Biography
Maryanne Ito age 33, Samoan/Japanese from Honolulu Hawaii is a soul singer/songwriter/performer likened to Erykah Badu and Jill Scott. This independent artist combines a soulful-jazz style with R&B and Hip Hop.
She is a 2015 Na Hoku Hanohano Award Winner in Hawaii for Best R&B Album as well as a Vodafone Pacific Music Award Winner in New Zealand for the “Peoples Choice” Best International Artist.
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Her debut album “Waking Up” reached No.4 in the Official UK Soul Chart after only 6 weeks.
Mother of two, Maryanne writes daily and loves to perform live with a full band or intimate acoustic sets.
She collaborated Jemere Morgan (from Morgan Heritage) on the popular single “How I Feel” to give it a nice reggae edge. Maryanne continues to captivate listeners with her vocal talent, her adept play on words and her raw emotion that has converted first-time listeners into loyal fans.
Her first international tour was in European and hosted by Musiconnex UK where she performed with Hollands premier acid-jazz band Tristan at world class venues such as Jazz Cafe London & Bizz’ Art in Paris, Sugar Factory in Amsterdam and more.
Ito is currently back in the studio in Hawaii working on her 2nd album.
Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.