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Influences

Josie's diverse musical influences range from Barbra Streisand to Bob Marley, Aretha Franklin to Janis Joplin, Alanis Morissette to Chake Khan and Led Zeppelin to Alisha Keys...

Bio

JOSIE AIELLO
singer / songwriter

Born and raised in Chicago, this green-eyed beauty grabbed the microphone from her teenaged sister when she was nine years old, and proceeded to take over the stage at their parents’ Sicilian restaurant. “I knew I wanted to be a recording artist the minute my hand touched that microphone.”

Josie attended Chicago’s prestigious Academy of Performing Arts High School, where she was honored at graduation with the award for Best Senior in the Music Department.

Josie’s live performances, whether with an acoustic guitar or a rhythm section, clearly illustrate her exceptional ability to capture an audience with her powerful melodies, lyrics, energy and voice.

Josie’s 2000 debut record, Unkunvenshunal Girl, on Qwest/Warner Bros. Records (signed by Quincy Jones), featured twelve of her original songs. She wrote nine with Grammy Award winning producer / songwriter Ashley Ingram (Des’ree). Other notable contributors on the album were Harvey Mason Jr, and hit mixers Chris Fogel (Alanis Morissette) and Mike Shipley (Faith Hill, Dixie Chicks, and Shania Twain).

Josie sang on the soundtracks to: "That Thing You Do", "The Out of Towners", "South Park", "Dinosaur", "Hairspray" and many others. She also contributed her song "Don't Give In" to Michael Jordan's movie "To The Max".
Most recently she recorded 2 songs with Kenny Loggins on his new CD "It's About Time" and occasionally tours with him as his guest artist...