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MAY 17, 2008:
JEN CHAPIN & MARTHA REDBONE

Who knew that our two performers were best friends? And what better thing to do than to perform with your best friend. JEN CHAPIN and MARTHA REDBONE blessed us with their wonderful songs and even a STEVIE WONDER cover. Also, shouts to DJ LAYLO for spinning the greatest playlist ever!! Makes you wanna listen, huh?…
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Visit DJ Laylo online

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May 10, 2008:
SHANELLE GABRIEL, MARTY MCCONNELL & REBECCA HART

What do you get when you mix 2 spoken word poets and a folk singer? This Saturday’s Performances. SHANELLE GABRIEL and MARTY MCCONNELL bought us the spoken word and REBECCA HART provided the music. Powerful and mellow; Yea, that describes it…
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Visit Rebecca online

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MAY 3, 2008:
ALISON CROCKETT & RHONDA DENET

INCREDIBLE! Just incredible, is how you would describe this Saturday’s performances. ALLISON CROCKETT serenaded us with her beautiful songs and RHONDA DENET blew us away with her powerful voice. Prepare to be amazed…

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APRIL 26, 2008:
EAGLE NEBULA, ERIKA ROSE, & SPECIAL GUEST RYAH NIKOLE

Riding on our spaceship Earth, running from the darkness, and living a Girl’s Life are only some of the things we took part in at this performance. EAGLE NEBULA, ERIKA ROSE, & special guest RYAH NIKOLE blessed us royally and then some. Have a listen…

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Be sure to check out GONIG ON 13, A Documentary Film. Ryah Nikole is featured on the soundtrack.

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April 19, 2008:
PAMELA JOY & TARA BETTS WITH SPECIAL GUEST, KIARA

With a day full of poetry and the incredible DJ JUSTIN WOO, there are just no words to describe. PAMELA JOY, TARA BETTS & KIARA shard their beautiful words with us. Hear for yourself…

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And yet again, our fearless host Caitlin Meissner has blessed us with a brand new piece.

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April 5, 2008:
CRISTIN O’KEEFE APTOWICZ, JEANANN VERLEE & JESSI ROBERTSON

Hilarious poetry, punk rock girl power, and the sweetest music, all of that describes this Saturday’s performances and the gifts CRISTIN O’KEEFE APTOWICZ, JEANANN VERLEE, & JESSI ROBERTSON lefted with us. See for yourself…
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March 29, 2008:
LADY OSOFLY, FEMI SHIRI, MISNOMER(S) & SPECIAL GUEST “NOVIO” DJ DISCO WIZ

For this Saturday’s performance Series, we had, two ladies that were “Osofly,” a little “Gangsta Smooth Jazz,” and a sister duo consisting of a MC and a violinist. Yes, this Saturday was unconventional. We had the hilarious twosome known as LADY OSOFLY, the petite lady with a big voice, FEMI SHIRI, and KNEWDLES and SOS, known to us as MISNOMER(S). Also, we had the legendary DJ DISCO WIZ. If you weren’t there, here’s a chance for you to take part…
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Visit Femi Shiri online

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Visit Misnomer(s) online

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And if that wasn’t enough, we have a little more for ya. This bonus track features Lady Osofly, Misnomer(s), Femi Shiri, and a freestyle by two Girls Club “Novios”…

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March 22, 2008:
IHSAN & RACHEL MCKIBBENS

This Saturday’s performances were awesome. We had the multi-talented IHSAN and heard the intense words of RACHEL MCKIBBENS. Both ladies were phenomenal and very moving. See for yourself…

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March 8, 2008:
TENDERHEAD, GRACE KALAMBAY, & MAYA AZUCENA

AWESOME! OUT OF SIGHT! UNREAL! And any other totally positive adjective or clichés you can think, can all be use to define what happened at the series this week. Acoustic punk rock, neo-soul jazz, and the call for “Warriors to come out a play” are only a very small and minute part of what these performers bought to the series. TENDERHEAD “acoustized” their songs for us and GRACE KALAMBAY and MAYA AZUCENA both returned to rocked the house and then proceeded to tear it down. Are you ready for this?

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Proto-alternarock band TENDERHEAD is the brainchild of front person/guitarist Shena, who writes and composes the sound. Debut EP Go Right Ahead won raves from both fans and venues, boasting underground
hits including the groove/rock ‘Get Along’ and guitar-driven ‘Angel’. Followed by the glitter-glam CD Psickcevyn -Ate with song faves ‘image’, ’skylines’ and more!

Model/actor turned musician, Shena has appeared in numerous magazines and publications (Essence, In Style) and on shows and promos (Lifetime, Oxygen, ABC); allowing her to parlay her ongoing presence in print and
television into a loyal and nationally growing fan base.

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Grace Kalambay amazes audiences with her incredibly authentic sound. Whether you call it Neo-Soul or Jazz, she has an undeniably lush and athletic voice and an intimate, soul-searching delivery. Actor/director Edward Burns recently included her in the soundtrack to his 2007 feature film, “Purple Violets”, starring Selma Blair.

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“…storytelling lyrics and soulful, soaring vocals.”– Billboard Magazine

“It is an ambitious, acoustic album that should solidify her position as a soul superstar in the making”– SoulTracks.com (World’s #1 soul music web site)

“Junkyard Jewel…a remarkable new singer’s album”– Recording Magazine

“Maya has a very beautiful, soul voice… and she’s very convincing with what she is singing about”- Stephen Marley

The range of these accomplishments is a reflection of the truly creative artist Maya Azucena is, and the enormous ability she possesses, proving the buzz is certainly warranted. AllHipHop.com recently named the one-time aspiring actress “Best Alternative Artist of the Year,” while Soultracks.com has touted her as a “Best Female Vocalist of the Year” nominee two years in a row, adding “Best Album” and “Song of the Year” nominations for the 2007 Soul Tracks Readers Choice Awards. In the process of planting seeds for her burgeoning career, Maya Azucena has shared stages or been on bills with rtists such as Roberta Flack, Roy Ayers, Vernon Reid, Stephen Marley, Martin Luther, Jaguar Wright, Joss Stone, Leon Ware, Richard Bona, Bilal, Lupe Fiasco, Big Daddy Kane, the Isley Brothers, Gladys Knight, Anthony Hamilton, Platinum Pied Pipers, and John Legend. Croatian superstar, Gibonni enlisted Maya’s vocal talents for a track named, “Andejo U Tebi” ('’Angel In You'’) on his latest CD. As a result of their collaboration, the song garnered 2 Croatian Grammy awards (or PORIN, as they are called) and a stellar performance at the televised ceremony. And that is just a small taste of her many accomplishments!

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And how about an encore? Yea, we got one fo’ ya!

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March 1, 2008:
TAINA ASILI & TAMAR-KALI

GIRLS ROCK! Yeah, that pretty much sums up what went down here at the series. TAINA ASILI sang us to a revolution and TAMAR-KALI strummed her ways to our hearts and possibly our iPods. Yeah, it was that serious. Check it out…
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Taína Asili carries on the tradition of her ancestors, fusing present and past struggles into one poetic song-voice. She is a puertorriqueña poet, vocalist, visual artist, mother, teacher and activist, currently living, teaching and performing in Albany, NY. Her newest artistic work is with her live band, Taína Asili y La Banda Rebelde, soulful vocals laid over an infusion of hip hop and Afro-Caribbean sounds. Taína Asili carries a fire breathing voice of rage and resistance to venues, festivals, conferences and political events across the country. She weaves resistance, anti-colonialist struggle, love, identity, reclamation of the body, ancestral remembrance, and more into a unique vocalization style melding poetry and song.

Taína is a winner of the 2005 Transformation Award given by the Leeway Foundation each year to a select few of women artists who profoundly use their work towards social change. Taína has shared the stage with artists such as Ursula Rucker, Sonia Sanchez, Dead Prez, Immortal Technique and Tyrone Hill of the Sun Ra Arkestra. She has also collaborated with various artists such as world renowned musician Stephen Wise, and artistic groups including the Nzinga Arts Collective, a Philadelphia based women’s dance collective, with whom she performs “choreo-poems”, infusing poetry with afro-modern dance. She has also worked with prominent puppeteer, Morgan Fitzpatrick, in the poetry-puppetry combo Medusa’s Shadow, featuring at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. Taína is a part of the Ricanstruction Network, and you can hear her vocals blow on their album Love and Revolution. Taína is now working with La Banda Rebelde on their feature album Mama Guerrilla, to be released in 2008 on Rebel Army Media.

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A native Brooklynite, Tamar-kali started to cut her teeth on the NYC rock scene with infamous soulcore psychos Funkface circa 1993. Shortly thereafter, the all-boy post hardcore outfit Song of Seven was in danger of disbanding when original front man Israel left to record and perform with the legendary Bad Brains. Tamar-kali was enlisted to add another dimension to Song of Sevens sound. As the bands front woman, Tamar-kali established herself as a dominant force with a resonant voice. Eventually, her strength as a woman in a male dominated genre led to creative conflict and compelled her toward her own expression as a writer and vocalist. She took the occasional break from developing original material to lend her voice in support of such artists as Fishbone and Outkast. The start of 2005 found Tamar-kali heading up her own production company, releasing The Geechee Goddess Hardcore Warrior Soul EP on her upstart record label, and manning 3 solo projectsthe haunting Psychochamber Ensemble, the uncompromising Pseudoacoustic Siren Songs and the original 5-piece electric configuration.

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