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NEW SINGER-SONGWRITER SENSATION DIANE BIRCH AND DARYL HALL JOIN VOICES ON LIVE FROM DARYLS HOUSE OCT. 15
For 24th episode of acclaimed web show, Birch and Hall will team up on songs from her debut album, Bible Belt

NEW YORK, Oct. 12, 2009—Singer/songwriter Diane Birchs passion for American music, which includes everything from the delta blues to Motown, California surf music, Top 40 pop and south Philly soul, mirrors the same eclectic influences that inspired Daryl Hall, so it seemed a natural pairing to put the two together for the 24th and latest installment of Live From Daryls House, available starting on Oct. 15 at www.livefromdarylshouse.com.

Birchs S-Curve Records debut, Bible Belt, was written entirely by Diane and recorded in New York and New Orleans, with Grammy-winning producers Steve Greenberg, soul legend Betty Wright and Michael Mangini at the helm.

Birch was born in Michigan, but moved to Zimbabwe with her South African-born parents, who were missionaries; migrating to South Africa and then Australia before returning to Portland, Oregon when she was a teenager. An extraordinarily accomplished keyboardist, whether on piano, Rhodes, Wurlitzer or Farfisa, Diane has been compared to fellow singer-songwriters Laura Nyro and Carole King, as well as Elton John and Jerry Lee Lewis. Rolling Stone calls her Amy Winehouse-style retro pop, minus dysfunctionHer welterweight voice is strong and fetching. The Huffington Posts David Wild said: Ive just heard the future of singer-songwriters and her name is Diane Birch. Bible Belt is more than welcoming its downright thrilling.

Diane has one of the best new female voices Ive heard in quite a while, said Daryl about the latest new artist to appear on Live From Daryls House. Shes also a very evocative songwriter and kills on the Wurlitzer. We really had a blast.

Diane and Daryl tackle a seven-song set that includes a pair of fairly deep Daryl Hall and John Oates album tracks in Lifes Too Short, from the 2003 album Do It For Love, while Fall in Philadelphia originally from the 1972 Atlantic debut, Whole Oates, and now available remastered on the 74 song box set DO WHAT YOU WANT BE WHAT YOU ARE, THE MUSIC OF DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES (RCA/LEGACY), which streets on October 13th . The two also perform four songs from Bible Belt, including Fire Escape, Fools, Nothin But a Miracle and Dont Wait Up. Birch shows off her vocal range on her and Daryls soulful cover of Aretha Franklins Daydreamin.
I had to keep pinching myself, especially when Daryl started singing Fire Escape, Diane enthuses about the experience. It was a seriously surreal day and his whole crew could not have been cooler!

Past episodes of Live from Daryls House have featured a mix of well-known performers like Smokey Robinson, The Doors Robby Krieger and Ray Manzarek, Nick Lowe, K.T. Tunstall, Todd Rundgren, Gym Class Heroes Travis McCoy, Finger Elevens James Black and Rick Jackett and the Bacon Brothers, along with newcomers such as Philly soul singer Mutlu, Canadian techno-rockers Chromeo, MySpace pop-rock phenom Eric Hutchinson, Cash Money rocker Kevin Rudolf, Wind-up Records Chicago rockers Company of Thieves, Bay Area singer/songwriter Matt Nathanson, Charlottesville, VAs rising Parachute and Chicago rock band Plain White Ts.
Live from Daryls House started with Daryls light-bulb moment idea of playing music with my friends and putting it up on the Internet, and the show has subsequently been praised by such varied media outlets as Rolling Stone, Spin, Daily Variety, CNN, BBC, Yahoo and the influential Lefsetz Letter.