Welcome to the official site of E.C. Scott, an acclaimed artist in soul and blues, honored with nine Blues Music Award nominations. Explore her musical journey, albums, and career highlights. For bookings, click the button below to bring her dynamic performance to your venue. Check back soon for more information on upcoming shows. No less a music industry legend than Jerry Wexler, co-founder of Atlantic Records, called E.C. Scott "one honest-to-God soul singer." High praise indeed from the man who produced Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, and Wilson Pickett! Blues and R&B diva E.C. Scott possesses a warm, inviting voice and a delivery that can be smooth and sultry one minute and sassy and sexy the next. She can mesmerize a crowd down to a whisper or rock them into a loud frenzy. E.C. Scott has developed her own style, a refreshingly original and distinctively modern approach. Her enticing, rich voice, hook-laden arrangements, and intelligent, at times humorous, lyrics come together to produce songs that aren't easily forgotten. "I want my music to have that old R&B flavor but with a new sound," she says. While growing up in Oakland, California, E.C. spent most of her time singing in St. John Missionary Baptist Church. Later, witnessing performances by gospel singers Shirley Caesar and Inez Andrews left a strong impression on her. "I thought their world was fascinating and I wanted to be part of it," says Scott. For E.C., singing became a "way of releasing, and, hearing myself sing was a form of entertainment." Her mother wouldn't let her listen to "worldly" music, as she called it, but later, via her older sisters' radio, "I was introduced to the hip stuff. I always wanted to do that, but it was so taboo. I felt I'd go blind or I'd be crippled the next day if I sang blues. I shied away from that for many, many years." Nonetheless, she loved listening to R&B music by artists such as Gladys Knight, Dinah Washington, Bobby Bland, and Clarence Carter.
