About Me
Maria Vidal is a singer-songwriter-producer with a powerful voice and an enduring passion for making music. Her anticipated second solo album, Living in Radical Radiance releases this summer—layering Vidal’s instrumental vocals and soul-satisfying melodies into an emotional, musical collage.
Written and composed by Vidal, Radical Radiance was recorded in her solid pink Santa Monica, California music studio. Inside of this intimate, kaleidoscopic Jeannie bottle, Vidal has bravely woven her lyrical voice into eight stunning songs. Love Hunts begins with a stirring, operatic melody—then opens up to a beautiful blending of warm and textural vocals. Firefly reflects Vidal’s voice as a beacon—resurfacing radiantly from deeply layered instrumental arrangements.
Maria seeks inspiration globally—the hauntingly beautiful, discordant voices of the Bulgarian Women’s Choir, the Cuban club songs her father collected on cassettes, the overwhelming force of a Wall of Sound Chorus, “these things are always on the inside of my musical ear,” says Vidal, “I like the sound of voices.”
Vidal was a founding member of the band Desmond Child & Rouge. The group recorded two albums for Capitol Records and separated after their final performance on the Saturday Night Live ‘79 Christmas Special.
Vidal’s solo career was launched with the hit dance single, Body Rock. A&M Records released her self-titled debut album in 1987. Maria toured internationally and sang the Desmond Child penned hit single, Do Me Right in a David Fincher directed music video.
Vidal has contributed her vocals to an impressive group of artists including Stevie Nicks, Cher, Cat Stevens, Bette Midler, Celine Dion and Seal.
Maria wrote the hit single Summer Rain for Belinda Carlisle as well as the title song to her album A Woman and a Man. Vidal appeared and performed in Once Bitten and the Mike Nichols directed Gilda Live.
As a producer, Maria’s credits include Carrie Underwood and the finalists on American Idol season 4, a Sacred Ethiopian Choir album, and the children’s record Little Dolphins by the Sea.
The CD/Mp3 Maria Vidal - Living In Radical Radiance is now available from Hen House Studios, online at CDBaby, ITunes and Amazon.com.