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Download the promotion video - chodge.swf
(It's a 52 MB QuickTime .mov file)
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NEWS FOR OCT./NOV., '09:
"THAT'S WHY I'M HERE" was featured on COAST to COAST A.M. show
with GEORGE NOORY!!! (Nov. 1, 2009 show!) to purchase new hit and listen to others, just go to
The new CD, INDIGO... has taken off (the tour was a huge success), and is now sitting neatly in the top ten on a bunch o' jazz charts across Canada - see Chart Attack [thanks, Ottawa, Calgary, Montreal (thanks, Pierre), White Rock (Bryon Tosoff from "Cup Of Joe"), and all] Also, on the Earshot online charts, as well as receiving play at KJAZZ88.1 FM (thanks, Paul James!) Long Beach, and on the new release list for jazz& blues news in Chicago... "Indigo", "Guide to Recovey" & "Do You" have recently been on the "most played" list at RadioIndy.com (all genres!!)
 2010 is turning out to be a big year for Cheryl Hodge. Having just completed her high energy fusion album, "INDIGO" (2009) with Juno winning trumpet player, Brad Turner, Saxophonist Tom Colclough, and guitar greats John Stowell & Cliff Maddix; and her smoking hot rhythm section; with bassist Dave Captein and drummer Charlie Doggett; Hodge is raring to go (bring on the tours!) She's celebrating her newly found dual citizenship (US/CANADIAN); making touring all that much less of a hassle! With over 20 years of playing & touring with some of the finest jazz musicians in the U.S. & Canada, Hodge is a gifted pianist and isn't afraid to visit the outer stretches of "scatting" territory. Her first love, however remains (and most likely forever will be...) composing. Hodge has performed alongside: John Stowell, Mike Stern, Dan Balmer, Hugh Fraser, Dee Daniels, & countless others. Here are links to some of her accomplices. There are annual tours which include jazz festivals, clinics and club performances. Hodge has also been know to diverge into film scores, and musical direction. Recent projects include the job of musical director (with acting director Frederick Edell), in a theatrical production of Cole Porter's "You Never Know", and vocal direction in Little Shoppe of Horrors. Musical accomplishments include her book with companion mp3 audio exercises: ""A Singer's Guide to the Well-Trained & Powerful Voice"(see below), which you may order from this site: or as an ebook (w/audio) at ebookmall.com 
Hodge graduated with a degree from Berklee College of Music, in Boston where she taught music for 8 years. Students have included: Paula Cole (top ten, pop), Frazee Ford (of The Be Good, Tanyas) and Kyle Gordon (famous studio vocalist). Since then, she has recorded her vocals on several labels; including Warner Brothers and Atco Records (The Raindogs first release, 1990). Formerly a professor at Berklee College of Music, Hodge now heads up the Vocal Dept. at Selkirk College, in the cozy artistic mecca known as Nelson, B.C., Canada. There she also teaches Songwriting, Arranging, and Business of Music. Most of Hodge's touring happens in the summer; with a few winter forays. In the meantime, Hodge writes articles and does various recording projects. Here's an article Cheryl wrote for a songwriter site: CHERYL HODGE, "Smooth; yet, Edgy..." Recently, Cheryl received the highly coveted, "Grindie Award" for her INDIGO CD! 
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