VALERIE BARRYMORE

About VALERIE BARRYMORE

Valerie Barrymore is considered to be one of the best entertainers around. She has won several music awards; including Detroit Music awards and Detroit Black Music award. 2011 Detroit Black Music Award Winner for Best Funk Artist, Valerie Barrymore was born and raised in Detroit. She attended Michigan Christian College, where she was chosen as a lead vocalist for the school’s annual program `Celebration in Song’. After college she toured Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Canada,Italy ,the Eastern United States and the Southern United States. In Japan she appeared at Club PePelomoco and Club ViVi. Valerie came back to Detroit and did some recording with one of Detroit’s Techno Geniuses, Mr. Blake Baxter. Shortly after the recording, she started working with The Steve Somers Band, she fronts the band and impresses audiences with her dynamic stage presence and high-energy. Also a talented writer, she penned the tracks `Desire’, ‘Love Me Now’ and several others. In 20020she formed Foundation of Funk and started Barrymore Publishing and B. Rox Records. She has been nominated for several Detroit Music Awards Best R&B & Funk vocalist, in 2005 she won Detroit Music Award Best Funk Vocalist the award!
Valerie has appeared on the very same stage with some of the top of the line entertainers; she appeared at the Afro-American Festival w/ Betty Levette