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Tanja Maritsa

With a name like Tanja Maritsa one might guess that the London based singer songwriter, has some exotic connections. Indeed they might be even more exotic than you first imagine....

Born to an English mother and Croatian father, Tanja spent the first five formidable years of her life living in Paris, France. It's no irony then that her first spoken words were spoken in the language of love - French! Her early years growing up in Paris were extremely vital to her development as an artist and as is evident from her new album 'Fragile', these images and sounds remain seared into her soul, and to this day are a vital part of her compositions.

However while Paris and the French culture are important, there have also been other influences on Tanja as an artist. Perhaps the most “instrumental” of these came from her mother :“My mother has a great voice and used to love anything from Puccini to Ella Fitzgerald and that's how I developed my passion for music'. However, despite success at an early age and catching the eye of musicians like Rick Wakeman, on the advice of her school teachers Tanja decided to pursue the sciences and moved away from London, yearning to return to her love of music, as soon as possible. A few years later, and back in the big city, fate took a hand when she met folk jazz teacher Colette Meury (teacher to many a famed singer: Beth Gibbons and Liz Frazer to name but a few) who recognized, and encouraged her talent and in 2005 Tanja formed her own jazz folk covers band with guitarist Paul Sogaard, performing in many venues, in and around London and New York.   Tanja went on to create her own project and 2008 saw her first professional release on Freedom Music, Ltd,with 'Child in My Heart', produced by the legendary arranger Richard Niles and featuring the remarkable piano instrumentation of Gwilym Simcock. Originally intended to be an album of covers, after hearing her own material, Niles strongly encouraged Tanja to write more and ‘thats how I caught the writing bug’ !.Tanja's music has already attracted a lot of fans and overwhelmed by the response she was eager to get back into the studio and start recording her second album ‘Fragile’. The album includes 10 tracks of her own material and two covers. It opens with her hotly tipped Single ‘Live for Today’, a light hearted jazzy French chanson, and takes us on a journey of love and life from jazz (‘No More the Blues’, ‘Wont You Dance’) to folk (‘The Other Side of the World’, ‘La Catrina’) and world music (‘Fragile’, ’In Love Again’ ‘Libertango’), ending with Tanja’s beautiful melancholic song ‘Fading Grace’.

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Vocalist Tanja Maritsa Releases "Child in My Heart" - Free Download Available

Vocalist Tanja Maritsa Releases "Child in My Heart" - Free Download Available

Source: All About Jazz

"For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart..." -- Judy Garland The musical expression of emotion is not easy to master; however it is the ultimate goal of many artists. A great deal of modern music simply enters our ears and may move our bodies... but seldom our soul. Very few artists can compose soaring melodies intertwining lyrics that whisper into our hearts the full gamut of human experience. Tanja Maritsa is one of these ...

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Tanja Maritsa's Debut Release: "Child in My Heart"

Tanja Maritsa's Debut Release: "Child in My Heart"

Source: All About Jazz

Songs That Soothe Souls, Mellow Minds LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM (May 18, 2008) - Singer/songwriter Tanja Maritsa has a truly unique and rare gift. Through her music, she provides a healing touch that pervades listeners with a delicate blend of Jazz, Pop, and Folk. Child in My Heart is her debut release and a masterful mixture of romantic and surreal songs that soothe souls and mellow minds. Child in My Heart contains fourteen “musical miracles," each with an almost heavenly ability ...

'Joni Mitchell, Dory Previn and Madeleine Peyroux fans will really love her! 'Blues and Soul Magazine

'A very talented songwriter,...an air of Blossom Dearie ' Stephen Duffy BBC Scotland Jazz House

"A voice which deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as some of the greats, Nina Simone and Ella Fitzgerald" Gareth Forman - Music Journalist

'A Timeless Emotive Voice' TimeOut

"Beautiful Music !!" Barbara Dickson

"You have a lovely sound, Keep going strong" Elkie Brooks

"A unique and beautiful voice, Tanja Maritsa's Sultry tones are a welcome change " Oskar Smith - Guitarist, Producer, Director of Orchestrand Ltd.

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Child in My Heart

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A Thousand Years

From: Child in My Heart
By Tanja Maritsa

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