September 25-26, 2020
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- Skip The Needle
- Penny
- Lafemmebear
- Jen Cork
- Anne Carol Mitchell
- The Onyx
Skip The Needle (A REPRISE!)
I Need Space is pleased to feature Skip The Needle again for Chapter Seven! We had them slated to perform for Chapter Six, but due to air quality in the Bay Area the band was not able to perform a live set on I Need Space.
Skip the Needle: Born from group of friends jamming: all veterans of multiple bands, tours, recording. Shelley Doty (Shelley Doty X-tet, Jambay) guitar, Kofy Brown (Kofy Brown Band, Sistas in the Pit) drums, Katie Cash (Katie Cash, Dolorata, Year of the Fist) guitar and Vicki Randle (the Tonight Show, Mavis Staples) bass. The band is the collective effort of four Bay area bandleaders, each lead singer, multi-instrumentalist, performer and songwriter. Lead singing duties rotate among the members while the others add background vocals. The songs are collectively written to showcase each member’s unique contributions, bringing together rock, funk, soul and fusion in an amalgam that rocks hard and is also musically diverse and complex; carries a strong, socially conscious message but wants everybody to party while hearing it. If Jimi Hendrix, Chrissie Hynde and Chaka Kahn cloned a baby, this band would be the result. Skip the Needle is reckless, eclectic, fearless and fun, dedicated to love and like nothing you’ve ever heard before. Skip the Needle Rocks the Love.
Links
www.skiptheneedle.com
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Lafemmebear
LeahAnn “Lafemmebear” Mitchell is an independent neo-soul and alternative hip-hop artist living in Northern California. Her words and work have been featured in The Guardian, GLAAD, Queerty, Out.Tv Euro, Autostraddle, and Billboard. Her first full album, Blaq: the Story of Me, premiered Fall 2019 and is available on all platforms. She is composing, mixing, and sound designing part of the original score for Alice Sheppard and Kinetic Light’s new work WIRED, set to premiere soon. She collaborated with PEG Records, Cody Belew, and Dustin Ransom to co-write and produce the first mainstream Pop-R&B single “What You’re Looking For” for the artist Peppermint (Rupaul’s Drag Race, Head Over Heels original Broadway cast, God Friended Me on CBS), which premiered on Valentine’s Day 2020.
Links
www.lafemmebear.com
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Jen Cork
Jen Cork is an artist, a songwriter, a deft and versatile vocalist, a skilled collaborator, and a burgeoning self producer. Never able to nail down a genre, Jen loves it all and their writing reflects this. From melancholy piano/vocal pieces to fully produced epic multi track anthems, Jen Cork is at home. While Jen has missed playing for audiences in 2020 due to COVID-19, they are also busy basking in the solitude and extended downtime that allows a less-interrupted creative flow. Having spent the last couple decades exploring and writing about herself, Jen is currently exploring the stories of others and using her formidable voice to call for human betterment.
Links
www.jencork.com
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Anne Carol Mitchell
Anne’s music draws the listener more beautifully into the narratives of Earth’s deep time. With musical stylings and guitar work reminiscent of Americana and folk traditions, her songs reveal the storied existence of the world in all its beauty, vulnerability, resiliency, and ferocity. A poet at heart in the vein of Mary Oliver, her lyricism speaks accessibly about nature as a call to reconnect with the natural world, during a time when caring for the planet is more important than ever. Anne writes music for filmmakers working for social change, with an official selection in the Green Film Festival. She has worked extensively with LGBTQ poet Judy Grahn, scoring selections of her work.
Links
www.annecarol.com
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The Onyx
The Onyx is an all black female six member music ensemble. This collective of women came together to solidify unity among women of color and to provide an artistic outlet for the female voice to be heard. Hailing from and recalling styles of Oakland, New York, Chicago, North Carolina, Cuba and Puerto Rico. This eclectic group brings r&b, rock, electronic and latin music to an electrifying peak that will have you on your feet!
Band Members:
Dan’Nelle Emerson – Vocals
Genesis Valentine – Drums
Maya Vilaplana – Vocals
Richelle Scales – Keys
Rhonda Kinard – Bass
Yunoka Berry – Vocals
Links
www.theonyxmusic.com
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