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Biography
"From the second Monica McIntyre's bow hits the cello, it starts to sing...She pulls, tugs, strums, and riffs, building powerful chords and melodies in perhaps the most unorthodox manner seen in a cellist yet." All this she does while singing lyrics so finely crafted that they read like poems. Monica's deep textured voice can lull and soothe or incite an audience to shout encore. Some have compared her to Jimi Hendrix, Cassandra Wilson, Nina Simone and Lauryn Hill. "If you have yet to experience the power and magic that is Monica McIntyre, whether on record or through her dynamic live performances, this is a great time to be a music fan..."
Monica McIntyre is a cellist, vocalist, and lyricist who started playing the cello at the age of 7. Monica, originally from Hyattsville, MD, studied classical cello for 11 years. After graduating from the College of Design Arts at Drexel University, she returned to her first love music and released her debut album Blusolaz in October 2003. Monica has performed at numerous events throughout the country, most notably: The Black Women's Art Festival™, The Philadelphia Fringe Festival, Soul Sista's Jukejoint™ and The 215 Festival. In 2004, she was featured in Philadelphia's BInformed Magazine and City Paper. Bars of Gold, is Monica's newest single released in August 2005 from her forth coming album, Abuse.
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