Deborah Kuhl - Original (2016)

Deborah began playing piano by ear at age 3. Primarily a self-taught musician, she had some formal training through both piano and classical voice lessons. Her life has taken her from Iowa to the SF Bay Area to Texas to Algeria to France and back to the Bay again. Since her return in 2004, she most often performs a repertoire of French music and standards, but she remains active in songwriting too. She enjoys hosting the Open Mic she started at First Street Cafe in Benicia and connecting with the wonderful musicians she met through that activity. Former stints include keyboardist for the new wave era SKA band "Twistyze" in Austin, Texas in the 1980s and in 2003 in Paris, she was member of a female trio that performed original music and covers, usually in three-part harmony.