Performing at Singer Spotlight North Shore on Thursday, April 25 at Pops Highwood

Rachelle Kole
For the past 10 years Rachelle has been the vocalist for the Larry Brent Orchestra. She has performed for private parties throughout the Chicago area. Rachelle's voice was a familiar feature on the John Records Landecker show on WLS radio as the Iowa Songbird in the late 80's. She is currently busy in her own production company, being the mother of three children, ages 6,4 & 2. She is looking forward to getting back to a more active singing career.

Amy Mowery
Amy Mowery is a proud third generation Chicagoan, born and raised in the North Side neighborhood of Lincoln Square. After graduating from Ball State University with a degree in journalism, she worked as a newspaper reporter, freelance graphic designer and magazine art director before settling into her current career as an internet producer for WGN-TV in Chicago. Music, however, has been an integral part of her life ever since her older sister gave her a copy of the Monkees album, The Birds, The Bees and the Monkees, when Amy was five. An avid live music fan, she has traveled around the country to see her favorite bands including Poi Dog Pondering, Los Lobos, The Scabs, Alison Krauss, John Wesley Harding, Galactic, Tony Furtado and Ellis Paul. That devotion led her to the Old Town School of Folk Music to study voice, under the guidance of Alison Ruble. In the past two years, Amy has performed a mix of blues, folk and country at Buddy Guy's Legends, the Abbey Pub, Gunther Murphy's, FitzGeralds, Pop's Highwood and the Lyon's Den. Email Amy at amy@singerspotlight.com

Kirsten Gustafson
Chicago audiences first took notice of Kirsten Gustafson with the release of her critically acclaimed first CD "You Taught My Heart To Sing" in 1992. After years of vocal work with an assortment of musical configurations--everything from rock bands to jazz groups--the Atlantic Jazz recording put her on the map literally overnight. The late, great Sammy Cahn was so impressed with her singing th he entusiastically agreed to write the liner notes for her disc. "Miss Gustafson will be among the greats." he wrote, "you heard it first from me!" In the years since her stunning debut, Kirsten has concentrated on live performance. In 1994 she joined the latin-influenced Samba Bamba! as their lead singer. The band had a 16 month run at Vinyl, a popular Chicago night club at the time. The wild popularity of Samba Bamba! led to concerts in New York and Los Angeles as well a slew of private parties and corporate events. Kirsten continues to do voice-over and jingle sessions while working on a new CD with Blue Note guitarist, Fareed Haque. Her second CD, "Live at Montreux" was released in 2000.Wth her sheer love of singing, she has charmed audiences from the famed Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, to the Parisian club scene.

Jason Antone
Jason Antone is a singer/songwriter from Chicago. His influences include musical theater, classical and pop. He recently completed his first full length CD or original pop music, which he wrote and produced. Jason continues to perform throughout the nation and is looking forward to adding Singer Spotlight to his list. For more information on Jason and his career, go to www.jasonantone.com.