Champian Featured in the Absolute Sound (February 2022)

“Some musicians want to reinvent the wheel every time they record an album, but not Champian Fulton. With musical heroes like Charlie Parker and Dinah Washington, she stays rooted in the music that’s closest to her soul. “I like things that swing,” she once put it. “I’m a bebopper at heart.” The same could be said of her father, Stephen Fulton, who joins her for a series of duets on Live from Lockdown. A mixture of instrumentals and vocal performances, the album features Champian on piano and vocals and Stephen on flugelhorn and trumpet. Standards like “I Hadn’t Anyone Till You,” “Satin Doll,” “Moonglow,” and “What Is This Thing Called Love” are delivered with a casual late-night air that calls to mind many mid-century Jazz albums. Champian is a soulful singer whose enthusiasm is infectious, and there’s a life-affirming quality to Live from Lockdown. Simply having the opportunity to play the music she loves and share it with other people seems to be all the inspiration she and her father need to record an album that makes listeners feel like they’re part of a small, intimate, and special audience.” - Jeff Wilson, the Absolute Sound

(publicity by Lydia Liebman Promotions)