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Velours is #4 on Radio Flash Torino, Italy!

Ciao! Thrilled to be on Italian #Radio Flash TONIGHT! #Catfishblues w/ Edoardo Fassio * 21h-22h30 * Velours is #4 of Top 25 blues albums on Radio

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Surprise New Album! The French Sessions

Thrilled to announce my first album release in FRANCE! introducing

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Velours – 50 Best Albums of 2016!

Great news! Our new album Velours is in the Best 50 Albums of 2016 on SoulTracks.com! "2016 had a lot of great soul music

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Velours – 4 Star Review from Soul Bag (France)

Thank you Soul Bag for the phenomenal review of our new album, VELOURS!! English translation: Four years after the already very successful "Day To Day Dream" album,

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Valerie Ghent Velours Radio Premiere on France Bleu Provence

Super excited about my first interview on French radio, in French no less! Although I was nervous about speaking on air in French for the

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Velours Digital Booklet – Lyrics, Credits & Photos

Free Download! View and download our beautiful digital album booklet! 20 full colour pages with all the lyrics, complete credits & photos of our new album, Velours. CLICK

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Marseille here we come!

So happy to play in Marseille for the 3rd time this year! Twice in January and now we're coming back again in December, at Espace Musical Hyperion

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Live in PARIS! December 9, 2016

Super excited to perform in Paris! We'll be groovin' at La Dame de Canton on Friday, December 9th. Valerie Ghent Live in Paris Friday, December 9

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New Album “VELOURS” Available Now!

Velours has arrived!  A breathtaking, spellbinding performance, "Velours" takes the listener on a journey through smooth soul, feel-good R+B, intimate ballads, sun-drenched reggae and pure funk.

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Interview on Argentina Radio Oct 22!

Thrilled to be back on Argentina Radio station De Rock Y Freud with Claudio Rocca! The day after my new album Velours is released Claudio has

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NEW VIDEO, NEW SINGLE: Get Funkay

Thrilled to announce Get Funkay! A sexy new single with an instantly recognizable vibe, super funky beat & blazing guitar solo. Get Funkay is the first

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Concerts, Music

“Velours” CD Release Show: Oct 29, 2016 – Joe’s Pub

** Fantastic news everyone! Our new album Velours is complete! ** Here's a sneak peek of the cover & details on our CD release show at

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Radio Interview in Lebanon

Super excited - my first radio interview in Lebanon! "Valerie Ghent, one of our previously featured Sound from the Clouds artists on Jammin with Mia, talks

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Valerie Ghent Live at mOOm – 8 Mai 2016

Valerie Ghent Live at mOOm Dimanche 8 Mai 2016 22h with: Pierre Sibille (keys/harmonica/vocals), Jérôme Buigues (guitar/vocals), François Gomez (bass), Philippe Jardin (drums) & special guest Mano Korani Camera (vocals) Featuring

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Master Class in France

Just taught my first Master Class in France, an absolutely wonderful experience! Thanks to an invitation by DivinGospel Music and L'Atelier Gospel, in cooperation with

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My father, Emmanuel Ghent, would be 100 years youn My father, Emmanuel Ghent, would be 100 years young today. Happy Birthday Pops! 

I’ve been thinking of my dad a lot in recent months, listening to his music, reading his works, looking at concert programs & reviews from the 60s & 70s. After a friend texted me from the MacDowell Colony finding my father’s music there - my dad was at MacDowell exactly 60 years ago - I started to feel he wanted to speak with me. And perhaps I wanted to speak with him! I remembered an interview we did in 1988 - although my dad passed away in 2003, I haven’t felt ready to listen to it again. This week in his honor, I took a deep breath & opened it up in ProTools after all these long years.
 
Hearing my father’s voice for the first time in decades, his phrases, the cadence of his speech, when his voice softened, when it brightened, hearing again the slight Canadian accent that he still had even then, brought tears to my eyes, warmth to my heart & a knowingness that he is still here somehow, somewhere, even if just in my memory & on this recording that we made almost 40 years ago. They say people live on in those who love them, it must be true because today I feel his presence today more strongly than ever before.
 
In the interview Dad talks about electronic music he composed in the 1960s-70s, his collaborations w/ Bob Moog, Max Matthews, Mimi Garrard & James Seawright, his fascination with multi-tempi music & inventing the “coordinome” to synchronize musicians playing in different tempi.
 
Listening it’s as if he is here again! and to hear my young self asking questions in a voice I barely recognize as my own makes me laugh aloud. Thank you Dad for everything you instilled in me and so generously gave to so many others, your creativity & innovations, your clarity and deep wisdom, your irreverence & love of word play, your curiosity & inventiveness, your constant exploration of ways of being, seeking new approaches to music, psychoanalysis, composition, computer programming, woodworking, your devotion to new ideas, new music, new discoveries, and most of all your love, resonate more deeply than ever before. I love you. Happy 100th birthday! #emmanuelghent #electronicmusicpioneer
Happy heavenly Birthday to my dear cousin Dimitri Happy heavenly Birthday to my dear cousin Dimitri ! Also known as blues historian and writer Jacques Demêtre, Dimitri lived in Paris and would be 101 years young today. Meeting him in 2010 literally changed my life, I traveled to see him as often as I could. I’ve written a blues song in his honor which we recorded in France & will be releasing soon! Love and miss you always ❤️❤️ dear cousin - your passion for the blues lives on!! 🎂🎶💙#jacquesdemetre #dimitrivicheney #happyheavenlybirthday #blueshistorian #blueswriter #soulbag #jazzhot #parisblues @soul_bag_mag
Hey y’all! Thrilled to let you know I’m featur Hey y’all! Thrilled to let you know I’m featured on a new single by Italian rap/hip-hop artist Bumo, a song we wrote called “NCPT”, and it’s out TODAY! 🎶🎤🇮🇹🔥 Che bello! 

3 years ago @bumo_1 and I released our first single, “Online”. It was a great success and he graciously asked if I’d collaborate on another song with him.

NCPT releases today on Bumo’s newest album, “Giano”, and available world-wide on Believe Music Italia. 

Am super excited about NCPT and can’t wait for you to hear! 🎶 ➡️ Link in bio
 
“NCPT” stands for ‘non c’è piu tempo’ (“there’s no more time” or “it’s too late”) and as in our first single, Bumo raps in Italian and I sing in English. 

Bumo hails from Genoa, in Liguria, and although I’m a New Yorker I recorded my vocal in France with @jeromebuigues, so our song has a real Euro-NYC vibe. 

& seriously, check out Bumo’s new album- he’s super talented and the album is great 🔥🔥

Enjoy! La musica è amore! 

@bumo_1 @believemusicitalia #bumo #valerieghent #giano #ncpt #noncepiutempo #italianrap #dowhatyoulove #newmusicfriday #singersongwriter
First photos from Montfort! Merci @lamethodesylvie First photos from Montfort! Merci @lamethodesylvie, Claudia & my love Tom for the pics! Music is love! ❤️🎶❤️ 

The groove was on 🔥🔥🔥 thanks to my amazing band - équipe au top @pierresibille, @jeromebuigues, Francois Gomez & Philippe Jardin, we were invited to debut a first-ever, brand new summer soirée at beautiful winery @cavescommandeur and WOW it was phenomenal! 

The rosé was flowing, Corsican & Italian food aplenty, and the sold-out crowd ready to dance with us! 

And it’s so moving to me, when we play somewhere new where many people are hearing our original music for the first time - when everyone starts singing along to Love Enough for a Lifetime or dancing to Wheels on a Train it’s so joyful! I’m moved to tears! 

Gratitude on high, thank you thank you for such a wonderful evening of music and love 🙏🏼❤️🙏🏼

#pierresibille #jeromebuigues #francoisgomez #philippejardin #valerieghent #equipeautop #musicislove #singersongwriter #happylady #nofilter #cavesducommandeur
South of France - ready to Groove! Join us July 24 South of France - ready to Groove! Join us July 24 in Montfort! 🎶🎤🎸

#liveconcert #singersongwriter #blues #soul #montfortsurargens 

@pierresibille @jeromebuigues @montfortsurargens #francoisgomez #philippejardin #valerieghent
Ciao from la bella Italia! 💕🇮🇹 The hills, Ciao from la bella Italia! 💕🇮🇹 The hills, the vines, the olive trees, and the sea, all under an almost full moon….. magical! (Scroll through to see the moon!)

Then Wednesday night we’re back in France for a concert at a beautiful winery! Happy lady! 

Love & joy to you from my heart to yours ❤️❤️ 

#italia #labellaitalia #musicianlife #ladolcevita #toscana #vineyards #cypresstrees #nofilter
Happy Birthday in heaven Nick Ashford! 💕 we lov Happy Birthday in heaven Nick Ashford! 💕 we love & miss you always 💜🎶❤️ 

#nickashford #happyheavenlybirthday
#ashfordandsimpson #motown #singers #songwriter #sugarbar #timeless #lyricist #musiclegend @sugarbarnyc
Yes! Our Daoist Meditation Mantras are now availab Yes! Our Daoist Meditation Mantras are now available in an album format! My husband Tom and I worked on these together for a loooong time, a true labor of love, we are thrilled to share them with you. Enjoy!! 🎶💕☯️

🎶 https://valghent.com/meditations-for-the-soul-daoist-meditation-mantras/ (link in bio)

You can listen to just one, or several, or for a very powerful meditation listen to all six of them in a row. We also offer instrumental versions of the mantras so you can speak them at your own pace. 

#mantras #meditation #daoist #tombisio #valerieghent #daoistmeditation #lotusflower #calmness #tranquility #peaceful #stability #opentheheart #alignthebody #vitality
JUST RELEASED! Tom & I are thrilled to share the 6 JUST RELEASED! Tom & I are thrilled to share the 6th mantra, “Peaceful” from the Daoist Meditation Mantras series. A beautiful mantra that brings a sense of peace and calmness. Enjoy! 💕🎶☯️

Cover photo: I love photographing lotus flowers. Tom and I discovered a lotus garden in Beijing at Ritan Park (Temple of the Sun) in 2009. This beauty spoke to me, delicate and strong, in the afternoon sunlight ❤️ 

#meditation #mantra #peaceful #daoistmeditation #tombisio #valerieghent #meditationmusic #lotus #lotusphotography
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