Hi! I am a pop-soul singer/songwriter from NYC and I love making music for special events. You may have seen me on American Idol when I was given three "Yes"es on Season 12 :) Now I run a high-end wedding band, Highline, who performs for luxury weddings and events all around the world. My bands range in size from 2 people up to 20+ pending budget, space and needs. I also write and perform for children! Whether it's a party for a 5-year old, a 50-year old, a surprise proposal, a 500 person black-tie wedding, or a chill house party, I thrive in customizing every detail and making each moment unique and special for everyone in attendance. **VIRTUAL ENTERTAINMENT OPTIONS AVAILABLE AS WELL!**
23 reviews
Lauren S.
April 16, 2020Her voice, her smile and her energy will light up any room. Cara has performed at many of our parties and friends parties and each time is such a special treat. My boys will always smile hearing her voice..and so will I.
Hired as: Children’s Music
Cara Samantha
Oh this is so very sweet of you. Thanks, Lauren. Sending love to the whole family!
Pantea M.
July 1, 2019She was amazing. I definitely recommend her to everyone who wants to have a very special party. She has such a beautiful voice and her guitarist was great too.
Hired as: Children’s Music
Cara Samantha
Thanks so very much, Pantea! You and the kids were all lovely. We had a wonderful time. See you next year! ;)
Marianna K.
June 11, 2019We were looking for a children's musician for our daughter's 1st Birthday Party and Cara came highly recommended. She was very prompt to respond and answer all our questions, as well as very accommodating to the kind of songs and materials (shakers, rattles, parachute, etc.) we would like to have for the kids. Cara and her guitarist came in before the party start-up time to review the space and set up, so when our guests arrived everything was ready. We've had a mix of one-year-olds and toddlers and everybody loved the music! Cara has a beautiful voice and is a great entertainer, we would definitely book her again!
Hired as: Children’s Music, Singer/Songwriter
Cara Samantha
Thank you so much, Marianna! The kids were super sweet and you made my job easy :)
Matt D.
May 10, 2019Cara was on time, professional and well received by the 150 plus at our cocktail hour. Perfect tone and mood was set by her silky voice. Cara read the room perfectly and we look forward to working with her again.
Hired as: R&B Vocalist
Stephanie B.
May 7, 2019Cara performed at my son's first birthday party and what a delight! We had 40 adults, 6 babies and 2 children, and Cara engaged every last person. Cara's voice - oh my word - utterly amazing. She made an immediate connection to the babies and was beyond kind, energetic, patient and fabulous. Her song selection was fantastic, even the adults joined in singing and dancing. She really made my son's day extra special, especially with shakers, bubbles and the parachute! Such a memorable first birthday party. I really want to throw a party for myself just to hire Cara - she is that good!
Hired as: Children’s Music
Price range: Contact for rates
Unions: AEA
Clients who have worked with me in the past get EXACTLY what they asked for. I am professional, respectful and diligent in making sure every requested detail is fulfilled. As a performer, you'll get a genuine, fun, unique and memorable performance!
"Cara Samantha is a dynamic pop-soul singer-songwriter and Grammy-winning background vocalist based in New York City, renowned for her captivating performances and versatile talent. A graduate of the University of Miami's Frost School of Music, she gained national attention as a contestant on American Idol Season 12, where she advanced to Hollywood Week. Beyond her television appearance, Cara has showcased her vocal prowess at prestigious venues, delivering the national anthem at both Nassau Coliseum and Red Bull Arena to audiences exceeding 20,000. Her voice has also been featured in viral YouTube parodies by The Key of Awesome, impersonating artists like Adele and Idina Menzel, amassing millions of views. Cara leads a luxury event band Highline, providing exceptional live music experiences for weddings and corporate events worldwide.“
Hi! I am an NYC pop/soul artist who performs at hotels, restaurants, weddings, corporate and private events, birthday parties and more. I have both an acoustic duo as well as a large band setup of soulful pop Top 40's covers with some originals mixed in. My repertoire ranges from originals and current hits to motown, R&B, 70s disco, jazz and party standards and can be customized to fit your demographic for the night. For my kids' music, check out "Cara's Caterpillars" on my website, YouTube and Spotify!
You’ll find lots of footage on my IG page (@carasamanthamusic) and my website is carasamantha (dot) com.
"Unlike some other debuts I have heard, this artist has definitely hit the ground running with an EP that is truly radio ready." - Bob Leggett (Examiner)
"Her voice is powerful and fun and her songs have a spark to them that make your heart instantly feel a little happier." - Alexandria Chong (The Sound Alarm)
Pricing varies based on gig location, length, song requests and band-size. Contact me for more info and we'll make sure it's the right fit.
Sunday
Children's Birthday Party
4:00pm - 6:00pm
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Southampton, NY
Saturday
Bar/Bat Mitzvah Party
7:00pm - 8:00pm
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Oceanside, NY
Monday
Cocktail Party
6:00pm - 9:00pm
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Flushing, NY
Friday
Birthday (Adult)
8:00pm - 11:30pm
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Roslyn, NY
Saturday
Birthday (Child)
3:30pm - 4:30pm
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New York City, NY
Tuesday
Wedding Engagement
7:30pm - 7:45pm
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New York City, NY
Tuesday
Surprise
7:00pm - 7:30pm
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Stamford, CT
Saturday
Birthday (Child)
3:00pm - 4:30pm
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Montclair, NJ
Saturday
Wedding Reception
5:30pm - 10:30pm
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Poughkeepsie, NY
Saturday
Birthday (Child)
12:00pm - 2:00pm
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Pelham Manor, NY
Friday
Wedding Cocktail Hour
6:30pm - 8:00pm
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Woodbury, NY
Tuesday
Funeral/Memorial Service
10:30am - 11:00am
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Hartsdale, NY
Saturday
Bar/Bat Mitzvah Party
6:30pm - 10:30pm
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White Plains, NY
Saturday
Wedding Engagement
4:00pm - 4:30pm
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New York City, NY
Sunday
Birthday (Child)
1:00pm - 6:00pm
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Astoria, NY
Cara Solo Song List
UPTEMPO POP
American Boy - Estelle/Kanye
Bad Romance – Lady Gaga
Blurred Lines – Robin Thicke
Call Me Maybe – Carly Rae Jepson
Can’t Stop the Feeling – JT
Cheap Thrills – Sia
Closer – Chainsmokers
Cold Heart (PNAU Remix) – Elton John & Dua Lipa
Crazy – Gnarls Barkley
Crazy In Love – Beyoncé
Cruel Summer – Taylor Swift
Dance the Night – Dua Lipa
Dancing on My Own – Robyn
Diamonds – Rihanna
Don’t Start Now – Dua Lipa
Espresso – Sabrina Carpenter
Exs and Ohs - Elle King
Fireworks – Katy Perry
Flowers – Miley Cyrus
Forget You - Cee-lo Green
Get Lucky – Daft Punk
Good 4 U – Olivia Rodrigo
Happy – Pharrell
Havana – Camila Cabello
Higher Love – Whitney/Kygo
HOT TO GO! – Chappell Roan
Hypotheticals – Lake Street Dive
I Love It - Icona Pop
Just Dance - Lady Gaga
Juice – Lizzo
Latch – Sam Smith
Levitating - Dua Lipa
Locked Out of Heaven - Bruno Mars
Lose Control – Teddy Swims
Love On Top – Beyoncé
Love Story – Taylor Swift
Love Yourself – Justin Bieber
Next To Me – Emeli Sande
New Rules – Dua Lipa
One Kiss – Dua Lipa
Only Girl In The World – Rihanna
Paper Rings – Taylor Swift
Party In The USA – Miley Cyrus
Pink Pony Club – Chappell Roan
Please Don’t Stop – Rihanna
Please Please Please – Sabrina Carpenter
Price Tag – Jessie J
Raise Your Glass - Pink
Rather Be - Clean Bandit
Roar – Katy Perry
Rolling In The Deep - Adele
Royals – Lorde
Send My Love - Adele
Set Fire To The Rain – Adele
Shake It Off - Taylor Swift
Sorry Not Sorry – Demi Lovato
Stay – Alesia Cara
Sucker – Jonas Brothers
Sunday Morning - Maroon 5
This Is What You Came For – Rihanna
Timber - Kesha
Titanium - Sia
Treasure – Bruno Mars
Truth Hurts – Lizzo
Uptown Funk
Valerie – Amy Winehouse
Walking on Sunshine
Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles
We Found Love – Rihanna
Where Have You Been – Rihanna
Wild Ones – Sia
You Belong with Me – Taylor Swift
R&B/SOUL/MOTOWN/BLUES
Ain’t No Mountain
Ain’t No Sunshine – Bill Withers
Ain’t Too Proud to Beg
Best of My Love – The Emotions
Best Part – Daniel Caesar & H.E.R.
Brick House
By Your Side – Sade
Can’t Take My Eyes – Lauryn Hill
Chain of Fools - Aretha
Dancing In the Streets
Distance – Emily King
Don’t You Worry Bout A Thing - Stevie
How Sweet It Is
Human Nature – MJ
I Can’t Help It – Michael Jackson
I Say a Little Prayer – Aretha Franklin
I Want You Back– MJ
I Wish - Stevie Wonder
In the Midnight Hour – Wilson Pickett
Isn’t She Lovely
Let’s Get it On – Marvin Gaye
Let's Stay Together – Al Green
Lovely Day – Stevie Wonder
No Ordinary Love – Sade
Part Time Lover – Stevie Wonder
Proud Mary
Respect – Aretha
September – Earth Wind and Fire
Signed Sealed – Stevie
Sir Duke – Stevie
Smooth Operator – Sade
Superstition – Stevie
Sweet Home Chicago – Blues Bro
Tell Me Something Good – Chaka Khan
Use Me – Bill Withers
What You Won’t Do for Love – Bobby Caldwell
ROCK
Baba O’Riley – The Who
Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden
Brickhouse - Commodores
Brown Eyed Girl
Come Together – Beatles/Lennon
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Crazy on You – Heart
Dreams – Fleetwood Mac
Dreams – Cranberries
Everywhere – Fleetwood Mac
Give Me One Reason – Tracy Chapman
Great Balls of Fire
Hound Dog
I Believe in a Thing Called Love – The Darkness
I Feel Good
I Love Rock N Roll – Joan Jett
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
I’m A Believer
Johnny B Goode
Joy To The World
Living on A Prayer - Bon Jovi
Midnight in Harlem – Tedeschi Trucks
Mustang Sally
Open Arms – Journey
Part of Me – Tedeschi Trucks
Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry
Shook Me All Night Long – AC/DC
Son Of A Preacher Man – Dusty Springfield
Sweet Child O Mine – Guns N Roses
Sweet Home Alabama
What’s Up – 4 Non Blondes
Whole Lotta Love – Led Zeppelin
Zombie – Cranberries
REGGAE
Is This Love - Bob Marley
No One – Alicia Keys *reggae feel
No Woman No Cry
Three Little Birds – Bob Marley
80's Pop
All Night Long
Black Velvet - Alannah Miles
Don’t Stop Believin’ – Journey
Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough – MJ
Fire - Bruce/Pointer Sisters
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
Holiday - Madonna
I Wanna Dance With Somebody – Whitney
I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
Lady Marmalade
Last Dance
Like A Prayer - Madonna
Open Arms – Journey
P.Y.T. – Michael Jackson
Rock with You – MJ
Shake Your Body Down – MJ
Time After Time – Cyndi Lauper
You’re the One That I Want
90's
Always Be My Baby – Mariah Carey
Fantasy – Mariah Carey
Hero – Mariah Carey
Let’s Give Them Something To Talk About
Mo Money Mo Problems
No Scrubs - TLC
Rapper’s Delight - The Sugar Hill Gang
Right Here – SWV
Say My Name – Destiny’s Child
Shoop – Salt N Pepa
Toxic - Britney Spears
Tyrone – Erykah Badu
Wannabe – Spice Girls
Waterfalls – TLC
Weak – SWV
X-Factor – Lauryn Hill
You Gotta Be – Des’ree
70'S/Disco
Bad Girls – Donna Summer
Boogie Oogie Oogie
Canned Heat – Jamiroquai
Dancing Queen – ABBA
Gimme Gimme Gimme – ABBA
Good Times - Chic
We Are Family
COUNTRY
9 to 5 – Dolly Parton
Crazy – Patsy Cline
Man! I Feel Like a Woman! – Shania Twain
Something To Talk About – Bonnie Raitt
The Boots Are Made For Walking – Nancy Sinatra
JAZZ/STANDARDS
As Time Goes By
At Last - Etta James
Beyond the Sea
Blue Moon
Cheek To Cheek
Come Fly With Me
Come Rain Or Come Shine
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
Embraceable You
Feeling Good
Feel Like Making Love – Roberta Flack
Fever – PeggyLee
Fly Me To The Moon
Georgia On My Mind – Ray Charles
Hit the Road Jack
I Get A Kick Out Of You
I Won’t Dance
I've Got A Crush On You
I've Got The World On A String
I’ve Got You Under My Skin - Sinatra
It Don’t Mean A Thing
It Had to be You
It’s Only A Paper Moon
L.O.V.E. – Natalie Cole
La Vie En Rose
Let’s Do It, Let’s Fall In Love
Let’s Fall In Love
My Favorite Things
My Funny Valentine
New York, New York
Night And Day
Orange Colored Sky
Our Love is Here To Stay
Quiet Nights – Sarah Vaughan
Route 66 - Natalie Cole
Smile – Charlie Chaplin
Someone to Watch Over Me
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Sunday Kind of Love
Summertime
The Girl from Ipanema – Amy Winehouse
The Way You Look Tonight
The Very Thought Of You
Unforgettable
What A Difference A Day Makes
What A Wonderful World
When I Fall In Love
You Make Me Feel So Young
You Send Me
BALLAD
A Thousand Years – Christina Perri
All of Me – John Legend
Angel – Sarah McLaughlin
Because You Loved Me – Celine Dion
Bird Set Free – Sia
Birds of a Feather – Billie Eilish
Blackbird – Beatles
Can’t Help Falling In Love – Elvis Presley
Come Away With Me - Norah Jones
Come Rain or Come Shine
Don’t Know Why – Norah Jones
Easy – Commodores
Elastic Heart - Sia
I Can’t Make You Love Me – Bonnie Raitt
I Choose You – Sara Bareilles
If I Ain't Got You - Alicia Keys
I Hope You Dance - Shania Twain
I Will Always Love You – Whitney Houston
Killing Me Softly - Lauryn Hill
Kissing You – Des’ree
Landslide – Fleetwood Mac
Lean On Me
Like a Star – Corinne Bailey Rae
Love On The Brain – Rihanna
Lover – Taylor Swift
Make You Feel My Love – Dylan/Adele
Natural Woman – Carole King
Nearness of You - Norah Jones
Ordinary People – John Legend
Perfect – Ed Sheerhan
Saving all my Love – Whitney
Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay
Stand By Me – Ben E. King
Stay – Rihanna
Stay With Me - Sam Smith
The Way I Am – Ingrid Michaelson
The Way You Make Me Feel – MJ
Warwick Avenue – Duffy
What Was I Made For – Billie Eilish
Wind Beneath My Wings – Bette Midler
MUSICAL THEATRE
A Fine, Fine Line – Avenue Q
Beautiful The Carole King Musical: So Far Away, Up On the Roof, You’ve Got A Friend, Natural Woman
Breathe – In The Heights
Defying Gravity – Wicked
Home – Beauty and the Beast
How Far I’ll Go – Moana
I Dreamed A Dream – Les Mis
If I Were A Bell – Guys and Dolls
Lay Down Your Head – Violet
Let It Go – Frozen
My Favorite Things – The Sound of Music
On My Own – Les Mis
Out Tonight - Rent
Part Of Your World – The Little Mermaid
People – Funny Girl
She Used to Be Mine - Waitress
Someone to Watch Over Me - Gershwin
Somewhere (There’s A Place For Us) – West Side Story
Somewhere Over the Rainbow – Wizard of Oz
The Wizard and I – Wicked
Til There Was You – The Music Man
Tomorrow – Annie
You’ll Never Walk Alone – Carousel
HOLIDAY
All I Want For Christmas – Mariah Carey
Baby It’s Cold Outside - Ray Charles
Blue Christmas – Elvis Presley
Deck The Halls
Do You Hear What I Hear – Bing Crosby
Feliz Navidad – José Feliciano
Frosty the Snowman – The Ronettes
Happy Holidays – Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – Frank Sinatra
Here Comes Santa Claus – Gene Autry
Holly Jolly Christmas – Burl Ives
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus – The Ronettes
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas – Perry Como & The Fontaine Sisters
Jingle Bell Rock – Chubby Checker & Bobby Rydell
Jingle Bells – Singing Dogs
Last Christmas – George Michael & Wham
Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow – Dean Martin
Merry Christmas Darling – The Carpenters
Oh Hannukah
Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree – Brenda Lee
Rudolph, The Red Nosed Reindeer – Gene Autry
Santa Baby – Eartha Kitt
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town – Mariah Carey
Silent Night
Silver Bells – Johnny Mathis
Sleigh Ride – The Ronettes
The Christmas Song
The Most Wonderful Time of The Year – Andy Williams
The Twelve Days of Christmas – Ray Conniff Singers
This Christmas – Donny Hathaway
We Need A Little Christmas – Percy Faith Orchestra
We Wish You A Merry Christmas
White Christmas – Bing Crosby
Winter Wonderland – Aretha Franklin/Natalie Cole
Wonderful Christmastime – Paul McCartney
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