Stephanie Rooker and the Search Engine
Stephanie Rooker’s soul-shaking sounds range from saucy r&b, to innovatively revived funk, to jazz-infused ballads.
Drawing from her broad range of musical influences: from folk music of her native Appalachia to her immersion in traditional music of Ghana, from years of classical and jazz training to her distinctive grasp of the cultural evolution of American gospel–blues–jazz–&–hip-hop, Stephanie Rooker’s sound is fresh and cultivated. She sings with the careful phrasing of a soulful Eva Cassidy, the wailing of a young, blues-steeped Bonnie Raitt, and the self-affirmative slant of Stevie Wonder.
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