Ariana

If this were the early 1900's, Ariana would have easily filled any music hall with her engaging and sultry voice just as 16 year old Ella Fitzgerald did.  Through observation and self expression, Ariana’s singing and song writing would help to illuminate and uplift the universal human condition of that period.  She feels that her soul is "old" and she taps into this infinite resource to reach all people with her music.

Utilizing the respective genre's of R&B, Hip Hop, and Pop music, she sings across the generation gap.  Older generations appreciate the substance of her music, middle generations appreciate the style of her music, and her generation can definitely feel the "Flava."  She is a 16 year old in touch with everyone with a unique style she calls Rhythm & Crunk.

As a 12 year old in Alabama, she defied the odds and reached across racial boundaries with a soulful acapella rendition of "His eye is on the Sparrow"  to win her age group in a mall talent contest.  At 14, she wowed an audience of over 2000 people with her primary and encore performances in the "Carnival Legends Show" aboard the Carnival cruise ship "Fantasy".  She was given first place.  Recently, she showed her genre versatility and performed two jazz songs to an ovation for Full Sail School of Music’s first Bachelors Degree graduation at the Improv Comedy Club.

In 2004 she entered the Dallas, Texas Songwriters competition and was a semifinalist.  In 2005 she was given 1st place in the R&B category of the Cooch Music Amateur songwriting competition in addition to placing in the top 100 (Honorable Mention) out of 1500+ entries in the Great American Songwriting competition.  Ariana’s website, http://arianastewart.net, has received a lot of international attention after her debut on Artist International Radio.  She receives daily hits from such places as the UK, Germany, Russian Federation, China, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Australia,  and averages 8,500 hits per month.  With crossover appeal, international appeal and genre versatility, it would be easy to stop there, but Ariana can also rap.  Being able to effortlessly move in and out of these genres or combine them successfully in a song is what she says defines Rhythm & Crunk and differentiates it from Crunk & B.