Crystal Bright

Crystal Bright
Crystal Bright
Background information
Birth name	Crystal Dawn Bright
Born	Annapolis, Maryland United States
Genres	World music, folk, jazz, Flamenco, Cabaret, Mariachi, Brazilian Samba, Balinese gamelan, Chinese, Indonesian, Ugandan
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, music teacher, performance artist, theatrical director & producer, holistic health coach / nutritionist
Instrument(s)	Vocals, musical saw, accordion, keyboards, concertina, adungu, bombo, zheng, piano, guitar, vihuela
Years active	2010 (2010)–present
Website	www.crystalbrightandthesilverhands.com

Crystal Dawn Bright is a musician and multimedia artist from North Carolina. She is a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, music teacher, performance artist, theatrical director & producer, and holistic health coach / nutritionist. As founder and leader of the band Crystal Bright & the Silver Hands, she has released three studio albums and one live album, been reviewed internationally, and performed with the North Carolina Symphony. She won the North Carolina Symphony's Triangle Talent Search in September 2010 and released a music video in October 2011. The local YES! Weekly named her Best Singer in March 2012, Best Songwriter in May 2014, and Best Musician in the Triad in May 2015. Her music has been called "carnival folk, fairytale pop and gypsy jazz" and was described by the BBC as "a pleasant kind of bonkers."^[1]