Valentina Black

Valentina Black has a huge following of over 2.5 million followers on social media with a ready-made global fan-base that has been growing organically at incredible pace. With her mother, also a musician, as a primary influence, Valentina’s musical upbringing was one of wild contrasts; she listened to James Brown, funk, Michael Jackson and Jimi Hendrix while her mother nurtured her with Ella Fitzgerald and Disco music. The hefty presence of rock, r’n’b, pop and funk quickly became telling factors, and a young Valentina was soon singing with local bands twice her age. During this time she also worked as a dancer for main Italian broadcast channels (Rai and Mediaset). Her professional career took off a few years later, debuting with Jimmy Carl Black, the legendary drummer from Frank Zappa’s ‘Mothers of Inventions’. Impressed by “her golden voice, a beautiful little angel”, he recruited her for the recording sessions of "Freedom Jazz Dance” as singer and Hammond organ player, under the stage name of Valentina Black. Valentina’s raspy and angelic voice and rhythmic flow has taken her into studios in London, LA, and New York. She has opened for international DJ's like Fritz Kalkbrenner and many others, and released more than 70 tracks for a number of labels such as Toolroom, King Street Sounds and Kevin Sanderson’s KMS Records. She produced several tracks, including the single 'Everywhere you go', topping the charts of Shazam, iTunes and aired worldwide on BBC, Pandora, etc.