Discography Artist: Douyé

February 01, 2009
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Beautifully texturing her pure, sultry and smoky vocals with a sensual, jazzy musical style, Nigerian born, Los Angeles based singer-songwriter Douye’ continues to broaden her base of appreciative and passionate fans all over the world. Growing up influenced by such jazz and R&B legends as Peggy Lee, Ray Charles, Billie Holliday, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder and Sade, the multi-faceted performer began singing in church at the age of seven and quickly began focusing on her future as a professional singer. By age ten, she was expressing her innermost emotions in poetry, which led naturally to her development as a compelling songwriter. In her mid-teens, she traveled to Europe to pursue her growing musical dreams, and she later immigrated to the United States to study voice at the acclaimed Musicians Institute in Hollywood, California.

After graduating from MI, Douye’ continued honing her singing, songwriting and musical direction, becoming a prolific writer and performing for audiences at clubs throughout Los Angeles. While working towards her ultimate goal of becoming a recording artist, she hit it off creatively with Terry Shaddick, a renowned pop songwriter and producer well known for co-writing Olivia Newton John’s era defining smash “Physical.” Coming to share a singular vision, Douye’ and Shaddick penned the songs that would launch Douye’s recording career on the newly released, appropriately titled debut album Journey. The title is a perfect reflection of Douye’s musical and life experiences leading up to her exciting emergence as an independent singer/songwriter. To this day, she complements her music making with deep passions for writing poetry and collecting primitive art.
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Douyé - Journey (2008)

It has been a long time before I heard such a great singer. "Journey" is all about life experience that each and everybody travels. This album is full of soulful, retro-jazz vibe and lifts the album up to a higher level. Douye’s songs are filled with depth and flowing melodies, from the beautifully haunting, retro soul flavored first single “Still Hurting” to the dreamy and inspirational “Fly Away” and the sweetly melancholy, acoustic track “Cold Wind Blows.” The socially conscious side of Douye’s artistry is showcased on the cool grooving, hypnotic and trumpet-laced “Wicked World,” whose lyrics tell a hard hitting emotional tale of a parent abandoning its child due to drug addiction. The emotional heart and soul of "Journey" is the cool bluesy jazz flavored title track, which reflects upon her destiny as an artist sharing her vast musical gifts with the world. My personal favorite tracks: In Love With You, Still Hurting and Waiting For My Man. This is a must have in your collection.
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