DORIA ROBERTS BIO
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Internationally touring, Atlanta based singer/songwriter Doria Roberts was born and raised in inner city Trenton, NJ but schooled in the neighboring yet decidedly more affluent Princeton, NJ. Her first introduction to music was her sisters vinyl record collection including the Brothers Johnson, Marvin Gaye, the Sugar Hill Gang and Ricki Lee Jones. A dancer from the age of 3, she was exposed to classical offerings during ballet class, ragtime during tap training and pop music in her modern jazz dance lessons. By age 10, she was starring in musicals in local childrens theater and choral productions once performing a lead role in Gilbert & Sullivans classic HMS Pinafore. At age 17, she produced her first event directing, staging, acting in, and even promoting the topically controversial play Laundry and Bourbon as part of her senior project.
By the time she was off to college, she had incorporated the likes of Public Enemy, De La Soul, and the uber literate hip hop of KRS One into her listening repertoire. While toiling away as a scholarship student at the University of Pennsylvania, majoring in East Asian Studies (with side bars in linguistics, business and art history) and aspiring to be an executive art dealer in Tokyo, she discovered the power folk of the Indigo Girls, Bob Dylans and Joni Mitchells storytelling, the tortured brilliance of John Coltrane and Jimi Hendrix, along with the quirky punk, tongue in cheek rebellion of Public Image Limited and black rock ska outfit Fishbone. And, like many women of her generation, she stumbled upon the rising star and fierce, feminist zeitgeist Ani DiFranco during an unplanned trip to a New York City dive.
However, Roberts was still only an observer and lover of music throughout college and didnt become a musician herself until senior year when a series of life changing events redirected her priorities. She picked up a roommates beer stained guitar for comfort and the lessons of the Tao Te Ching won over the Dow Jones. Eevntually, she embarked on her deeply personal though socially concious and committed musical path.
In 1999 (i.e. 6 years and 100 coffeehouses later), she won a slot to appear at Lilith Fair and was poised to sign a major label deal along with Atlanta based peers John Mayer and India Arie. However, a dubious piece of legislation changing copyright law in favor of the labels prompted the activist in Roberts to step away from potentially lucrative offers and release her own record. Though originally intending to simply wait out the storm, Roberts eventually found herself at the helm of her own label instead.
Since then she has released and self produced five independent and nationally distributed records on her imprint Hurricane Doria Records, has appeared at the internationally recognized Montreux Jazz Festival and has headlined Gay Pride events in Atlanta, Los Angeles, Stockholm, Melbourne and Sydney, Australia. She has also opened for or shared the stage with legendary folk singer Odetta, Janis Ian, the Indigo Girls, John Mayer, blues legends the Holmes Brothers, Chris Smither avant-garde R&B priestess Meshell Ndegeocello, world music darling Angelique Kidjo, the late poet laureate Gwendolyn Brooks, Pulitzer Prize winning author Alice Walker and many others.
In 2004, she was awarded both the Anderson Leadership Prize from the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force and the Orfeo Musica Humanitarian Award from the Tupilak Arts Consortium-Nordic in Stockholm, Sweden. Both awards were given in recognition of her willingness to fuse her music with her activist work and for creating major performance opportunities and outlets for other independent artists and youth at risk. She was also nominated for the 2005 Collin Higgins Courage Award.
Currently, she is the sole producer of the 11 year old Queerstock Festival & Tour, the Black Eyed Susans Tribute Series and various other fundraising and awareness events.
Roberts has finally finished recording her sixth release and the CD entitles "Woman Dangerous" is out. It was recorded at the venerable Treesound Studios (Elton John, Outkast, Indigo Girls, Collective Soul, Usher) in Atlanta, GA and co-produced by Zack Odom. On this major indie effort, Roberts once again effortlessly and seamlessly melds her diverse musical heritage into a solid set of provocative musings on life and love and everything that happens in between.
Internationally touring, Atlanta based singer/song… Read Full Bio ↴DORIA ROBERTS BIO
Internationally touring, Atlanta based singer/songwriter Doria Roberts was born and raised in inner city Trenton, NJ but schooled in the neighboring yet decidedly more affluent Princeton, NJ. Her first introduction to music was her sisters vinyl record collection including the Brothers Johnson, Marvin Gaye, the Sugar Hill Gang and Ricki Lee Jones. A dancer from the age of 3, she was exposed to classical offerings during ballet class, ragtime during tap training and pop music in her modern jazz dance lessons. By age 10, she was starring in musicals in local childrens theater and choral productions once performing a lead role in Gilbert & Sullivans classic HMS Pinafore. At age 17, she produced her first event directing, staging, acting in, and even promoting the topically controversial play Laundry and Bourbon as part of her senior project.
By the time she was off to college, she had incorporated the likes of Public Enemy, De La Soul, and the uber literate hip hop of KRS One into her listening repertoire. While toiling away as a scholarship student at the University of Pennsylvania, majoring in East Asian Studies (with side bars in linguistics, business and art history) and aspiring to be an executive art dealer in Tokyo, she discovered the power folk of the Indigo Girls, Bob Dylans and Joni Mitchells storytelling, the tortured brilliance of John Coltrane and Jimi Hendrix, along with the quirky punk, tongue in cheek rebellion of Public Image Limited and black rock ska outfit Fishbone. And, like many women of her generation, she stumbled upon the rising star and fierce, feminist zeitgeist Ani DiFranco during an unplanned trip to a New York City dive.
However, Roberts was still only an observer and lover of music throughout college and didnt become a musician herself until senior year when a series of life changing events redirected her priorities. She picked up a roommates beer stained guitar for comfort and the lessons of the Tao Te Ching won over the Dow Jones. Eevntually, she embarked on her deeply personal though socially concious and committed musical path.
In 1999 (i.e. 6 years and 100 coffeehouses later), she won a slot to appear at Lilith Fair and was poised to sign a major label deal along with Atlanta based peers John Mayer and India Arie. However, a dubious piece of legislation changing copyright law in favor of the labels prompted the activist in Roberts to step away from potentially lucrative offers and release her own record. Though originally intending to simply wait out the storm, Roberts eventually found herself at the helm of her own label instead.
Since then she has released and self produced five independent and nationally distributed records on her imprint Hurricane Doria Records, has appeared at the internationally recognized Montreux Jazz Festival and has headlined Gay Pride events in Atlanta, Los Angeles, Stockholm, Melbourne and Sydney, Australia. She has also opened for or shared the stage with legendary folk singer Odetta, Janis Ian, the Indigo Girls, John Mayer, blues legends the Holmes Brothers, Chris Smither avant-garde R&B priestess Meshell Ndegeocello, world music darling Angelique Kidjo, the late poet laureate Gwendolyn Brooks, Pulitzer Prize winning author Alice Walker and many others.
In 2004, she was awarded both the Anderson Leadership Prize from the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force and the Orfeo Musica Humanitarian Award from the Tupilak Arts Consortium-Nordic in Stockholm, Sweden. Both awards were given in recognition of her willingness to fuse her music with her activist work and for creating major performance opportunities and outlets for other independent artists and youth at risk. She was also nominated for the 2005 Collin Higgins Courage Award.
Currently, she is the sole producer of the 11 year old Queerstock Festival & Tour, the Black Eyed Susans Tribute Series and various other fundraising and awareness events.
Roberts has finally finished recording her sixth release and the CD entitles "Woman Dangerous" is out. It was recorded at the venerable Treesound Studios (Elton John, Outkast, Indigo Girls, Collective Soul, Usher) in Atlanta, GA and co-produced by Zack Odom. On this major indie effort, Roberts once again effortlessly and seamlessly melds her diverse musical heritage into a solid set of provocative musings on life and love and everything that happens in between.
Who's That
Doria Roberts Lyrics
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21 District Who′s that who's that with your crew Who′s that tryna come…
Adobe House Who's that knocking at my window Who's that banging on…
Elles Bailey The whisky won′t drown my demons Can't drink them all away O…
Essem Who's that He's a tramp Can't approve Can't get a stamp That…
Fat Joe/R. Kelly What? Keep going baby! Whoo! Whoo! Terror Squad! Uh, uh-hu…
Freddie Gibbs Maffew Ragazino Apollo Brown Yeah, 20/20 is hindsight Experience will surely strengthen y…
GOT7 Damn 날 그 애와 비교하니 굳이 날 겪어야 아니 네…
Hen-Gee & Evil-E Who told you that? Who gave you that piece of information? W…
J.T. Tha Sorce (Who's that) Who's that lady? (Who's that lady?) Lovely lady…
laurie berkner Who′s that (who's that?) looking in the window? Who′s that (…
NICO A.K.A NICOTINE 4K Aye! When I put pen to paper Everybody knows me as the…
R. Kelly What? Keep going baby! Whoo! Whoo! Terror Squad! Uh, uh-hu…
R. Kelly featuring Fat Joe [Fat Joe & R. Kelly:] What? Keep going baby! [Fat…
Shades of Culture [INTRO] "I don't mind telling you, I've had three of my…
ShakkaZombie Who's That? What? Guess Who? Who's That? What? Guess Who? 全国…
Squeeze Who's that kissin' in the corner? And who's that talkin' on…
SUB-TRIBE WHO’S THAT By SUB-TRIBE Chorus Who’s that knocking on my …
Tab-One Yea Giving up And not doing this Thats not who i Know I know…
Tiga V I see K I V A L E V I see…
Trip Who's that sitting at the bus-stop Look at his mug shot Look…
Vic Tøry What's up? Say a real badman deya so Me got some real…
Zavon Hit that shit Z Ay Bro, So wha, So what's…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Doria Roberts:
Black Pearl Got a little problem she said Shift of her hips she…
Caught In The Rain VERSE 1 We are talking It's the middle of the night You…
Crazy Like Me "what's the difference anyway?" I heard this old man say H…
Hollow Years Who was loving her then Way back when Those were the days…
Lillian I used to walk in the rain I used to play…
Perfect Perfect Let's take a picture now I do not want to forget The…
Restoration I took a look at myself from far away I didn't…
Supposed Soul Saver *What do you have on my that I do not…
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cmr1177
Doria and this song will always be special to us. She performed this live at our commitment ceremony aboard the Westerdam on an Olivia cruise. We love you Doria!
cmr1177
Doria and this song will always hold a special place in our hearts. She sang this live at our commitment ceremony aboard an Olivia Cruise.. We love you Doria!
zwaailicht
I can't get this song out of my head! It's so beautiful.
Brian John
You are rocking on this version Doria. Nice.
Jenny Kerr
I absolutely L♡VE & miss-Doria!!!!... Have not heard much since moving away from GA. Wish she had the level of fame her voice & talent deserves!!! ~ Of course, fame is not everything, but her music.... IS!!!!!
buffntuf
I absolutely love this song. I have for a while now. My former best friend introduced me to it and i borrowed her cd for about 3 months and played this over and over and over. The words are just so true to life when you are in love. Its funny... I want this song to be the title track in the upcoming Sex and the City movie...lol. Great track as well as others on this CD... New Fan
Tuncle Libra
i love her voice, would love to have a cd of her music. where can i find cd.
Liz Bar
❤ this lady.
cmr1177
@grvcrazy it was beautiful! Doria made it even more special. This song was perfect for our ceremony.
SkunkbudFred
Very talented artist. I got to see her a few years back, in Tampa. I think she was there w/ Bitch & Animal. - Her song, "What's the matter with this world", really got to me. = I look forward to more from Doria. Her art is just beautiful.