Name Claudia Russell | Parents Val Rosing | |
Role Singer-songwriter ยท claudiarussell.com Albums Song Food, All Our Luck Is Changing, Ready to Receive, Live Band Tonight Grandparents Vladimir Rosing, Marie Falle Similar People Val Rosing, Bruce Eric Kaplan, Vladimir Rosing, Mitch Kashmar, Katie Dahl | ||
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Claudia Russell (born 1954) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. Before becoming a solo artist, Russell performed with a number of Los Angeles bands, including The Life Is Grand Band, who recorded for Smithsonian Folkways, and Maggie's Farm, who recorded for JRS Records and was distributed by BMG.
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Early life and family
Russell was born to Gilbert Russell ne Val Rosing and Marilyn Pendry. Rosing was a well-known British crooner best known as the vocalist on the original BBC recording of "Teddy Bears' Picnic". Pendry was a dancer in TV shows, stage productions and MGM feature films, including White Christimas and An American In Paris. Russell's parents divorced in 1960.
Career
Russell has released four CDs: Song Food (2000), Ready To Receive (2004), Live Band Tonight, (2007) and All Our Luck Is Changing (2013). Russell tends to use a close knit group of musicians that includes percussionist Debra Dobkin, Dobro and guitar player Eric Lewis, keyboardist Carl Byron and her husband Bruce Kaplan on guitar and mandolin.
From 1980 to 1988, Russell was a member of the Life Is Grand Band, and recorded for Smitshsonian Folkways. From 1988 to 1991, she played in the rock band Maggie's Farm and recorded for JRS/BMG Records.
Russell is a frequent cast member of American Folklore Theater productions and has performed in Fish And Whistle, Goodnight Irene and Old Friends, in which Russell appeared also at the Milwaukee Rep.
Awards
Russell has twice been a finalist in the Kerrville Folk Festival's New Folk songwriting competition, and her debut CD, Song Food, earned her Best New Artist honors from Boston radio station WUMB in 2001.
Songs
All Our Luck Is Changing
Pirate Girls
Oh California
So You'll Believe
Lie to Me
I Remember the Wind
Ready to Receive
Follow Your Tail Lights Home
Tall Blue Candle
Silver Bird
Don't Let Your Deal Go Down
Pass the Fruitcake
I Second That Emotion
Whiskey Walk
Hang On
Weakness
Home on the Range
Dance
These Shoes
I Can't Stand the Rain
White Cross
The Hard Part's Lettin' Go
Galesburg
He Ain't Comin' Back
Miss Fortune
Stars
Charleston
Try Try Again
Just Like You
Blue Flame Cafe
You Are the Light
Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You