Vudoo Soul

"I never imagined a voice like that coming out of a body like yours."- American Idol judge Randy Jackson, voting thumbs-up for Vudoo Soul

Born as Chris Vu in California, Vudoo Soul pursued a musical career shortly after a life-changing experience at his first Alicia Keys concert. Inspired by the star and musical influences such as Stevie Wonder (who was the subject of Vudoo Soul's first book report in elementary school), Vudoo Soul purchased a digital piano, taught himself to play and write his own music. Since then, Vudoo Soul has performed in front of thousands of audience members and headlined at the Cambodian Water Festival (MA), the Japanese Nissei Festival (CA),and Silkscreens, Boston's Asian American Film Festival. He performed to a sold-out Boston concert hosted by Harvard's Black Student Union. Out of 20 competitive acts, Vudoo Soul was the audience-chosen favorite and was crowned the "2004 Winner of the Apollo Night."

During 2002, the fully-enrolled MIT electrical engineering and computer student flew to Austin, TX to audition for American Idol 2. Judge Randy Jackson remarked, "I never imagined a voice like that coming out of a body like yours" and gave Vudoo Soul the thumbs-up. After advancing to the Top 200 in Hollywood, Vudoo Soul realized that it was a sign to keep following the love of music.

Vudoo Soul's first major step in music began with a college a cappella group called the MIT Logarhythms. As part of the slapstick antics and high-energy entertainment of this vocal ensemble, Vudoo Soul toured with the group to universities across the nation to the LA Lakers Staples Center. He and his acappella group were personally invited by America's legendary Chef Julia Child, to sing at her 89th birthday tribute dinner in Boston. Vudoo Soul built himself a "see-it-to-believe-it" reputation: audiences were left wide-eyed after seeing him perform, unprepared for the booming voice of soul that deceives his appearance. With current involvements like the Kuumba Gospel Choir and Berklee College of Music, Vudoo Soul has just begun, rapidly unlocking an unfathomable potential of soul.

www.vudoosoul.com

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Anni Lam
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