Biography

Lori Greco is an Independent Artist, a singer and songwriter who was born in Vico Equense, a little town just out of Naples in Italy. At the age of 3, Lori moved to Australia with her family and now resides in Perth, on the West Coast of Australia.

Lori was introduced to the piano at the young age of seven and took piano lessons in classical music while her parents often played orchestral music and Neapolitan songs in the background. She also loved listening to music on the radio and idolized the women with huge voices like Barbra Streisand, Whitney Houston, Oleta Adams and Celine Dion, adored the harmonies of The Eagles and The Carpenters, and was highly influenced by the piano playing and songs of Sir Elton John.

With all these incredible influences, her music has sometimes been defined as complex but Artichix Magazine has described Lori as "One of The Best Kept Secret in Music" Her Music is an adult contemporary blend of piano based songs of pop, country, orchestral and jazz. Her voice is smooth, soft and sensuous but at the same time she can deliver a powerful and emotive lyric.

With a major in piano studies, Lori studied at University and gained two Degrees, in Music and Education. To supplement her studies, she began performing in piano bars and restaurants where she developed a regular fan base supporting her gigs. She also was appointed as the Musical Director for many musicals, all by the age of 21, for which she received glowing reviews.

From that point forward, Lori's passion for performing grew and as did her ambition. She appeared on several television variety and talent shows, was a guest performer on morning TV chat shows and a finalist in "The Australian Singing Competition." She was also a regular performer at the Crown Casino and The Sheraton Hotel and joined a Motown Showband, which continually sold out to Perth audiences.

In 2006 she recorded her first song "Australia." A patriotic song, highlighting the love for her home country. “Australia” was immediately embraced by the local radio stations and this led to many performances at Tourism Award Ceremonies and Australia Day concerts. Lori has made guest appearances on radio and television, culminating in live performances of the song on ABC Radio and to an audience of over 30,000 people in the port city of Fremantle in Perth, on Australia Day, January 26 in 2007 and 2008.

The success of "Australia" led to her writing a full length album in 2007 called “WAITING” which showcases her powerful and emotive voice. From pop to country, rhythm and blues to jazz, her debut album of twelve original tracks was released and is available at all leading digital download stores. In 2008, "Sail Away" was recognized as one of the top 1,500 entries of the 15th annual Billboard World Songwriting contest.

The personal success of "WAITING" led to Lori wanting to record a new album. In August 2009, through a crowd funding campaign at sellaband.com, 412 music loving fans invested in her music to help realise her next goal. Lori became the 34th artist to raise $50,000 towards the recording of her next album.

In September of 2009, Lori was invited to Sardinia, Italy as a guest of 3J Production to perform and promote her album and in 2010, Lori returned to Italy for a Sardinian Tour. She recalls the performance at a Gala Dinner for Telethon to raise funds for research against muscular dystrophy as being the most memorable. All proceeds of the evening and sales of her CDs were donated entirely to Telethon.

In September 2012, was honoured by being the first and only contestant from Australia to compete in the "Festival of Italian Song" in New York. Singing an original song in Italian, Lori was thrilled with coming third. Once again, on September 22nd of this year, Lori was invited to sing in The Festival in New York to perform another new song called "SOLITUDINE" which she plans to record and later release next year.

The highly anticipated release of Lori's new album called "NO ORDINARY GIRL" was recently released. This album showcases Lori's fresh approach to musical arrangements and a blossoming of songwriting skills. Heralding a return to where melody is king, the album contains elements of pop, jazz, blues, country, dance, disco and funk. With world famous session musicians such as Steve Gadd (drums), Abe Laboriel Snr (bass) and special guests Andy Snitzer (saxophone), Jamey Haddad (percussion), Romeo Scaccia (piano) and two-time Grammy award winner Lucky Oceans (Pedal string guitar) plus the cream of Western Australian talent.