keri lynn roche

 

Singer/Songwriter/Instrumentalist

 out of the Detroit Metro Area.

Indie/Rock/Acoustic American Idol

 Season 12 contestant.

 

Keri Lynn Roche is a Michigan born

and raised, singer/songwriter, who

has been playing music since the

age of 14. Her earliest influences

were primarily female artists such

as Tori Amos, Fiona Apple, Sheryl

Crow and Ani Difranco.

 

Keri was recently placed in “Top 24”

 girls on American Idol 2014, Season

XIII. She is back home from her

 American Idol Hollywood

experience and moving forward

with a renewed sense of passion

and dedication to her craft.

 

Regarding her initial Detroit

audition, Keri explains, “It’s amazing

 how a three-minute clip on national

 television can affect someone’s life.”

 Indeed, the singer received an

 enormous amount of positive

 feedback and new fan support

 following her multiple performances

 on the show.

 

Keri would describe her own style

as one that is constantly growing. “I

 don’t offer just one thing, because

as a person, I am constantly

changing and experimenting. I like

 to play folk music, I can get gospel,

 I’m a pop princess and I grew up on

 alternative rock and grunge so it all

 is somehow intertwined in the

music I write. The one thing that

remains consistent is the honesty.”

 

The depth is there, the brutal

honesty cryptically intertwined in

her songs are valuable to her for

more reasons than just making it

big in the industry, “This is my

medicine. I can’t take full

responsibility for overcoming

personal struggles because I

couldn’t have done it without music.

If I could make it on a larger scale

that would be wonderful, but my

 primary motive has never been

fame, it’s just the safest place for

me to say what I really feel and

the fact that people want to listen

to it, and want to hear more, is just

 as baffling as it is flattering.”

 

Roche has had the opportunity to

 perform at some very well-known

 national venues including: The

House of Blues, The San Diego Onyx

 Room, the Venice Beach Boardwalk

 as well as many local Detroit area

 stages including: the DIY Music

Festival Ferndale, The Blind Pig, The

 Magic Bag, The Crofoot, PJ’s Lager

 House, The Ark, Taste of Ann Arbor,

Ann Arbor Art Fair, Xhedos and

Gracie’s Underground.

 

Her new single, “Scar on my Heart”

is now available on iTunes.