Teresa Trull (born June 20, 1954)[1] is an American female singer, musician, songwriter, and record producer from Durham, North Carolina.

She has toured and recorded with Bonnie Hayes, David Sanborn, Andy Narell, Darol Anger, Mike Marshall, Alex DeGrassi, Joan Baez, Linda Tillery, Cris Williamson, Holly Near, and Tracy Nelson.

[5] She spent a lot of time in her youth playing in the woods by herself, for example imagining herself as an Irish battle queen in full regalia[6] which became the subject of a song later in her life.

At a school talent show, Trull substituted on vocals for an ill bandmate on a day that a rock band was in attendance.

She quickly became disillusioned with what she witnessed in research labs,[4] so four weeks into her first year of college when members of Ed's Bush Band asked her to tour with them,[8] she jumped at the chance to earn a living by singing.

[4] While she was living in New York, some friends of Trull's sent a tape of her music[10] to Olivia Records, then located in Los Angeles, California.

They encouraged Trull to move to LA, and gave her a job in the company's packing and shipping department until her recording could take place.

[12] The album's style is primarily folk-rock with R&B, gospel, and country influences, and contains several songs with overt lesbian and/or feminist lyrics, such as "Woman-Loving Women" and "Don't Say Sister (Until You Mean It)."

[15] It received positive reviews in some major newspapers, including the Boston Globe which described it as "delightful" and "an upbeat LP that approaches those hackneyed themes of love and sisterhood with a fresh underpinning of gospel, funk, and jazz.

One Canadian concert reviewer wrote: "Singer Teresa Trull and pianist Julie Homi both showed the type of talent that should have them all over the record charts and gossip mags, but because they have chosen to work entirely in the world of 'women's music,' they generally play in front of dedicated cults only.

At the time, Olivia president Judy Dlugacz wanted to continue to depend on the markets the company had always used and to remain separatist.

The album was intentionally more pop-oriented than her prior recordings, in an attempt to appeal to a broader audience than the traditional women's music community.

[13] It was recorded at Ocean Way Studios in Los Angeles and featured vocalists Bonnie Hayes and Vicki Randle.

"[13] The CD sold out the first 10,000 copies within a month and the recording industry trade magazine Cash Box included A Step Away as a "Featured Pick" in November 1986.

[20] This was the last solo album released by Trull; her subsequent CDs have been collaborative efforts with Barbara Higbie and Cris Williamson.

Their musical styles were quite different, with Higbie performing primarily in New Age and jazz genres, and Trull emphasizing gospel- and R&B-influenced sounds.

[23] Of this album, a Boston Globe reporter wrote: it "is a wildly and sometimes wonderfully disparate collection of mostly original tunes that speak primarily about ladies, love, and letting go.

[30] The album also featured many musical guests, including Mike Marshall, Darol Anger, Barbara Higbie, Vicki Randle, John Bucchino, and Laurie Lewis.

[34] In addition to a career as a musician, Trull has produced over 30 albums[35] for herself and other artists including Cris Williamson, Deidre McCalla, Romanovsky and Phillips, Barbara Higbie,[7] Hunter Davis and The Washington Sisters.

"[7] Higbie said that in the role of producer, Trull is "in charge of the mechanics of getting everyone there, the way they work together, the intonation and the timing, the instrumentation, overseeing everything, making certain my vision becomes a reality.

[38] In addition to solo songwriting credits on all of her albums, Trull has also co-written songs with Gary Marks, Paul Davis, S. Burns, Julie Homi, Mary Watkins, and Cris Williamson.

Years later, Trull and Routson were asked by Kate van Orden, a University of California, Berkeley musicologist to take on the role of equestrian choreographers for van Orden's reconstruction of the 17th century equestrian extravaganza known as Le Carrousel du Roi,[39] which was originally created to honor the marriage of King Louis XIII of France.

[3] The first production of this reconstructed "equestrian ballet" was presented on June 9 and 10, 2000 at the city of Walnut Creek, California's Heather Farm Park.

[40] Nineteen dancing horses were shared by fifteen riders in extravagant costumes, accompanied by Robert Ballard's 1612 music on period instruments.

[49] Trull and Linda Tillery were guest lecturers at a San Francisco State University class on women's music taught by Angela Davis.

[4] She described the evening as "one of the most incredible music experiences"[30] in her life, and she received a standing ovation for the performance, as well as the opportunity to sit behind the team bench.

[38] In 1988, Trull's hometown of Durham, NC surprised her with a "This Is Your Life" type of gala, at which she was presented a key to the city and a special citizen's award from the mayor.