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Female Artist of the Year Nominee (2024)
Emerging Female Artist of the Year Winner (2022)
Kendi Jean & The Velvet Smokeshow is a Texas Americana "Fonky Tonk" band with an edgy, female-outlaw, Rock & Soul sound. Kendi is a 15-time charting songwriter grown in Fort Worth soil. She is recognized as an Amplify 817 artist with the Fort Worth Public Library. Kendi & The Velvet Smokeshow play all over Texas and beyond, from festivals to basement dive-bars, they have been curating their unique style on stage after stage along the way. If you like artists like Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, Lukas Nelson, Marcus King, and Margo Price, you will pick up what this band is throwing down.
Bringing strong vocals that have been compared to Carrie Underwood, Janis Joplin, Bonnie Raitt, and Joss Stone, this female lead vocalist is impressing each and every audience with a fresh sound & style that is distinctly her own.
Kendi Jean & The Velvet Smokeshow brings a performance that is eclectic, dynamic, and just drenched in sauce. With only a few years on the Texas music Scene, there is a whole lot more ahead for this band!
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"SMOKING GUN" VIDEO NOMINATED FOR A JOSIE AWARD
Josie Award Winning Folk/Amerciana Artist of the Year
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