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Stephanie Scelza & SoulCraft

About Stephanie Scelza

Stephanie Scelza was born to a pack of wolves and left howling on the doorstep of a human family in 1983. Her family realized she was different when she started singing before she could speak, and whisked her off to vocal lessons at the age of ten. She narrowly escaped a life of professional opera-singing when she found a guitar, quit her studies, and eloped with a band. Never able to take herself seriously as a human being, Stephanie found solace in the blues, when she discovered she was able to howl away with impunity. Suspicious of human classifications, Stephanie is hear-pressed to describe her music as a blend of funk, blues and folk. She has tricked a wide array of respectable human musicians into playing her music with her, none of whom she can remember by name, because that kind of thing isn't important to wolves. You can find her padding around the Portland music scene with no particular directive beyond survival, and the desire to find a quiet place for a good long howl.

About SoulCraft

Yoshi Ex is a top shelf Heavy Metal exile from Chicago where he trained on guitar & piano since early childhood. Wandering west seeking a new life, he put down his roots in Portland, OR to continue writing songs and to live out his R & B World music dreams by forming SoulCraft. Nayibe Rojas is proud to have called Portland home for almost 3 decades where she has become a vital part of the local music community contributing her spirited vocals & vibrant stage presence to any venue she performs at. She truly believes in the healing power of music. Geoff Soentptiet truly embodies the Portland aesthetic having lived here through the 60s & 70s performing as a musician. Today he enjoys playing his Sitar, guitars & world music.