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"Once again, Denise Marie raises the bar of personal excellence."
-Offbeat, New Orleans

"She's an impressive guitarist, she writes great songs and her voice is sweet and dangerous"
-The Santa Fe Reporter

“Denise Marie’s mixture of strong and soft, smoky and tender voice, complemented by her guitar playing, made for a purely beautiful concert.”
- The Solingen Tageblatt, Germany

Denise Marie

Denise Marie divides her time between Europe and New Orleans playing festivals and club dates and making records.

She is influenced by many styles of music and calls her own style “bayou blues, swampy jazz and funky folk” with a world music flavor in the mix. She’ll play any guitar she can get her hands on, acoustic, electric, dobro, tenor guitar, finger-picking the old time blues, strumming, slide guitar and open tunings. She also sings while playing the middle eastern riqq, a percussion instrument.

The sultry air of The Crescent City (as well as the years she lived in New Mexico, rural upstate New York and Europe) can be felt in her voice and her songs, which tell tales of love, loss and political concerns. The whispering wind, long and lonely roads, and city lights from the 28th floor are all inspiration for her songwriting.

She’s been performing since childhood, both as a solo artist and later leading her own bands. She’s also been a side musician in rock bands, R&B bands, hip-hop and jazz bands.

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