Lydia's Musical Biography

              Lydia Blue is a synthesis of Jazz , Blues ,Soca and Calipsotic Rites of music passage.

        Greatly influenced by Billy holiday , Betty Wright , Dinah Washington, her contemporaries, Janet Kay and Jean Adebambo, both British Reggae  princesses, Lydia Blue sings with the pulse beats of Rhythm & Blues, Jazz-Fusion and the root music of her  motherland Jamaica.

        Her artistry flourished in the United Kingdom, where she migrated to with her family, as a child.                     Lydia Blue first group, with Mellow Harmony . Worked as a backing vocalists for local artistes and visiting Caribbean calypsonians like Prince Unique, Singing Francine and The Mighty Duke as well contestants in the Nothing Hill Carnival Calypso Monarch preliminary and final competitions.

          This eventually led to her artistic destiny of being a solo artiste as part of grope Graffyx. Her career as a vocal artiste her since made many progressive, changes from Graffyx, through East London's premier Soca dance bands,   Lydia Blue is not only a singer, but a splendid dancer who entertains her audience with flamboyant routines that range from Lover's Rock expressions throughout Latin sizzles to Soca, Calypso and Urban Disco fevers.  

            Her performance  integrations can be erotic, moody, passionate or coy, separately or simultaneously.  
             She take you on a sentimental journey into music's rich past and then brings you up to date,Lydia Blue scoop for live audience performances have included concerts in Florida, Jamaica, New York, Japan, Dominica, St.Vincent  and an extensive United Kingdom tour, which included cites Portsmouth Leeds, London Edinburgh, Cardiff and Ipswich. 
              She had also performed at Gospel Crusades in London. U.S.A. and the Caribbean.  and is a regular Guest of Honour on Toney Lee's Sing & Deliver,Showcase Cavalcade.

              She has been featured in U.S.A's REGI magazine, and the Caribbean CARIB TEMPO publication.

              Lydia Blue has produced a special edition of her CD for presentation to president Clinton and Her Majesty, the Queen of the United Kingdom. 

               Lydia Blue vocal style is unique, and infused with latent powers within her own soul.                                       She draws inspiration from billy, Ella, Bessie, Betty Wright Jackson Dinah Washington, and other black matriarch's in the musical genius domain;                                                                                           

                  Her faith in God and her Gospel Roots are also present in her music delivery.                                                 Lydia Blue has a style and something innate that only she can put into song and dance, which keeps you audience coming back for mo-o-o-re !!!!!!