MUSIC: Eliza Neals

Description

Eliza Neals is an award-winning musician, pianist, producer, and bandleader whose powerhouse vocals and fiery stage presence are redefining modern blues-rock. A Wayne University graduate with a BA in opera and protégé of Motown legend Barrett Strong Jr. (I Heard It Through the Grapevine, Papa Was a Rolling Stone), Eliza fuses blues, rock, and soul into unforgettable songs heard daily on SiriusXM's B.B. King's Bluesville. Praised by icons like Buddy Guy, Mick Jagger, Joe Louis Walker, and Walter Trout, she's been invited four times to the Mustique Blues Festival, where Mick Jagger called her "a voice I soon won't forget." Eliza's most recent honors include two 2024 Independent Blues Awards ('Road Warrior' plus 'Best Blues-Rock Song' for Candy Store), 2024 Music Connection's Hot 100 Unsigned Artist, and the 2018 Detroit Black Music Award for Blues Artist of the Year.