Rietta Austin

‘Rietta IS music.She lives and breathes it…Truly a voice that needs to be heard.’ – Kirk Pengilly of INXS.

Rietta has a four octave range and vocal versatility is outstanding. Rietta was the backing vocalist for Dame Shirley Bassey on her album ‘Get The Party Started’ as well as performing live with her at Glastonbury Festival. Dame Shirley’s dance mix of ‘Get The Party Started’ featuring Rietta’s vocals went to No. 3 on the US dance charts.

Rietta  co – wrote and sang  the worldwide hit single ‘Love Is On My Mind’ released on Hed Kandi/Ministry Of Sound. This track followed the success of her rendition of ‘All Night Long’ on MC Mellow Cuts released on Apace which also featured legendary artists Luther Vandross, Marvin Gaye, Gladys Knight, Bill Withers, Maxwell, Dionne Warwick and Earth Wind And Fire.

Rietta recently completed a project for Warner Music Germany  performing duets with  the iconic  Austrian pop singer Falco. The song Spirit Never Dies went to Number 1 in Austria and number 6 in Germany.

Her new single ‘Rock Me Amadeus’ is released in Europe in Summer 2012