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Lee Everton
Genre: Singer Songwriter
Format: 5 piece band/Solo
Label: Rootdown (DE/worldwide), JVC (JP), Nation Music (CH)

Nationailty: Swiss
Residence: Switzerland
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Management: unitedsound (WW)
Booking: unitedsound (worldwide)

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bio The moments are rare when you listen to an album and you suddenly realize something is different and new and you find yourself immersing into an unknown world feeling familiar and comfortable all the same.

Lee Everton from Zurich achieved this with his touching debut album "Inner Exile". The singer and musician crosses the borders between Roots Reggae, Blues, Country and Soul with surprising ease. Foundation for this unique songwriter reggae is Lee's own invented "Slingsstyle Rhythm", combining beautiful melodies with captivating rhythms and intense lyrics. The result is a new sound somewhere between Bob Marley, Bob Dylan and Van Morrison.  From his early teenage days Lee Everton was fascinated with Black Music.

Searching for the right song and the perfect sound he travelled to Jamaica when he was 18 to spend a year at the Jamaican School of Music in Kingston. The sessions with musicians from all over the Caribbean had a lasting impact on him. Working later at the Quad Recording Studios in New York he assisted sessions with Alicia Keys, Kanye West and Celia Cruz.

With all those experiences he started to experiment with new rhythms and to create a new sound. The first outcome of this work is the album "Inner Exile". After the import release in Japan through SKD, the album was picked up by JVC Records. Lee Everton played at the famous, Yokohama, GREENROOM Festival in May

The new album, "Sing a Song for Me" will be released in September in Japan with JVC, in October with Nation Music for Switzerland and rest of the world with Rootdown Record.

Lee Everton will tour in Europe and Japan in 2009.
 
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"He's got the voice, he's got the groove, and he's got the laid-back attitude…"
François Couture,allmusic.com, USA
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"Lee Everton's music comes from the heart and goes to the heart…"
Dani Fromm, laut.de, Germany
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"Bienvenue dans l'alcove douce et tres chaleureuse de cette pepite prometteuse"
Groove Magazine, France
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"The young Swiss singer has created an impressive and emotional debut album and has found his own style far from any clichés and trends"
Reggae Nation, Germany

"The 15 dreamy songs of the Swiss singer with a touch of reggae are a serious competition for Jack Johnson"
Playboy Germany

"Envoûtant et déconcertant"
Rap Mag, France

"… he has the charm and the voice of Van Morrison..."
Peter Hagen, 1beat.de
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