China Forbes

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China Forbes at a Pink Martini concert (2006)
Forbes with Pink Martini at the 2012 Savannah Music Festival

China Forbes (born April 29, 1970 in Cambridge , Massachusetts ) is an American singer-songwriter and actress who became known as one of the two lead singers - next to Storm Large - of the group Pink Martini .

life and career

China Forbes is a cousin of former US Secretary of State John Kerry . She attended Phillips Exeter Academy and then studied acting at Harvard University , where she made regular music with Thomas M. Lauderdale , who studied classical piano there.

At Harvard, Forbes received the Jonathan Levy Award . She graduated in 1992 and worked for several years as an actress in off-Broadway theaters in New York City . She began her musical career with the formation of her own band and the recording of her solo album Love Handle in 1995. In the late 1990s she sang the title song Ordinary Girl for the television series Clueless and in 2003 the song Que Sera, Sera for the thriller In the cut .

Thomas Lauderdale, who now lived in Portland , Oregon , asked Forbes to join his group, Pink Martini, formed in 1994 . She took on the role of lead singer and moved to Portland three years later to devote herself fully to working with Pink Martini, referred to by the New York Times as the retro-lounge group .

In 2008 Forbes released their second solo album '78 on Lauderdale 's Heinz Records label. In the same year she sang a duet of the song How Will It Last? With Michael Feinstein . on his album The Sinatra Project . With Georges Moustaki she sang two duets for his album Solitaire in French . She appears on television and sang on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno .

Forbes paused for about a year from mid-2011 because of vocal cord surgery. She later described this time in an interview as one of the most difficult phases in her life; she rarely felt so isolated. After her return, she reduced her appearances with Pink Martini and shares the role of lead singer with Storm Large , who had represented her during her illness break.

Forbes is married and gave birth to a son in 2009.

Web links

Commons : China Forbes  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b The Pink Martini girl gets serious online edition of The Daily Telegraph , April 24, 2008 (accessed August 15, 2013)
  2. ↑ Profile page of Forbes ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at Exeter Academy (accessed August 15, 2013)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / exeter.edu
  3. ↑ a b biography on the Pink Martini website (accessed August 15, 2013)
  4. ↑ a b Robin Denselow: Speaking in tongues The Guardian , April 18, 2005 (English; accessed February 11, 2016)
  5. ↑ a b Feinstein Comes Full Swing to Capitol-Era Sinatra The New York Times, August 31, 2008 (accessed August 15, 2013)
  6. ↑ a b Pink Martini's China Forbes only now comfortable talking about vocal problems Oregonlive.com , November 10, 2011 (accessed August 15, 2013)
  7. ↑ a b Unbreakable China: An Interview with China Forbes Portland Family, March 1, 2012 (accessed August 15, 2013)
personal data
SURNAME Forbes, China
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American singer-songwriter and actress
DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Cambridge , Massachusetts , United States