05/13/2014
KARI TAYLOR
Raised in Los Angeles, CA, singer/songwriter Kari Taylor has found herself living her dream – writing, recording and performing as an Artist and Actress. This year (2014), Kari is making some amazing accomplishments… preparing to release her second single and first video. Last year Kari started an Internet Radio Station and hosted her own Radio Reality Show. In 2011 she made great strides in her journey including starting her own Indie Record Label, voted first place winner of the History of Jazz Cyber Star Search Competition, and the release of her first Single “Love Come Down (the Remake) on CD Baby, and ITunes.
Kari has worked with some of the best in the business, such as Babyface, "LA" Reid, Stevie Wonder, Ray Parker, Jr., and collaborated with some of the most talented producers in the industry such as Jackie Jackson (of the Jacksons), Robert Brookins, Attala Zane Giles, Trevor Lawrence, and Preston Glass to name a few. Kari has also performed as one of the lead singers for the legendary hit bands - Rolls Royce and KLYMAXX. She is a two-time winner of the BMI Showcase, KJLH Radio Talent Competitions, the Songwriters Showcase, and others. Kari was featured on the “Jackee and Friends Show” (2009) and on the soundtrack of the re-make movie made for television “To Sir With Love II” starring Sidney Poitier (1996). The highlight of her career was in 2010, when Kari was invited to join a cast of celebrities including Chante Moore, Tata Vega, and Sheldon Reynolds (EWF) to perform in honor of Michael Jackson; who’s Award was accepted by his brother, Tito Jackson - an unforgettable experience that showed she was making a name for herself and her appeal was growing.
Kari has also explored her talents as an actress doing background work in the movies “Dream Girls” (2006) and “Waist Deep” (2006). She subsequently teamed up with writer/director Robert Kinsey twice, first in a guest spot in his stage play “Wolves In Sheep’s Clothing” (1992) and then landing a leading role in his re-enacted musical production “In Sheep’s Clothing” (2014), where she plays Johnnie Mae, a humble, Godly, dedicated woman who although is pained by her husband’s repeated acts of infidelity, doesn’t have the courage to leave him. “In Sheep’s Clothing” is a stage play about love, pain and woe, and how in the game life, things are not always what they seem to be.