Storm Large: musician, actor, playwright, author, awesome. She shot to national prominence in 2006 as a finalist on the CBS show Rock Star: Supernova. There, despite having been eliminated the week before the finale, Storm built a fanbase that follows her around the world. Additionally, she was seen on the 2021 season of America’s Got Talent.
Storm spent the 1990s singing in clubs throughout San Francisco. Tired of the club scene, she moved to Portland to pursue a new career as a chef. However, a last-minute cancellation at a Portland club turned into a standing weekly engagement for Storm and her new band, The Balls. It wasn’t long before Storm had a cult-like following in Portland. Then, this renewed her singing career that was soon to be launched onto the international stage.
Storm continues to tour concert halls across the country with her band Le Bonheur. She also appears as a special guest on Michael Feinstein’s Shaken & Stirred tour. Alongside Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey, Storm joined Michael Feinstein as special guest with the Pasadena Pops. In the 18-19 season, she performed her one-woman autobiographical musical memoir Crazy Enough.
Storm made her debut as guest vocalist with the band Pink Martini in April 2011. There, she sang four sold-out concerts with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. She continues to perform with the band, nationally and internationally, and is featured on their 2013 album Get Happy. Storm has also sung with Grammy winner k.d. lang, pianist Kirill Gerstein, and punk rocker John Doe. Also, singer/songwriter Rufus Wainwright, and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer George Clinton.
Recommended for fans of Pink Martini, Dresden Dolls, Paris Chansons and Cécile McLorin Salvant.
