STELLE AMOR DELIVERS ‘SOULTERNATIVE’ SOUNDS
At 6-feet-tall, Stelle Amor is already a fairly big presence before she even sings the first note.
It is her voice, however, that commands the most attention, and it is a voice she uses to belt out a wide range of styles. From jazz to blues to classic rock to country, Amor can sing it all.
“I love all the genres,” she said from her home in Nashville.
“We call it ‘soulternative.’ No matter what style we are playing, I always try to have that soul vibe in all my songs. It is a nice blend. I love it. I love not putting anything in a box.”
Amor will perform tonight, Jan. 11, at Revelry Room. It is her first performance in Chattanooga and she promises that fans will hear a mix of what she and her band can do, and she promises fans will feel the love.
“As eclectic as it is, I think the show really does flow. There is a time to groove, a time to dance and we have some ballads. We have some balance in there.
“I think it brings different things out of you, but all of the songs are about love, which is the way. I’m super excited to groove with everybody. The core to all of my songs is about forgetting your worries, forgetting your struggles and just uniting with each other.”
Amor was born in Kansas and lived in Louisville, Ky. She grew up on classic rock and country music, and later jazz and soul. She began writing songs as a child and learned to play the bassoon at 11, later picking up the guitar and the piano.
After moving to Nashville, she connected with guitarist Derek Toa, who brought in drummer John Wood and bassist Will Cafaro, whom he knew from his days at Berklee. They began playing and writing songs and eventually recorded their EP in 2017.
It features her first single “Get Right,” for which she also shot a video in a laundromat.
“It was fun,” she said of the shoot. “It’s a song about how anybody can get together and get right no matter where they are. It’s OK to get together and boogie.”