Tara
The Queen of the South Tara is a female vocalist, who resides in Mobile, Alabama. She became interested in the entertainment industry at a very early age. Tara has made cameo appearances on local television commercials and sitcoms. She had the opportunity to play a major role in various stage productions and she has opened for other well known artists such as Lenny Williams, Confunkshun, Lacee, Tucka, Mose Stovall, Big Ro Williams, Jeff Floyd, and Stony Murphy to name a few. Tara’s musical inspirations include Michael Jackson, Tina Turner, Whitney Houston, Lauren Hill, Sade, Tony Braxton, Anita Baker, Lalah Hathaway, Tina Marie, Maze, and many more. The Queens’s music is infused with contemporary R&B, Classic Soul, and Neo-soul. Tara is the recipient of the 2017 Pensacola Music Awards Hot New Artist and Best Recording Artist. Tara was nominated to receive several awards at the 2018 Jackson Music Awards. She has also been nominated to receive an award at the Texas Southern Soul Music Awards. Tell us a little bit about yourself? I grew up as an only child in Mobile, Alabama and I am a divorced mother of an amazing son. I am an adventurous and results-driven person, who is passionate about music arts and serving my community. Which artist inspired you the most growing up? The Jackson’s inspired and ignited my interest in performing arts. At age five, my neighbors and I would have a fullblown Jackson’s concert in the backyard with a drummer and vocals. The drummer and I later performed in a cover band together. Those were the good old days. How did you get into Southern Soul Music? It was never my intention to become a Southern Soul Artist. My inspiration came from a friend, who was and still is a producer. He saw my talent before I did. He insisted that I go into the studio I did not feel that I was ready. I wanted to gain experience singing with cover bands. On one faithful day, I decided to stop singing in a cover band and recorded my first single and the rest was history!
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