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Bio:

    

     Born into a family of artists, his father a renowned trumpet player and his uncle a recording artist for Stax records, songwriter and singer Gregg Green is raised in and around music.

    Leaving home early for Paris, after spending time in Amsterdam, he is introduced by his friends to the ways of Paris city life. Days are filled with work and school. Nights are spent hanging out jamming, freestyling, singing, dancing and checking out new music. It is here that his world view broadens. Things everywhere, he notes, are somehow different and the same. Especially the systemic oppression of European values is  something that leaves an impression. This awareness becomes a central theme in his experience and in turn adds to the depth of his writing. 

    After leaving Paris, Gregg heads for Oahu-Hawaii to study black history and poetry and to further pursue his passion for music. While on the island he is exposed to the richness of local culture and music and musicians that help him develop his playing. Here he develops his writing, gets his work published, performs at different venues, house parties, street festivals and events on and off  campus while developing a love for performing and the sharing of his ideas through his work.

    Next up for Gregg is Brooklyn, after a friend offers him a room for rent in the borough of Kings. And in the sights and sounds of Bed-stuy, her scenery, people, rhythm and vibe Gregg’s words and sound find their home. During this time he performs allover the city aswell as in cities all along the east and west coast of the U.S. as well as Europe and Japan. Not wanting to be pigeonholed in his art, he develops an eclectic style of writing music he dubs Innercity poetry. This gives him the freedom to voice his own takes on a variety of topics, while  moving fluidly between styles like spoken word, rapping and singing. His more serious subject matters ranging from police brutality to child slavery, self-determination, love for his community, respect of elders and women and justice for the oppressed are balanced out with soulful love songs, funk flavored dance tracks, and moody ballads.

    Between 2010 and 2020 Gregg releases 5 solo albums: World Citizen, Blue Collar Soul, Innercity Poetry, Soulful Mathematics and Street Blues. Projects and collaborations feature musicians the likes of legendary Jamaican percussionist Larry Macdonald and songstress Kai Wakelin, legendary educator-activist Queen Mother Miss Adelaide Sanford, Jamaican Tuff Gong recording artist Yvad, Dutch singer-actress Hadewych Minis, leading underground Hip-Hop artists LuQuantumleap and D-Cross, Parisian/Cameroon singer Indy Eka, former Blue Note recording artist Elisabeth Withers, Bay Area collective Audiopharmcy, DJ Werd, DJ Metaphysic, the Blue Square and  Japanese producer Kenichiro Nishihara a.o. 

     After moving to the Netherlands in 2016 Gregg has been working in various incarnations of his live band Innersoul, eventually landing on a formation of drum bass and guitars with Gregg on rhythm guitar and lead vocal.  The band records two projects together (Street Blues and Grassroots) in a style that is most accurately described as Eclectic Soul. One can hear influences from a wide range of musical styles rooted in blues and soul, like hip hop, funk, roots reggae and jazz, that serve as a message in itself as well as a vehicle for  Gregg's lyrics. Stages Innersoul has graced include Stathe, Hearth, Patronaat, Oostblok theater, jazz club Dizzy, the Watherhole, MTWGA festival(Ceuvel), Houtnacht Festival and Noorderlicht a.o.

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