soprano resonance. Anjel's style is uniquely defined
by her poetic phrasing and creative melodic interpretation. She is
like a river; she flows easily from genre to genre combining technique
and talent. Whether she's delivering foot-stompin' 'soulsinga'
vocals or scatting her way through straight-ahead jazz tunes, one thing
is true: she is
