Samantha Joy Pearlman

I make music for you to cry and dance to at the same time.

As a Jewish girl from NYC, I idolized <a href="spotify:artist:3z6Gk257P9jNcZbBXJNX5i" data-name="Regina Spektor">Regina Spektor</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:6QDWC6QeGhvCWCv3nUJwoV" data-name="Laura Nyro">Laura Nyro</a>, as their songs became containers for my emotions. When my heart shattered into a million pieces, I found that other people&#39;s music could no longer adequately contain my emotions and I needed to write my own.

As I started writing songs, I felt the influences of other women before me: <a href="spotify:artist:1HY2Jd0NmPuamShAr6KMms" data-name="Lady Gaga">Lady Gaga</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:5hW4L92KnC6dX9t7tYM4Ve" data-name="Joni Mitchell">Joni Mitchell</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:5bepW5vcdRzheNc0F8lHJ5" data-name="Esperanza Spalding">Esperanza Spalding</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6ueGR6SWhUJfvEhqkvMsVs" data-name="Janelle Monáe">Janelle Monáe</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4NZvixzsSefsNiIqXn0NDe" data-name="Maggie Rogers">Maggie Rogers</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2Sqr0DXoaYABbjBo9HaMkM" data-name="Sara Bareilles">Sara Bareilles</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:5vBKu1igxFo6g1sHADkIdg" data-name="Kate Nash">Kate Nash</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:6jlWj6y00bMQt8XoKuCjyZ" data-name="Emily King">Emily King</a>, infusing into my eclectic pop music. With the help of over 160 backers on Kickstarter, my debut record was born.

I&#39;m so thrilled to share this music with you. Now these songs can be there for you in times of booty shaking, in times of love-making, in times of heartbreaking and all the times in between.

www.samanthajoypearlman.com