Velvet Rouge - Your Next Favorite Band

Ready for some gypsy-soul rock-n-roll??  Well you're going to love the music and the convo with Gina Zo of Velvet Rouge.  They have brand new music coming out to continue their exceptional offerings and performances that made them Philly's hottest rock band.

Gina's been singing and dancing pretty much since she could start to talk and walk.  And took to all aspects of being a musician just as quickly - writing songs as soon as she was gifted a guitar, and then immediately began prospecting with venues for gigs, showing a willingness for the grind of getting your name and music out there.

Then at 17 she auditioned for The Voice and made it to the show on Team Blake.  There she did receive coaching from Gwen Stefani, which you can see homage to in her performances.

Off of the success of the show, she was able to sign with a label, however here she experiences the darker side of the industry where she didn't have control over her own content and image and it has her take a break from singing, writing and performing.

Luckily for us, she eventually gets motivated to "get the band back together" and now called Velvet Rouge, they've committed to go all out and also to advocate for change in the treatment of women in the industry.

Also, recently come out as bi-sexual, Gina is also an advocate for being your most genuine self, and released the anthemic "Faking It" about the struggles with navigating that.  Happy Pride!

All that and much more to look forward to in this interview, including a live performance from Gina of "Shattered" which is releasing the same day as this interview.  This accompanies the previously released summer power jam "Lonely Since The Day We Met", and the full EP comes out in a month on 7/26.  Join for the EP release show at Johnny Brenda's on 7/27!

Lastly, we'll have our typically trivial details to explore - like what's up with this broken toilet seat on the wall....???


Velvet Rouge Links

• Website
• Instagram
• Facebook
• TikTok

Velvet Rouge Music

• Merch and Music direct from the band
• Spotify

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Thank you to Carver Commodore, argonaut&wasp, and Blair Crimmins for allowing us to use their music in the show open and close. It makes everything sound so much better!

Let’s catch a live show together soon!

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