Lorraine has been delighting the music world with her accomplished, elegant, and stylish sound. Having performed on National stage and television in Ireland in the 80's and 90's, raising three children, and then a chance meeting with her idol Barbra Streisand in Italy a couple of years ago, Lorraine’s passion has been reignited to focus once again on her own music. The result being a confident and compelling collection of original songs and covers, released in the autumn of 2018 under Lorrai followed by numerous gigs.
It was clear from an early age that music was to play an important role in Lorraine’s life. She started to sing at the age of 5 and starred in several school plays before eventually landing the lead role in Snow White at Dublin’s National Theatre and then went on to perform on National television Live at 3 and The Late Late ShowLorraine has honed her sound into a smooth and soulful blend of jazz and pop with a distinct Celtic flavour - a nod to her Irish roots. Her own songs, tackle universal topics like love, loss, pain, and physical attraction. Musical influences have been diverse – she cites Earth Wind & Fire, Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, Frank Sinatra, Andrea Bocelli, Pavarotti, and the King of Pop himself, Michael Jackson but her two biggest influences are Barbra Streisand and Ella Fitzgerald, hence the recent jazz set she has compiled with her band Lorraine and The Flames, covering many of the great melodies from The Great American Songbook.
John G Smith is currently Associate Musical Director for Hamilton, Tina Turner Musical and Juliet in the West End. He has toured and/or recorded as pianist/MD for Sting, Michael Bublé, Katherine Jenkins, Elaine Paige and many others. He regularly plays and arranges music for the BBC Concert Orchestra. John has composed scores for several international cartoon series on Disney Channel and Nickelodeon and his recent award-nominated album Big Band Hip is available on all platforms.
Drummer James Powell and guitarist Tristan Powell have worked with their father in his Georgia Fame Trio since the ‘90s, appearing on several superb collections, including Three Line Whip and Walking Wounded.
Tamir Smith has recently graduated in Music from Cambridge University where he was the winner of the Michael Williamson Instrumental Scholarship. Whilst at Cambridge he was a leading light in the recently formed Jazz Society and was the Musical Director and bassist of the Cambridge University Jazz Orchestra for two years. In London, he was bassist for The Jazz Section, a musical which ran at the Union Theatre.
