Meet Shirley Levi, an inspired and inspiring artist that doesn't let anything stand in her way. Humanitarian, Entrepreneur, Activist, and Musical Maverick are all apt titles but in the opinion of Your Girl in Music, Dreamer perhaps suits her best. Her epic (think Beowulf) journey as she followed her hearts path is the stuff of legend. Last week, we spoke to Shirley about her artistic process, her new album Break Free and what lay in store for her.
What is your secret superhero power (I know you have one!)?
Ha!!!! Wow Kristen! Believe it or not even though there's major hints of it in many of my videos & performances no one else has ever asked or pointed that out before! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT??!! I knew you’d be able to detect it considering that u have special powers of your very own! ;) This interview with you feels really empowering. Yes I definitely have one :) My secret superhero power is that I'm really MISS MUZIK! It's another nickname for me which I go by sometimes. If u notice I wear my MISS MUZIK cape, boots, ring & headphones in so much of my work & live shows. My music & heart is my superhero power. I'm mentioning them as singular because they feel as if they are one. There's times when I feel defeated emotionally, in pain or I'm feeling physically worn out as we all do sometimes. I may have a bad cold but the second I start to play & hear my music and sing, my strength & power seem to elevate like a rocket! I feel like I'm flying so high at the speed of light in complete happYness. My soul is totally & completely at peace and in the light. I'm totally balanced & moving completely effortlessly in rhythm. I swear to G-D it feels like magic. I feel like I have so much endorphins & natural energy oozing thru my veins that at that moment I can transport it to an entire stadium or to the world! I feel like I'm finally taking flight in the truest form of my hearts deepest yearning. I am so happy I just want to run as fast as lightning like the bionic woman and spread that energy to every single person I can possibly reach!
The music has gotten me through everything. I'm gone in a completely different dimension & it really does seem like a superhero power. U will notice in my videos, especially in my music video for my song “Your Eyes”, I'm passing the music, like hope & inspiration, from person to person. I always have my headphones on during the video and during some live performances because it feels as if I'm receiving a transmission of songs from G-D & zapping people with it through the end of my chord, like a magic wand. I literally really am doing this all over Hollywood: Running around, dancing, making videos, playing music & making some serious noise! I feel that is my obligation as an artist to keep passing that inspiration. In fact, even my paintings reflect my music & the inspiration that is being replenished by G-D in and out of my heart…replenishing me to keep spreading it and passing it onto others. That's my super power. I go from being Miss Muzik to Miss Muze! ; >>>My job is not only to write & sing songs of hope but to also inspire music out of the world! I wanna help others outta their pain and back onto their true calling, through music. I'm Miss Muzik...... in da house!! : >>>
"Run as fast as you can, hand in hand with life! The time is now! Remember yourself free. Be true. Future belongs to you. Re-Bel to shine through!" ~ Re-Bel.
When did you know that music was in your blood? What was that "AHA!" moment like?
I never seem to meet anyone who shares this same feeling as me but it really did feel like music was in my blood & my AHA! moment happened way before I was even born. Music felt really urgent to me from the very beginning. My mom told me the other night that I was the easiest childbirth of all her kids. She said it was, "One two three! & I was out in a hurry!”, as if I was in a huge rush to get here and get started on making music already ha-ha! Even my birthday cake at 3 years old was a big guitar! When my dad finally bought me my first guitar, which happened to electric, I swear I couldn't separate from it. I slept next to it hugging it all night for like a week lol. It felt like my soulmate. Even before I could speak my parents who were big music luvers must have somehow caught on to my early calling cuz my entire bedroom & the whole house was filled with my instruments. They grew up going to Cliff Richard shows and other acts that would perform in the Middle East. They were always and are still crazy about Rock n Roll & Country Music. We were actually invited to Nashville to attend Wynona Judd’s wedding and I remember us being in some bar on the strip watching my dad in a Willy Nelson bandana, and my mom with a cowboy hat, dancing & singing all the legendary country songs that they knew by heart. The bar was covered from wall to wall with country albums, which I didn't even recognize most of but my parents knew them all! It was so cute and beyond surprising to witness.
I have to say though that other than just being born, I just realized from this very special interview with you Kristen that my other major AHA! moment would have to be my Napoleon Dynamite moment in 3rd grade which I mentioned in my previous answer. I still think my third grade talent show tops it all off considering the circumstance :) It even tops the AHA! moment of performing at my biggest shows with over 3,000 people.
What inspires you?
Singing to G-D or singing HIS words…especially in Hebrew inspires me & empowers me most. Something very different takes over my soul, my vocals & my melodies. I feel that a completely different vibration is coming out of my voice. I never start my set or rehearsals without singing "THE SHMAH", which helps to open up my vocal chords and align my spirit & rhythm completely with the light. "THE SHMAH" is a Hebrew prayer which I've added my own melody to :)
Life inspires me. Light. Even the darkness. It's like a word problem. How am I gonna turn this darkness into light? Real emotions that trigger growth, making me closer to people in my path, inspire me cuz it forces real spiritual wisdom to blossom in me. The things that I hate most & force me to wake up inspire me. Pain. What can I say? It triggers my most powerful fighting mechanisms to defeat & to cope. Not being understood. Not being accepted. Things that torture me on a daily basis make me fight harder & provoke so much emotion that melodies, lyrics and paintings pour out of me like an eternal well! People who have been completely & consistently faithless all my life make me fight even harder! Even when they see me reaching significant & well-earned heights thru tireless devotion & consistent strides forward, they still don’t accept it and even worse they continue to try really hard to veer me off my true calling & path to happYness. Can you imagine that??! Can u imagine someone veering you away from happYness and claiming to luv you?! Well ...believe it or not those things do become inspirational cuz they make you fight your hardest. It's like pure fuel. Ur just like uh uh! This is not my path! NO NO NO NO! It's not for me! I can't even fathom the idea! Every time u force me to imagine living the reality u want for me, I feel like I'm being sent to hell! So I think adversities end up serving as inspiration & are actually a big blessing in disguise. It feels like I'm literally fighting to not feel dead while I’m still alive. I definitely don't want any more pain by any means, lol! I wish I wouldn’t have to go through as many obstacles as I’ve already had to face, although I do think the stronger you get the harder the tests that you receive. Life has made me so much stronger, that like I said before, even the devil doesn't stand in my way anymore!
BREAKING FREE!!!!!!! BREAKING FREE INSPIRES ME & WILL PROBABLY KEEP MY ATTENTION FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE!! : >>>
How have you grown as a person or artist that makes you most proud?
I think what I'm proud of the most is what I struggled with the most: Learning how to believe in myself. I know I sound like I'm determined, so I must be the most secure person, but all of the rebellion is coming from a person who's sick of being scared and sick of people trying to control my happYness & my thoughts! Ultimately it's YOU who holds YOU back. Most often, no one can literally stand in your way other than by whispering & projecting their own personal fears into your ears & having you believe it as if it was yours to begin with. By taking it in, internalizing it and allowing their fear to become yours, you end up creating your very own handmade demon, which is the only thing that really ends up standing in your own way. "You could rise like a giant from your fears and shed your tears. To rule your demons like servants. You can fly with your eyes open wide" ~ "Rise Like A Giant” . This kind of empowerment be applied to everything & anyone who tries to hold you back from achieving your dreams and earning your G-D given right to happYness. Society, family, luvers, friends, etc, ANYONE OR ANYTHING THAT'S TRYING TO HOLD YOU BACK. No! It's not OK to live your life in a coma of mediocrity or suffering! I feel especially bad for those under political tyranny. Even they have a choice! You can still be totally free in your spirit. Wow, can you imagine how incredible it would be for me if I could go back to a FREE Iran & perform one day??!! It would be such a total miracle. In my heart, it's a big possibility.
What is the strangest thing that's ever inspired a song?
Wow, even till this day, I haven’t forgotten my powerful dream of the lyon, which I had several years ago. It was what led me to write my song "Lyon of JerUSAlem". Might as well call me crazy but my dreams and visions really do have a huge influence on my songwriting & offer me a lot of insight & guidance into my path. If you look up my astrological birth date, I'm born on the day of Dreams & Visions. I can't help it. I'm also incredibly psychic which helps me to have a lot of insight to what is coming up and helps with my decisions in everyday life. My dreams are usually pretty prophetic and seem to come true which is why I started taking them so much more seriously. I had a dream one night that I was in this room and there walks in this massive beautiful powerful lyon. In my dream I really luved & respected the lyon but was also very nervous & terrified. I kept thinking, “Oh my G-D he's gonna bite me!” Then all of a sudden, before I could do anything, the lyon quickly bit my arm. The next thing I know I'm in some restaurant with some guy and I'm asking him if he knows anything about lyon bites. As I'm pointing to where I got bitten by the lyon on my arm, all of a sudden my entire arm turns into this mystical, fairy tale-like, gorgeous music box, which slowly opens up. As it started to open all these beautiful images of music started coming out of the music box. (You will notice pieces of those music notes and the images from my dream spread out & scattered into so many of my paintings.) Then I started to hear the most beautiful melody coming out of the music box. As the music got louder and louder I remember thinking in my dream that this song is so incredible I hope I'll remember it! Next thing I know, I said in my dream "Oh my G-D this song is all over the radio around the world! It's a huge hit around the world!! Wait! Oh my G-D it's my voice! It's me!!” Then I woke up. It's one of the most surreal, vivid, euphoric and visually stunning dreams or visions that I've ever had visually, emotionally & prophetically. I was deeply affected by it. It is slowly unveiling all it's hidden meaning and probably will continue to do so for the rest of my life. Nothing compares to what I witnessed & the intensity I felt in that unforgettable dream. Anyway, that dream haunted me consistently until one day when I was in Jerusalem on a visit. I was walking around the old city in Jerusalem and filming. I kept noticing lyons everywhere. I couldn't figure out why the image was everywhere so I called my grandma who lives there and asked her. All these years I was trying to figure out the meaning behind that incredible lyon dream that I had. I found it too ironic when she told me that the lyon was the symbol of Jerusalem!
"I had a vision of a lyon in my sleep. He bit me on the arms. Where a music box flew open and music notes came flying out from my arm. Playing a familiar song on the radio. My voice came shouting out! JerUSAlem, JerUSAlem. I left my home in the USA. I left my heart, JerUSAlem. I got bitten by the lyon!” ~ “Lyon of JerUSAlem” – Shirley Levi.
Give me some insight into your music & songwriting process.
If I don't feel Chills that won't go away from a beginning lyric, melody or concept I won't bother finishing it. I create and put music out there that I would listen to myself and would want to keep playing over time. I also will never force the direction of the production just so it sells. The music will tame YOU and SHOW YOU the way! The production should be the decoration to follow your original demo & signature style.
I'll never forget the meeting I had in NY with an A&R big wig for yet another major label. His biggest problem with my album & songwriting was, in his words, lol, "You seem to have a lot of potential hits. There's just too much usage of metaphors in your lyrics. It's not commercial enough for Middle America. Believe it or not nobody knows who Van Gogh is in middle America!" I was incredibly insulted on behalf of us all in America! The funniest & most ironic part about it is that while he was so strongly disapproving of my "Van Gogh" metaphor in my song "Break Free", he kept referring to the song as the “Van Gogh Song”!! Haha! ;) I walked out of there telling him that I will forgive his ignorant feedback and may even allow him to reach me after the millions of albums and hit songs I was gonna sell all over the world! I'm still holding onto that self-fullfilled prophecy because I know in my heart that it will not only happen but that he will remember everything he spewed out of his small scared little brain. I will not change a thing about my lyrics for "BREAK FREE”!!! It still helps me today when I listen to my own lyrics. Others will not only get it but be thankful that I didn't water down my work and that I had more faith in America! If you force-feed people the same damn thing OF COURSE THEY WILL DIGEST IT! IT'S THEIR ONLY CHOICE! IT'S TIME TO CHANGE THAT AND GIVE PEOPLE AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE MUSIC PROGRAMMING OUT THERE NOWADAYS! IT'S ALMOST AS IF YOU JUST WON'T GET HEARD ON COMMERCIAL RADIO IF YOU'RE NOT THE EXACT GENRE WHICH IS BEING MILKED TO DEATH AT THAT MOMENT, NO MATTER HOW COMMERCIAL OR WORTHY YOUR SONGS MAY BE!
What are your goals for "Break Free" that will make it a success for you no matter how it does chart wise?
The fact that I completed my hearts work, in spite of the exaggerated adversities I faced with this album, has already made me feel like a big success in the most important ways for myself. This kind of happYness that will last in my heart forever. For me to keep fighting and not selling out is something I'll be proud of for the rest of my life. I did it myself and stuck to my true vision from the beginning. I wanted success so bad yet it wasn't what shaped my intentions behind this album. I stayed really really true to myself. I never in my life thought I could ever withstand that much and still stay that true to myself. I wanted to let go and not hold so tight to my principles but I just couldn’t allow my album to be diminished from my highest standards for it. I wanted so bad to let go of creative control cuz I needed to fly but I knew nobody else cared as deeply as I did to see my vision through properly. I've had this thing in me for so long I just wanted to give birth to it already! It felt like desperately trying to find the right doctor who could help me to finally give birth to it! Then I finally realized I have my own label, my own publishing company, I've written, produced & remixed it all myself. I've also written, produced, directed & edited all my own music videos. I've developed my own non-profit and even my own merchandising. My image is made up of my own imagination to fit my soul. My marketing is totally from my heart. I do it all! I own my masters! NOBODY OWNS ME. DUH!!! I'm the one who is gonna give birth to it!!!! I already did!!!! I'm so proud! Nobody did it for me. I did it for myself!! NOW, the next step is making sure that it really helps others. Since I’ve already gone through it all now I can tell it to somebody else so that hopefully it’ll help them to not trip or make mistakes with their precious dreams. I hope they believe in themselves on those dark painful nights, knowing that someone else has gone through it and not only succeeded but in a much better way than they could have imagined! Look at me, I'm like the poster child for the underdogs. I'm an immigrant, a woman and have so many things that have worked against me in so many ways that if I can do it, anyone can!! If helping to inspire others in need is the main purpose my music serves, and my album spreads hope in people's hearts, helping them towards their own happYness in Breaking Free, then I have accomplished my mission in full! I found a way to make it happen on my own. I didn't falter. I didn't sell out. I released it. I flew & because of that there’s a whole bunch of people flying with me : >>>!!!
Talk about what song from "Break Free" is most personal or resonant for you right now.
As much as I would have thought that luv or other subjects would have been most prevalent for me today, breaking free, completely free is still an issue I struggle with daily. I can't seem to do anything right unless I break free. I guess that would make my song "Break Free" still the most personal to me nowadays.
"They call you Van Gogh t
hey say no one will ever know
who you are ’til after you die
no matter how hard you strive
You’re not dead yet
no… you’re not dead yet!
Break free from the chain
break free from the pain
of your mind
that makes you blind
try and combine your heart with your head
let it lead you instead of playing dead." ~ "Break Free"
When I'm singing "They call you Van Gogh", it's me that everybody calls Van Gogh. One of my fav aunts takes credit for starting the trend with my nickname :) Vincent Van Gogh was never recognized during his life for his paintings. He couldn't sell a piece to save his life while he was alive. He was put down and written off as if he was never born. His visionary signature style was completely dismissed & considered wrong just because he was so unique & ahead of his time. He was never made to feel nor was he recognized to have had any worth whatsoever while he was alive & yet he was blooming with such huge talent. He was mistreated and made to feel ashamed of his gifts. He was a really goodhearted man who never sold out. After he died his pieces became worth millions. I was referred to as Van Gogh in that no matter how hard I would strive or how talented I may be, nobody will know my work till after I'm dead. They would say, "Wow, Shirley you do it all so well but it's so sad cuz you're like Van Gogh and life is so unfair. It’s such a shame that you will die a poor and misunderstood artist just like Van Gogh. No matter how many talents you have.” Well, I've already changed that! There's no way that will be my destiny! I am in control of my life. I have the power to surpass their standards and even my own! That's somebody else's bad story. I'm fighting harder than ever! I am determined to be heard! I'm past that mark already. With no budget, no help or support I've already reached millions and I'm just gettin’ started! I will break free from all my demons one by one & pave my own path based on my heart's guidance. Still, it haunts me everyday and every single day feels urgent to me as if G-D forbid, it may be my last. I'd like to live heaven on earth. Here and now. To get all my creative works out of me and be treated with the respect I feel I’ve earned.
What has been the biggest reward on your artistic path to date?
Knowing that I have the power to affect somebody in need is beyond crucial in my heart maybe because I didn’t have any help from anybody around me at moments that I needed it so badly. There have been so many times that someone I knew was in the position to make a HUGE difference in my life with very little effort on their part by making one call, pressing one button, or doing one small favor but not one person in my life was ever willing to help me and so from a really young age I realized I just gotta help myself. I lost a lot of people and walked away from a lot of people along the way. Throughout it all, only my mom and my best friend stood by me. They kept my heart lit at such crucial moments. Not sure what I woulda done without that support. I really feel that all of these disappointments have been so exaggerated and so loud in my path so I could learn from them and use that wisdom to help as many people as possible! I was forced to become an expert in defeating and overcoming disappointment haha! ;)
What is the most ridiculous gig you've taken on as an artist/musician?
I can definitely recall the most ridiculous and humiliating gig I've ever taken lol. It really got to me too cuz of the timing of it all. It was during a time when I was already really insecure and just staring to get my self out there. I was involved heavily in charity as I am today so I was really open to helping when approached to perform for a cause I felt dear to my heart. A good friend called me and told me that a buddy of hers needs the right kind of artist to perform at a charity function that will help raise money for a school with a lot of young Latinos from low-income families. It was supposed to raise money to develop their Music & Art Department, which would also help to keep the kids off the streets. She told me that she let him hear my music and he really luved it and would really appreciate if I played a free show to help raise money. So I thought OH WOW that’s definitely an important cause that I'd really really LUV to contribute to!! I got my entire band together, paid them from my own pocket so they’d show up for rehearsals and the show. I helped find a sponsor & got us all ready. I was supposed to just show up and not promote. Well, we show up like an army marching forward ready to do something great in this gigantic room and the next thing I know the room is totally empty. Completely & TOTALLY EMPTY!!!! Lol, there was maybe about ten people there and I thought, I came here to do something and I’m just gonna do it anyway so I went through with the show & sang my heart out! I tried my best to pick our heads up and just realize I that even though people have good intentions in mind I will never work with anybody again unless I truly feel in my heart that they are realistically trying to help and that they have a realistic plan that is going to reach out and help others. I would like to tell other artists that you should always value yourself & your time and start treating yourself with a lot of respect. Don’t let people take advantage of your time or take the gifts that could really help the world, for granted! NEVER FORGET that there are a lot of people out there who really do need your help and your music can help to change their lives! You just need to do your research and find the kind of people who take their own time and causes very seriously too. Don't give up just because of a few imposters. It's all a test in life that is making sure you really want to help. Make sure that you don’t let people use your gift when they’re not willing to do their part. Find others who are needing you in their project and will really focus on making a difference with it. I played that show and went to bed at night with a good conscience anyway! :)
What's next for you?
Hmmm that thought overwhelms me cuz the future of my creations seems completely limitless and endless. People I really admire approach me to get to write or collab on other projects that are less urgent in my path, but would be so much fun to do. I feel so inspired & flattered but then I start to feel guilty & frustrated cuz I realize I have a deeper calling. Until I get to all the issues that seem most urgent in my heart, I unfortunately can't focus on projects without a deeper purpose. There doesn't ever seem to be enough time in my life, even if I live to be one-hundred-and-twenty, to get it all out and feel totally at peace! So to think “what’s next”, oh my gosh…the film “Break Free” definitely! There are so many videos I've envisioned for my songs off my album "Break Free" that need to be created but I can't seem to find the time since I'm doing it all myself. The next step for my album "BREAK FREE" is definitely The Movie or Theatre Production! There's so many details in my songs that I feel should be also told, captured & experienced with visuals and dialogue. I can't wait to make it happen!!! : >>>
My next album “Survive”, which I’ve already written, is also a BIG urgency in my heart to produce & release. My album “Break Free” took such a long time to truly complete & release in the right way that it's taken me way longer than planned to get to my next album. I have sooooo much more material that's waiting to be unleashed! I also have a lot of stuff that I’m creating for kids. I’ve got projects where I’m doing a lot of writing for hip-hop, world stuff, all sorts of music. I really want to get out and push all of my charity projects out to the forefront on a much more massive level! It's getting harder and harder to do it all myself but I have faith that help will come if I continue to build towards it. I'm in the process of making my charity called "MUSIC ON MY SHOULDER" an official legal non-profit. I plan to perform at The White House with my Autistic Musicians at my side singing my song “Anne Marie” and raising major awareness!! Honey, I’m just getting started! ;) I also would like to write a book based on the stories I tell in my paintings. I paint the spirit in abstract and I think it would be so inspiring to unveil some of the hidden messages & intentions in my paintings since they are all in sequence to real events in my music & in my life. I have song after song after song for so many important causes and album after album! There's just way too much that’s fighting & competing to come out of me that I don’t know what’s gonna come out first but…in the immediate future, I’d really luv to get back on stage after The New Year : >>> I’ve been behind the scenes really building my company and legalizing my charity, making videos and just getting my music out there, finally releasing it, promoting and makin' appearances, etc.. TV is also an avenue I am building towards. I have held onto so much of my documentary footage that it’s time for it to all come out & help the world!! I think I’m just gonna have to get on Television and begin aiming my songs of hope towards specific causes which are really close to my heart. I’m gonna have to get out there and fight…and sing & speak, making some major noise out there…so I think the platform of TV is calling my music’s name!! :) It’s also time for a lot more of some really really memorable massive shows that are going to reach the entire planet! Oh and one more thing...Hit after hit after hit after hit for CHARITY!!!!! : >>>
You're forced at gunpoint to get your karaoke on; go!
So, forcing me at gunpoint is the right way to put it because that is what you’d literally have to do to get me to sing Karaoke lol!…I've never really tried too hard to sing covers cuz I'm consumed with my own material. Music is such an important and big part of my every day life that when I'm out I’d rather be watching other people when I’m not on stage myself lol...but if I was forced at gunpoint…um...I’d probably want to be super drunk and singing a really great country tune. It sounds strange but I prefer singing to a man's vocals cuz it's way more fun. I feel a lot of times that women are expected to sound so feminine and pretty with so much dainty, high-pitched stuff that it takes away the edgy raw attitude that I relate with. I feel women are pushed into expressing and focusing more on sounding seductive, which doesn't always bring out that power in their voice. To me, Patti Smith has a killer voice & range. Her voice kills me. She has so many dynamics and emotions...it’s just HOT…it’s like you know she’s not trying to be perfect or dainty. I relate with that big time, especially when I get to sing live & totally untamed in all different languages. To me it's almost like a technical musician who can play someone else's music super great but can’t create an original on their own. I guess I prefer character in everything much more than just soul-less technical perfection. So...back to your question Kristen, I definitely would like to get my Karaoke on with would be Elvis or just flat out whip out a Johnny Cash country song, drink a bunch of beers and whiskey and belt it out of me...haha...I might even have to wear a cowboy hat! :) I think I may have to do that the next time I visit Nashville…where I do hope to record & perform in the very near future. I still have my heart set on playing at the Grand Ole Opry one fine day ‘cause G-D knows I’m a huge country fan and I write so many country songs of hope... and how cool and incredible would it be for an artist born in the Middle East to play there?!! HAHA!! ;) A MAJOR DREAM COME TRUE FOR ME!!!! I got so many great folky, bluesy sounding country songs that I hope to release on my next album. It'll be so cool to have an album filled with a variety of genres from country to rock to reggae to electronic to world music etc..!! Check on my next album!!: >>>
Name your Guilty Music Pleasure.
Okay, so my guilty music pleasure…definitely would have to be... yeah... John Denver. John Denver is one ‘cuz I grew up trying to learn guitar on his songs and ‘til today I hear his voice and get chills. I just love John Denver…really really love him musically, I love his voice and I love his song writing. He sounds to me like a super free spirit taking flight in his songs. His melodies kill me their so pretty. Melodies in songs like "Rocky Mountain High" or "Take Me Home, Country Roads". Speakin' of other guilty music pleasures...I have to admit that if there’s one cover song that I’ve always wanted to do which is ...ok what can I say...haha.. I luv Neil Diamond’s song “Coming to America”. I love that song cuz it's such a powerful "I luv America" immigrant song. U can feel everyone who came here to make their story a success standing up in glory and waving their flags…In America, the land of the free. The American Dream is so sparkly when witnessed from other countries :). Once you're here and you become an adult, you realize you really do have the power to make a difference in your own life and in others' lives. Even though there a lot of times I feel powerless, when it comes down to it you have the opportunity to do a lot in this country. In the song, “Coming to America”, I listen to it and I get chills!! Chills!! I get really sentimental and I feel like I'm that little immigrant girl who first moved to America who grew up with a strict immigrant father who never wanting me to do music and the fight of it while being in America, the land of the free...so I get chills and I will have to do that cover song one day! :)
"FUTURE BELONGS TO US!!!"~ "Re-Bel"
For all things Shirley Levi, please visit her official website http://www.shirleylevi.com/ or buy Break Free on iTunes. Shirley will also be debuting her song "Re-Bel" on Indie 103.1 with legendary DJ Jonathan L. this Jan 14th.
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