Deborah Soul's been playing the piano since she was 4 years old, and has been a published songwriter since she was a teenager, One of her earliest songs, "Brother Billy" even earned a review in Playboy magazine!
Highlights:
Country duo "Hart & Soul" produced 3 CDs original songs
Buck Owens legendary Buckaroos were musicians on their two CDs. Bakersfield CA
Performed with Buck Owens and the Buckaroos . Live broadcast
Toured Australia and Europe, and west coast USA
Song placed on TV show "Entertainment Tonight!" syndicated segment
Live appearance on "TV Danmark" TV show - audience 500,000 homes
Charted #26 "Most Played Artist" on the Worldwide Indie Country Music Charts 2002.
One of only 7 artists invited to 16th Annual Mildura Independent Country Music Festival in Australia 80,000 fans
Deborah has written/publ. mostly in country, but also in jazz, pop, Spanish language, A/C, and even musical theater genres.
Press Info
Audiences and critics find them dynamic! Greg Roberts at “Country Line” (Austin, TX) wrote:
"They are totally in sync with one another and full of energy as they deliver a combination one-two punch of high gloss original music and showmanship...I believe they are destined for great things in this business..."
They have received excellent reviews of their writing, including Australian reviewer George Peden (Country Review) :
“ ..The 14 tracks here blend gifted writing talent with distinctive harmonies...The songs' strength draws on an obvious understanding of sentiment (and) solid song structure ...These girls are talented."
· Country Line Magazine called their CD,
"...great original material...it's bright, upbeat, sharp and interesting -fun, lots of fun… written by these two wonderchicks." Austin, TX
Influences
Patsy Cline, LeAnne Rimes, Wynonna, Merle Haggard, Buck Owens
Bio
Deborah Soul has been playing the piano since she was four years old, and has been a published songwriter since she was a teenager. One of her earliest songs, "Brother Billy" even earned a review in the LA Times and Playboy magazine! After spending some years away from the music business, she returned full force in 1994.
For the past 10 years she has been one half of the successful female country duo "Hart & Soul" with singer/songwriter Kimber Hart. Veteran record producer Joel R. King (Tina Turner, The Righteous Bros., The Everly Bros., Rolling Stones) along with Sand Island Records, began producing their unique sound in 1994.
Because of the appeal of their original music, Country Music Hall of Famer Buck Owens generously "loaned" them his legendary Buckaroos for their recording sessions in Bakersfield. The Buckaroos have served as friends and mentors in helping them share the music they love - by recording both their first and second CDs. The two CDs were recorded and mixed by award-winning engineer Max Reese (Julio Iglesias, Korn, Tom Petty), and mastered at Capitol Records in Hollywood by Reese and Capitol’s Dave McEowen.
When in Bakersfield, CA, Deborah and Kimber were invited to take the stage at the Crystal Palace with Buck Owens and the Buckaroos during his show broadcast live along the west coast. Later that year, the Buckaroos played “back-up band” for Deb and Kimber’s Southern California debut concert on that same stage.