Bourbon Princess

Monique Ortiz случилось обладать редким терпким тембром и так же терпко управляться с басом. У нее неплохая компания: Jerome Deupree – ударник Morphine, саксофонист Russ Gershon, известный по джазово-андерграундным проектам – в том числе по совместным записям с Morphine и Medeski.

Это музыка позднего вечера, меланхолии, табачного дыма и крепких напитков. В пресските, составленном на оф. сайте, очень простое и емкое резюме о коллективе: «Boston band Bourbon Princess plays dark haunting music».

С официального сайта группы http://www.bourbonprincess.com:
Bourbon Princess is a band of four exceptional musicians lead by vocalist/bassist/songwriter Monique Ortiz. Their rich, cinematic, and often darkly psychedelic sound is a combination of the late-seventies New Romantic and post-punk, with touches of early jazz and sixties rock.

With the co-release of Bourbon Princess’ new Dark of Days by the Accurate and HI-N-DRY labels and the band’s upcoming tours, along with the release of a video for the single «The Waiting Noon», many more listeners are falling under the band’s dynamic spell.

Monique crafts the sophisticated sound from the warm, flexible tones of her contralto voice and the deep sonorities of her versatile fretless bass playing, with the help of her talented co-conspirators: original Morphine drummer Jerome Deupree, Either/Orchestra saxophonist/leader Russ Gershon and guitarist/pianist Jim Moran.

Bourbon Princess began as a bass and drums duo, but over the course of two albums, 2000’s debut Stopline and 2003’s Black Feather Wings, and hundreds of live performances, the group’s line-up and adventurous sound textures have grown into one of the most distinctive styles in modern rock, drawing comparisons to such giants as Roxy Music, Patti Smith, The Doors, and Nina Simone, to name a few.