Honorary
Lifetime Members
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Holly
"Figueroa" O'Reilly ~
www.hollyoreilly.com
~ "...a fine new CD, How It Is, slays just about
any big company songster product that has been coughed up over
the past 12 months." -Los Angeles Entertainment Today, Paul
Anderson, October 2002
After a recent performance at the legendary Bluebird Cafe in Nashville,
Holly Figueroa was contacted by A&R at Elektra and MCA, both
looking for copies of her latest record, "How It Is".
One listen to her songs, and more importantly, her live performance,
and you'll find out why she is a “major force to be reckoned
with”. (Carla DeSantis, Rockrgrl Magazine)
Recently featured on NPR¹s “All Things Considered”,
native Ohioan Holly Figueroa started playing guitar in July 1999,
when during her first tour, her guitar player broke his hip while
pitching the tent before their first festival show in front of
ten thousand people. Not knowing a thing about playing guitar,
she learned three chords in three days and finished her tour by
herself.
In her first year solo on the acoustic music circuit, she was
wowing national audiences in listening rooms from The Bitter End
in New York City, to Club Passim in Boston, to the Tractor Tavern
in Seattle and Genghis Cohen in Los Angeles. Seattle based Figueroa
logged in over 1000 tour dates between 1999 and 2003, greeting
fans everywhere with her knock down, drag out vocals and percussive
solo acoustic guitar, usually with her now nine year old daughter
in tow.
Holly recently had her second child and is sojourning close to
home for now. "Being on the road alone is hard enough,"
says Figueroa. "Being on the road with a nine year old is
really tough. Add a toddler into the mix, and what remaining sanity
I have might just be destroyed." Having a new baby in the
house hasn't stopped Figueroa from releasing new material. In
June 2004, she released "Live in New York City", a live
CD recorded at Makor in NYC in January 2003. "People have
been asking me for a long time when I was going to make a live,
acoustic record." says Figueroa. "Now that I'm taking
a bit of a break from performing as much, they can listen to the
live CD until I come back to their town again."
Holly was able to fund the recording of her latest record, "How
It Is" solely through pre-orders from fans on her extensive
mailing list. Her new record, released once again on Cake Records,
will be distributed by Red Music, the indie arm of Sony/BMG distribution,
in Fall, 2006. “How It Is” was produced and recorded
by Evan Brubaker (Tennis Pro, Edie Carey, Skip Peri), and Troy
Glessner at Spectre Studios in Seattle, WA. The record features
mega talents Tony Levin and Jerry Marotta (both known for touring
with Peter Gabriel), Danny Barnes, Dan Tyack, Sean Halley, and
Skip Peri. “How It Is” is the follow up to her 2001
release "Dream in Red², which received great reviews
from national, weekly and daily press all over the country. Holly
is also the founder of Indiegrrl.com (a 2000 member international
organization for women in the independent music industry). |
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Vicki Blankenship
~ www.spottedkivaproductions.com
~ In September 2003 Vicki Blankenship released her debut solo CD
“Don’t Forget To Breathe” to great reviews and
followed up with her sophomore release “Horizons” in
January 2005. Both projects received airplay in numerous radio markets.
In May 2005, Vicki founded Indie Music For Life, Inc. (www.indiemusicforlife.org)
a non profit organization that raises money for cancer research
and cancer awareness programs through working with Indie artists
in benefit concerts and yearly compilation CDs. In October 2005
Vicki took over the lead role in Indiegrrl giving Holly Figueroa
O’Reilly a much deserved rest and began doing volunteer work
to set up showcases and events for the organization. Indiegrrl is
now a division of Indie Music For Life, Inc along with Laughs For
Life the division that works with comedians to raise money in the
fight against cancer. Vicki presently sits on the board of the non
profit as an advisor. Vicki has devoted her life into supporting
Indie music and singer songwriters of all genres and to raising
more awareness for the need of cancer research. |
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Jamie Anderson ~
www.jamieanderson.com
~ 18 years and growing as the spirit of a true
“Indie” artist. Touring nationally since the eighties,
Jamie Anderson has played her warm and witty songs in hundreds of
coffeehouses, concert halls, colleges and festivals all over the
U.S. She's released seven albums including her newest, A Promise
of Light, produced by Kiya Heartwood (Wishing Chair). Her music
has been featured on the Dr. Demento radio show, Car Talk, and stations
all over the world. Jamie has been involved with Indiegrrl for over
6 years.
When Jamie isn't touring, she's teaching songwriting, guitar and
other classes at Duke University, arts centers, privately in Durham,
NC and at festivals all over the country. She has a chapter in Songwriting
and the Guitar, a book that also includes Paul Simon, The Indigo
Girls, Joni Mitchell and others. Jamie is a freelance writer whose
articles and CD reviews have appeared in Acoustic Guitar, SingOut!
and more. In her spare time - she must have a clone -- Jamie is
director for Women in Harmony, an annual music camp in the mountains
near Asheville, NC. |
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Tret Fure ~
www.tretfure.com
~ One of the most prolific artists in the contemporary
singer-songwriter arena, Tret Fure is extraordinarily talented.
In 2004 she won the prestigious South Florida Folk Festival Songwriting
Competition in two out of three categories, Best Up-Tempo and Best
Overall, as well as the Phyllis Schliessman Award for Outstanding
Contributions to Women’s Music. In addition to being a gifted
songwriter, Fure possesses an uncanny mastery of musical technology.
Over the past 30 years, Fure has engineered and produced countless
recordings by a variety of artists, including her own work.
This writer, producer, engineer, vocalist and gifted instrumentalist
has navigated her career with integrity and determination. After
releasing her premier album on MCA records in 1973, titled Tret
Fure, and becoming one of the first women sound engineers in the
US, she left the mainstream music industry. Armed with a fierce
desire to retain full artistic control, Fure began exploring the
independent side of the industry and soon discovered the blossoming
genre known as Women’s Music. She has been a major player
in that field ever since. Now after 3 acoustic releases on her own
label, Tomboy girl Records, she has re-established herself in the
folk world. Tret is a true inspiration to "Indie" women
singer songwriters.
Her CD credits include:
1970 - Mousetrap
1973 - Tret Fure
1984 - Terminal Hold
1986 - Edges of the Heart
1990 - Time Turns The Moon
1993 - Postcards from Paradise
1999 - Between The Covers
1999 - Radio Quiet
2001 - Back Home
2002 - My Shoes
2005 - Anytime Anywhere |
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Laura McLean
~ www.guitarheel.com
~ known as the "Guitar Guru of the Lower Cape
Fear", is a native Wilmingtonian, (Wilmington, NC), and wears
many hats including radio host, producer, guitar/recording instructor,
concert promoter, professional musician, song writer and published
writer. She has a B.A. in Creative Arts from UNC Wilmington and
is the NC Ambassador to the Southeast Regional Folk Alliance as
well as a member of the NC Writer's Network. She earned her name
early on as an acoustic singer-songwriter, and later as the fluid
lead guitarist/vocalist for indie-rock mainstays, CALAMITY.
Laura is the creator and co-host of The Magnolia Fatback Folk Hour
on WHQR public radio and features many of the Indiegrrls and other
Indie artists on her show. She teaches digital music production
and guitar at the Dreams Center For The Arts, a cutting-edge downtown
afterschool arts program. Laura is the musical chair of the Airlie
Arts Festival, and founder-producer of the Cape Fear Folk Festival,
now in its 16th year. Laura is very active with Indiegrrl setting
up showcases in her hometown of Wilmington, NC featuring performers
as they tour the US and was one of the very first members when Indiegrrl
came to life in 1998. In her own words "I was 'Indie' before
'Indie' was cool". |
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Cris Williamson
~ www.criswilliamson.com
~ is now an "Honorary Performing Member"
of Indiegrrl for her long time commitment as an Indie artist. Decades
before indie labels were the norm, and years before women had any
real access in the industry, in her own way, Cris Williamson was
busy changing the face of popular music. She hasn't looked back
since.
For nearly 30 years, Cris has toured incessantly, performing in
Russia, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. One of the most sought-after
performers on the acoustic circuit, she continues to criss-cross
America, selling out Carnegie Hall three times, and headlining among
others, the Newport and Kerrville Folk Festivals.
Cris and her business manager Judy Werle are honored to be a part
of Indiegrrl and to help continue the tradition of building "Indie"
women singer songwriters into a more recognized force in the music
industry. |
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Rachael Sage
~ www.rachaelsage.com
East Village songstress, poet and multi-media
maven Rachael Sage has been making gutsy pop music in one form or
another since she was three years old. Her latest offering of "lovely
and literate folk-pop-rock" (The Village Voice), THE BLISTERING
SUN, is devoted to the topics of vision, clarity, and facing life
head on.
During the release of her first few albums, advice and support from
the likes of Suzanne Vega, Ani DiFranco and Eric Burdon (The Animals)
encouraged Sage to stick to her musical roots and "just keep
doing what I loved and not think a whole lot about what was going
on in the music industry." As a songwriter, she was energized
by the sensibilities of Elvis Costello, Patti Smith and Laura Nyro;
as a visual artist (Sage also paints, decorates instruments and
designs much of her vibrant stage-wear), pop-art pioneers Roy Lichtenstein,
Andy Warhol and Keith Haring were ongoing visual muses. After receiving
the 2005 Independent Music Award for Best Folk/AAA artist and the
2005 OutMusic Award for Best Songwriter for her previous CD BALLADS
& BURLESQUE, Sage headed back into the studio and emerged with
her newest full-length work, THE BLISTERING SUN. The 15 song album
"focuses on the rare moments where action follows instinct,
without procrastination." Fittingly, the cover-art depicts
a colorful, super-heroine-esque image of Sage staring unflinchingly
at the sun.
Her awards and honors include:
2006 Indiegrrl Song Contest 4th place
2005 Independent Music Award (Folk)
2005 Outmusic Award (Outstanding Songwriter)
2005 International Acoustic Music Award
2005 Featured MIDEM Artist (Sonicbids-sponsored Indie Showcase)
2005 Finalist, VH-1 Song Of The Year for "Surprise" (Gospel
category)
2004 First Prize, CSN Producers Project
2003 Finalist, Newport Folk Fest New Artist Search
2002 Billboard Songwriting Contest (R&B)
2001 Grand Prize, John Lennon Songwriting Contest (Rock)
2001 First Prize, Great American Songwriting Contest (Acoustic)
1999 NY Lilith Fair Talent Search Winner/Performer
Her CDs include:
Morbid Romantic (1996)
Smashing The Serene (1998)
Painting of a Painting (2001)
Illusion's Carnival (2002)
Public Record (2003)
Ballads & Burlesque (2004)
The Blistering Sun (2006) |
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DeDe Vogt
- www.cowboyenvy.com
- DeDe Vogt is a musician/singer/songwriter and owner of Sound &
Fury Recording Studios in Atlanta, Georgia. She has two solo releases,
Willing Suspension of Disbelief and Cartoon Flat as well as the
Cowboy Envy releases, all of which were recorded at Sound &
Fury with Vogt as producer and engineer. She is a guitarist as well
as bassist with bass being her primary interest. She received a
gold record for her work on two cuts of The Indigo Girls debut Epic
Records release. She appeared last year at Lincoln Center with recording
artist Elise Witt and now appears regularly with Cowboy Envy and
the Atlanta-based country rock band Gracie and the Slipcovers. She
has produced and engineered over thirty independent releases and
appears as a musician on nearly one hundred. Her compositions have
appeared in various documentaries and films, one of which stars
Jim (Ernest) Varney - a very "B" film but a nice walk
to the mailbox if ya know what I mean. She is responsible for helping
to nurture the Atlanta music scene and has led the way for folk
musicians for quite some time. As a multi-instrumentalist, her wide
range of influences and provocative style help to create magical
albums.
"She has been my idol for so long. I used to sneak into her
shows at The Harvest Moon Saloon when I was 16 and then I'd come
home and try to play her songs. She is the backbone of the acoustic
scene. DeDe is God and everybody knows it." -- Michelle Malone
The idea for Cowboy Envy was conceived by Vogt sometime in the early
'70s when playing in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She ventured into
a small club named Cat's Cradle and witnessed the flawlessly entertaining
and musical performance of Riders In The Sky and said to herself,
"I want to grow up and be like that someday." Well, the
growing up part didn't happen, but years later, after a few phone
calls, Cowboy Envy did. |
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Michelle Thomas
- www.michellelovescake.com
- Growing up the oldest of three in a fully functioning, yet completely
dysfunctional family in Texas, Michelle had two options: she could
either become a sociopath or a comic. She chose comic, however quickly
realized they were actually one in the same. At age 19, she began
performing at various open mics in and around Dallas and within
the year was a regular at clubs across the south. Her unique material
stems from an array of real life experiences, ranging from the horrors
of owning and operating her own daycare to her backwoods, hillbilly
family. (Her stepfather makes his own moonshine and is younger than
her husband, which means one day they will have to explain to their
children why their dad is older than their grandpa. Yeah, seriously.)
Whether she’s performing in front of a sold out crowd at a
comedy club, at a charity event, a church or even at the bar down
the street, her quirkiness, honesty and instant likeability has
made her a hit with audiences across the country for years.
www.myspace.com/michellethomascomedy
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Sonia Leigh
- http://sonialeigh.com
- Sonia Leigh is a singer/songwriter hailing from Atlanta, Georgia.
With gritty vocals and poetically compelling lyrics, Sonia's country-tinged,
bluesy folk-rock music grabs listeners by the heartstrings and leads
them on an intoxicating ride. Sonia Leigh's unbridled passion and
rebellious charm bring an electrifying excitement to the stage with
her. Unlike many other performers, Sonia easily and immediately
creates a bond with her audience by the sincerity of her haunting
voice, soulful lyrics, excellent musicianship and sultry appearance.
Sonia Leigh's roots are in country music (her grandfather and father
were musician's and songwriter's) but she soon discovered Blues
and Rock and Roll ! By the age of 10, Sonia had learned chords and
strumming techniques from her father. Later, she was drawn to artists
from various musical backgrounds, including Lightning Hopkins, Brownie
McGhee, Janis Joplin, Nirvana, Hole, Melissa Etheridge, Jackson
Browne, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, and Bruce Springsteen. This
musical upbringing serves as the foundation that has become the
unique sound of Sonia Leigh. Her first song was recorded at the
age of 14. By the age of 21, Sonia had recorded two albums,"Remember
Me" recorded in 1998 and "Laundry" recorded in 2000.
She took some time off to let her songwriting skills mature and
in 2007 released "Run or Surrender" a mix of Americana
and Country Blues with nail driving lyrics and melodies that will
stick with you for days. Sonia has performed as an acoustic solo
artist and with a band, as headliner and supporting act for various
artists, including, Rocco De Luca,Wild Sweet Orange,Tea Leaf Green,
Gringo Star,Meiko,Kristen Hall,The Zac Brown Band, Jason Mraz, Randall
Bramlett, Jennifer Nettle's, the list goes on and on.
http://www.myspace.com/sonialeigh
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Sonya Heller
- http://www.sonyaheller.com
- Pop/Folk singer/songwriter and composer Sonya Heller is a three
time ASCAP Awards recipient and the recent new love of France. She’s
been compared to everyone from Sade to Carol King, Rickie Lee Jones
to Laura Nyro, Joan Baez to Joan Armatrading, and back to Sade!
Sonya’s music emanates from the streets of NYC and an old
hip soul. She’s played most of its landmark and trend-setting
clubs such as The Bitter End, The Living Room, and the Knitting
Factory. Music Morsels Magazine recently called Sonya, “The
Big Apples latest gift to the singer/songwriter world..one of the
most ear-opening in a long time”. She continues touring throughout
this country and has had her music performed by Jazz and World music
artists from Carnegie Hall to the Olympia Theatre in Paris. Sonya
Heller writes "Music for the masses that gets real personal."
A streetsmart soothsayer with ruby red lips and a voice too good
to be true wearing Road worn jeans and her trusty old Martin guitar
in hand, she shares her time between the US and Europe where she
has been wowing audiences everywhere.
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Shelly Ryan
- www.myspace.com/shellyryan
- Inspired by sketch comedy, Comedian Shelly Ryan began her adventure
in 2004 by joining other writers at SketchWorks, where two of her
scripts were produced in a showcase. She also co-wrote a piece that
appeared as the closing act in one of their main stage performances.
After graduating from Funny Farm University in late 2005, Shelly's
been on stage at several of Atlanta's comedy clubs and has emceed
for a variety of local events. Shelly's closest brush with fame
was the Nickelodeon at Nite's Funniest Mom Contest. WARNING: She's
NOT your average mom! While driving her mid-size SUV around suburban
Atlanta, her mind goes places it often shouldn't, but always has
a fun time while it's there! Her comedy has been broadcast on live
streaming radio and podcasts as far away as Australia. She's thrilled
to be on board with BZoO HomeGrown Radio where she produces Red
Brick Cabaret and hosts her own variety talk show, Shelly Ryan Late
Night. Her passion for telling stories (thus letting the voices
in her head escape) has resulted in scripts short films, a feature-length
screenplay and most recently The Hopeful Princess story CD which
is dedicated to all the children who must fight the bad dragon of
cancer. Shelly is a board member of the Indie Music For Life, Inc.
non profit as well as being the Co-Director of the Laughs For Life
division of the non profit.
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JEN/ed
- www.jened.com
- JEN/ed [a.k.a. Jennifer Edwards] is an ARTIST: writer, spoken
word poet, dancer, visual artist and visionary hailing from Brooklyn,
NY. She has toured the US and Canada inspiring, enlightening and
educating audiences. In 2006, JEN/ed was nominated for OUTMUSIC
and Just Plain Folks Awards and won Fresh Fruit and Stone Wall Society
Awards for her work. She writes for Velvet Park Magazine and the
Journal of the Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation. In 2007, her piece
‘4 Cycles of Single Motherhood’ was added to the collection
of the International Museum of Women. She has participated in community
arts projects including: V-day readings and fund-raisers, ‘the
C-word’ lesbians coming together around cancer, THAW (theaters
against war), Poets Speaking Out for the Park (Not in Our Name Rally),
OUTRAGED: Womyn, Art and Activism (protesting the Republican National
Convention ’04, organizer/ performer). As a Guest Artist/
Speaker, JEN/ed has worked with the National Organization for Women,
National Conference on Organized Resistance, Student Environmental
Action Coalition, Cancer Care, Gilda’s Club, The LGBT Center
of New York, and the Girl Scouts of America. She is the founder
of Relaxation on the GO and author of book series by the same name.
The first installment, “Relaxation is Not a Luxury’
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Denise Barbarita
- www.MyShyTune.com
- Denise Barbarita is a singer-songwriter, a music producer and
engineer and not your typical girl with a guitar. A graduate of
Berklee College of Music, with a degree in Music Production and
Engineering, she is an engineer at Kampo Studios in New York City
and has worked with a long list of top selling artists including
Grammy nominees Angie Stone, Herbie Hancock, David Byrne, Mary J.
Blige and The Roots. Along the way she’s also been at the
mixing board to help many independent artists realize their vision,
including Brenda Kahn, Kristi Martel, Halley Devestern, Pale Beneath
the Blue, Pillow Theory, Kevin So, Allison Tartalia, & guitarist
Michael Hewett. As far as guitar skills, Denise has all the rock
riffs at her fingertips in an uncanny way, from clean and light
to crunchy and dirty. She can handle a delicate acoustic guitar
as easily as her prized blonde Tele. Oh, yeah – and then there’s
the voice. There’s no denying the voice. Soft without being
timid, powerful without trying too hard and just so damned musical.
It’s a voice pulled deep from a well of emotion and skill.
In 2000, Denise teamed up with guitarist, David Weintraub, drummer,
Rich Kulsar, and bassist Jason Wallenstein to produce her debut
album, “Beauty Lied”. The album hit the shelves with
rave reviews in 2002. Denise was chosen as Women Who Rock's "Girl
Underground" and she has been featured in numerous publications
such as Billboard, Ballbuster, and WomanRock. Denise released her
2nd CD, “Chaos and Congeniality”, in 2005, which has
also enjoyed rave reviews. She toured extensively in support of
her new release, performing as a soloist, as well as with her band,
The Morning Papers, stunning audiences across the U.S. with her
live performances. You can get a taste of the live show by picking
up a copy of her latest release, "Alive & B-Sides"(2007).
The album showcases new arrangements of old songs and a new band
line-up as well! Songs from both of her albums can be heard regularly
on the daytime television drama, “One Life to Live”,
"The Young & The Restless", and ABC's prime time drama,
"Traveler".
http://www.myspace.com/denisebarbarita
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Karen E. Reynolds
- www.soundadvicemusic.com
- Karen E. Reynolds has made her distinctive mark in the music industry.
A staunch independent, Reynolds owns her own label; operates a booking/management
agency for independent artists; has national credits to her name
as producer, publicist or vocalist; teaches songwriting and music
business for the University of Tennessee; is a Mentor/Instructor
for the Country Music Hall of Fames prestigious 'Words and Music
in Schools' program and is host/program director of Writer's Block,
a radio program that airs ONLY independent artists. If that's not
enough, she started a concert series, Writer's Block LIVE, as a
spin off of her radio program and in a very short time, has built
the series enough to warrant national attention. A Knoxville, TN
native, she has performed at some of the most prestigious festivals
in the Eastern United States, is a regular at premier listening
rooms and has shared stages and performance billing with some of
the best in the business, establishing herself as one of their peers.
Karen signed a publishing deal with Wolf Publishing, Nashville,
in early 2007 and freelances as an independent career management
and radio promotion consultant for independent artists and major
publishers.
http://www.myspace.com/KarenEReynolds |
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Jonida Beqo aka Gypsee-Yo
- www.gypseeyo.com
- Jonida Beqo aka Gypsee-Yo is a native of Tirana, Albania who
has finally been pronounced as a "bonafide" Southern girl,
after "doing time" in the Bible Belt for almost 9 years.
She is currently a resident of Atlanta, GA. Gypsee Yo is a poet,
actor, movement director, designer, and activist. In 2001 she founded
Lighthouse Productions, an independent theater company that performs
works that educate about and empower communities in crisis. In spring
of 2004 she was recognized by the American College Theatre Festival
and the Kennedy Center for the Arts with the Dell’Arte Diversity
Award for her work in her original one woman show “Sinners
and Saints; The Women I Know”, an internationally performed
and critically acclaimed play. She joined the spoken word/slam frontier
in 2005, and is still loving every (3) minute(s) of it. As a slam
poet she has been a member of the Atlanta/Java Monkey Slam Team
at the National Poetry Slam in Austin, TX 2006-2007.She is the author
of three critically acclaimed poetry books and several anthology
features in her native tongue, and of four CDs and a DVD in English.
She continues to perform nationally and internationally and has
been known to violate the prop rule by bringing her infant daughter
up on the stage with her. CD credits include: Sinners and Saints:
the Women I know Soundtrack (2005), Songs of Deliverance (2005),
Kitchensinkdrama" (2005), Kur jeta hedh rrenje ne valixhe (2006),
Firstborn Daughters (2007). She also has published two books, Trupi
im s’me nxe – (I do not fit inside this body) a poetry
collection TOENA Publishing House, Albania 1998 & Best New Author
National Award 1998, and Kur jeta hedh rrenje ne valixhe (When life
grows roots in a suitcase) a Poetry collection "Bota Shqiptare"
Publishing House, Albania 2005.
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Ronnda Cadle
- www.ronndacadle.com
- Ronnda Cadle is both a performer and an event coordinator in the
music scene of Atlanta, GA and is highly respected by her peers.
She is a fine example of hard work where she diligently pressed
forward as an instrumentalist playing her acoustic guitar breaking
into the music scene of Atlanta and the surrounding areas performing
in songwriter venues without singing a word. Spectators liked what
they heard and became loyal followers and now she packs such notable
venues as Eddie's Attic and Kavarna whenever she performs. As a
solo guitar instrumentalist, Ronnda Cadle is known for melodic undertones
and musical hooks she coaxes from her guitar. With over 20 years
experience playing her original compositions before live audiences
across the U.S., this musician from Decatur, Georgia has developed
a devoted fan base. She has shared the stage with many other well-known
musicians including Sarah Bettens, Al Petteway, Atlanta Rhythm Section,
Mother's Finest and 2003 American Music Award Winner, Moe Loughran.
Ronnda's style fuses heartfelt emotional content with masterful
guitar work. There are times when her guitar seems to speak with
a charming "slow southern drawl," like Ronnda herself.
She perfected her craft while listening to guitarists whom she considers
her greatest mentors - Nancy Wilson of Heart, Caroline Aiken, and
Emily Saliers of Indigo Girls. Ronnda says, "I wouldn't be
the player I am today if it were not for these strong and amazing
women. I hope to bring my own voice to the generations of women
musicians who follow." Ronnda has been featured on the Public
Radio International program Echoes playlist, and was recently selected
to provide several songs for the PBS television program and online
site, Roadtrip Nation. She has two CDs to her credit, "The
River Runs" (2006) and "After" (2007).
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Carol Statella
- www.myspace.com/carolstatella
- Carol Statella is originally from Silver Spring, MD, grew up in
Athens, GA and now resides in Atlanta, GA but all the while being
at home in many musical styles. Violist Carol Statella has played
on albums as notable as Sinead O’Connor’s Faith and
Courage and in backup orchestras for Joni Mitchell, The Moody Blues,
Harry Connick Jr., and Brian Wilson, as well as in a string trio
for Cat Power's Variety Playhouse performance. She presently performs
with Ronnda Cadle as part of The String Poets, and she frequently
performs with Lauren Fincham as part of the Rosary duo/trio. Carol
(unknowingly!) contributed a live improvised track to the EP Wingspan
by Sarah Pinsker. Other live and/or recorded collaborators in recent
years include Ron Hipp (of Over the Wires), Marc English, Envie,
Diana Obscura, Mary Delaney, Blake Rainey, and The Tom Collins.
As a reviewer for High Performance Review and contributor to Rockrgrl
magazine, she interviewed Caroline Aiken and conductor Robert Shaw.
While working as a public radio announcer in the 90s, she produced
the series “A Celebration of Women Composers” for NPR
affiliate 91.7FM WUGA Athens, GA. Carol has played in the Atlanta
Opera Orchestra and sings with the Atlanta Symphony Chorus. Carol
is also a music therapist and is a board member of the Indie Music
For Life non profit where she serves as Director of the Educational
Programs.
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