I was a singer with the Bob Marley One World Tour for two years, I sang in cabarets for five years, and I was the city of Sparks, Nevada’s Idol winner for two years running,” she said. “Since then, I have been writing and recording my own songs. I want to ease the pain and bring love and joy to the listening audience through my music.
Erika Malone has one of ‘Those Voices’, rich, resonant and honest. This year she gathered an A-List of hometown session musicians (she lives in northern Nevada where the gaming industry supports a vibrant community of professional musicians some have called Austin in the West) who, directed by producer Tom Gordon of Inspired Amateur Productions, created a soundscape for her stories, told in ‘That Voice’. The result is Sunday Love, a grooving ballad of a lover’s communication breakdown. If pressed she’ll tell you her style grows from her love of songs sung by Gladys Knight, Janet Jackson, and Toni Braxton.