Artist of the Week – Chyna Whyne

From Chyna’s Jamaican and South London roots and church-singing childhood emerged a one-woman sensation: Chyna Whyne. Celebrated singer-songwriter, striking model and inspirational high-heel guru she is the epitome of powerful, modern femininity.

Peter Gabriel quickly recognized Chyna’s vocal talents and selected her to accompany his tour.  She has also been handpicked to tour and record with musical greats Pete Townsend, Seal, Eric Clapton and others. Chyna’s own album “Sexy Baal-ed” (Jamaican patois for “Sexy Baldhead”), a fusion of Reggae, R&B and Hip-Hop featuring Elephant Man, was a remarkable underground hit, catching the eye of her new producer, the legendary General Lee.   Chyna’s funky house club hit “You Know That I Love You” mixed by NYC DJ staple Danny Krivit, embodies yet another example of Chyna’s versatility as compared to her inspirational ballad “When God Made Love” featured here on our Artist of the Week Player.

Chyna, a high priestess of stilettos, suffered a debilitating back injury due to her prolonged wearing of glamour height heels. As a means to recover from this injury she began studying the Alexander Technique, a system of posture realignment.  This led to her development of the renowned phenomenon “Mastering the Art of Walking in High Heels” the first ever technique of its kind, teaching correct posture and balance to today’s Jimmy Choo generation. In her new book, Walking in Stilettos,  inspired by her diverse rock and roll background, Chyna injects a refreshing electricity into classical Alexander Technique.  Her London workshops have been well attended and received much press coverage from Glamour to the Financial Times!  No worries if you can’t make it to London to study with Chyna, you can purchase Chyna’s new book 

Visit Chyna’s Website to view all that is Chyna Whyne (music, videos, photo gallery, posters and more).  Be sure to listen to some of Chyna’s tracks featured here this week!