Diane Postell

Has a voice that is as warm as moonlight on water and as sweet and sassy as bayou blues. Whether she is singing down the bones or rising to meet hope’s promise, her music wends its way into our thoughts and dreams; her songs chart the mysteries of a woman’s soul.

Moving easily from jazz to rhythm and blues, from an edgy funk romp to a soft, slow ballad, Diane gives a wink and a nod to the women who have influenced her—from Chaka Khan to Rickie Lee Jones, Stevie Nicks to Ann Wilson, Cassandra Wilson to Billie Holiday. Lose yourself in her stories and you find that Diane has traveled the heart’s stormy seas and made that journey her own.

Diane’s live performances are by turns intimate and boundless, one moment tender, the next kick ass. She dazzles with a funk rock challenge and we are moving to the communal beat. She beckons with a sultry reminiscence and we are wholly alone, lost in our most private memories. A musician’s musician, Diane performs with a rock, rhythm and soul band that can match her range and virtuosity step for step.

A singer-songwriter of uncommon soul and grace, Diane seems to sing our heartbreak and our healing, our devastation and our defiance—the deepest and truest yearning of the human heart. Her music and lyrics—served up by that surprising and enigmatic voice—invite us to join her in a place that is at once familiar and timeless.

Diane Postell began her musical training at the Berklee College of Music and graduated with a music performance degree from New York University. She has studied with masters of the craft such as Merry Clayton (an original “Raylette”), Jimmy Sigler (pianist for Dinah Washington), Marion Cowings, Anne Bartos and Barry Harris. Diane has explored the range of her talents as a member of The Community Chorale Gospel Choir under the direction of Phyllis McCoy Joubert. And she continued that exploration as a member of The All Angels Gospel Choir of NYC, under the direction of Ron Melrose.

Her travels in the music business read like a who’s who of industry professionals and musicians who are respected and beloved by their peers: Bruce Lowe ( Stevie Wonder, Andre Crouch), Lenny Greene (Motown Records), Marcus Printup (Wynton Marsalis), Joy Rider (EMI Records), and Chris Carter (Uptown Horns). Diane has also worked on the production side of the business with notables such as Frank Zappa and Barking Pumpkin Records and producer Ritchie Druz (Murder Music).

Diane has also been a music educator with a special interest in music therapy in many different capacities (i.e. teenage girls who are labeled "emotionally disturbed" to small children diagnosed with autism) for the last 6 years.

Recently, Diane launched her own production company, Postell Productions, with a special focus on presenting women musicians in concert. Postell Productions is proud to present Diane’s first solo release, What I Got To Say, available at www.dianepostell.com.
Diane is also working with her own band, The Diane Postell Band, playing for fans throughout the Baltimore/Mid-Atlantic region.

Diane Postell is currently accepting vocal students. Some topics covered in lessons are: learning solid vocal technique, practical vocal adjustments, vocal phrasing, style and diction, breath control, basic keyboard knowledge and basic music theory and ear training. more info .. . .