Otilia’s current project – “Otilia Donaire Band” – has her combining her singing talents with some of the Bay Area’s finest rock and blues musicians that consistently deliver a fun and interactive show filled with a huge repertoire of upbeat/danceable classic blues, rock, R&B and soul/funk tunes that'll keep you on the dance floor. Otilia released her new album, "Bluesin' It Up" revamping some of her originals from her last EP, and adding new Blues-Rock originals/covers with a full horn section and keys on Jan. 1st 2024.
You can find Otilia and her bandmates rocking the house at clubs, bars, festivals and parties around the San Francisco Bay area and beyond! [link to shows]
Regular Line up:
Bandleader/Lead Vocals: Otilia Donaire
Guitar/Vocals: Joe Lococo
Bass: Edgar San Gabriel / Chris Matheos (musical director on last EP and current album)
Drums: Robi Bean
Keys: Pamela Charlles Arthur AKA: PAMMA JAMMA
OTILIA DONAIRE
SINGER, SONGWRITER, BANDLEADER
A San Francisco native, Otilia Donaire is a natural born performer, and it’s obvious when you see her perform live.
As a child, Otilia sang in school talent shows and always had a passion for performing but left it dormant for many decades. Like a sad Blues song she never pursued music to the professional level because of a jealous partner, and it wasn’t until her final blues band performance workshop in 2008 at The Blue Bear School of Music in San Francisco, she knew that blues music was her calling.
The late, great, San Francisco Bluesman, Johnny Nitro was her instructor at Blue Bear that highly encouraged and mentored Otilia to pursue blues music professionally.
In 2009, Otilia started an original Original/Cover Blues band with another Blue Bear alumni playing clubs all over the Bay area, and released a CD of original music. Feeling creatively restricted, Otilia branched out on her own in 2014, and has been working hard building a name for herself playing clubs, and recording with an EP, "The Queen Bee" in 2016 recorded at Greaseland, and as of recently a new album, "Bluesin' it Up" of blues-rock originals/covers on Jan. 1st 2024 recorded/mixed and mastered at Afterdark Recording in San Francisco. Otilia loves writing and is constantly working on new music.