Jazz vocalist and DC-native Akua Allrich has proven herself to be a musician of extraordinary talent and crowd-moving passion. With finesse and charisma, this vocalist, composer and teacher, has ...

Meet Akua Allrich: Jazz vocalist Akua Allrich is a musician of extraordinary talent and crowd-moving passion. For the past two years she has been electrifying audiences in and around the nation's ...

Jazz vocalists in general get too little respect, especially from critics and journalists (including this one, who pleads guilty). That’s even more egregious when there’s a spectacular supply of such ...

Howard grad and D.C. native Akua Allrich has had a busy few years. In 2010, the soulful vocalist released her debut album, A Peace of Mine, and has been performing regularly since then. She’s about to ...

When it comes to jazz vocalists, it is too often the case that they stick to a standard repertoire, reinventing the wheel by holding fast to the Great American Songbook. That’s not always their fault ...