bringing out women's voices through poetic music of substance & depth - Rose Street Music - News/Events http://rosestreetmusic.com/news.html Rose Street Music: News/Events Jannis' PHPRss class - http://www.jannis.to/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:21:19 -0800 2/26 Jane Selkye and Springhouse at Rose Street http://rosestreetmusic.com/news.html#39  


Sunday, 2/26, 7pm

Jane Selkye with Springhouse

plus surprise guest

at Rose Street House of Music


http://www.rosestreetmusic.com

1839 Rose Street, Berkeley

No fragrances please


Chris Kee, Jane Selkye and David Phillips, Springhouse, roam the Americana borderlands, from artsong to the roadhouse and places in between.

http://www.thespringhouse.net



“Though most known for

his role as bassist and songwriter

for Bay Area powerhouse

Houston Jones, Chris

Kee [brings us his] Americana

trio Springhouse. His

wife, Jane Selkye’s ethereal

vocals lift the band’s acoustic

soundscapes to great

heights, while pedal steel

guitar virtuoso David Phillips—

who has worked with

the likes of Tom Waits and

Charlie Hunter—displays

finger-picking mastery, and

Kee maintains a steady bass

line on the group’s original

songs.”  Santa Cruz Sentinel


About Rose Street:

Rose Street House of Music is a house concert & touring musical community bringing out women's voices through original poetic music of substance & depth. All genders are welcome as audience, volunteers, concert-hosts, & back-up musicians for the artists we feature


Sunday, 2/26, 7pm


Jane Selkye with Springhouse plus surprise guest


at Rose Street House of Music
http://www.rosestreetmusic.com


1839 Rose Street, Berkeley


No fragrances please


Chris Kee, Jane Selkye and David Phillips, Springhouse, roam the Americana borderlands, from artsong to the roadhouse and places in between.http://www.thespringhouse.net

“Though most known for his role as bassist and songwriterfor Bay Area powerhouse Houston Jones, Chris Kee [brings us his] Americanatrio Springhouse. His wife, Jane Selkye’s ethereal vocals lift the band’s acoustic soundscapes to great heights, while pedal steelguitar virtuoso David Phillips—who has worked with the likes of Tom Waits and Charlie Hunter—displays finger-picking mastery, and Kee maintains a steady bassline on the group’s original songs.”  Santa Cruz Sentinel


About Rose Street:Rose Street House of Music is a house concert & touring musical community bringing out women's voices through original poetic music of substance & depth. All genders are welcome as audience, volunteers, concert-hosts, & back-up musicians for the artists we feature


 


 

]]> http://rosestreetmusic.com/news.html#39 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800 bringing out women's voices through poetic music of substance & depth - Rose Street Music - News/Events 11/30 Rise Up & Dance Benefit at Askkenaz http://rosestreetmusic.com/news.html#38 Rise Up & Dance
PAM & JERI (OF BLAME SALLY), ANDREA PRICHETT (OF REBECCA RIOTS), GREEN&ROOT, IRINA RIVKIN, MICHELLE LEVY & JIM OAKDEN (of String Fire), KAREN SOOHOO, CARRIE GERENDASY (of Average Dyke Band), KATE KILBANE & THE CELLAR DOORS and SPECIAL GUESTS
Doors at 7:00 pm; Show at 8:00 pm
Night-club two step & Waltz lessons at 7:30 pm
$8-$20 Sliding

Some of the Bay Area’s best-known women musicians come together in Rise Up & Dance, a concert and dance party to support and benefit Laney College's CalWORKs, a program that helps families rise from poverty to careers through community college education. Performers will be playing together and in various combinations, and include Irina Rivkin, Pam & Jeri of Blame Sally, Andrea Prichett of Rebecca Riots, Green & Root, Carrie Gerendasy of Average Dyke Band, Karen Soo Hoo, Michelle Levy & Jim Oakden of String Fire, Kate Kilbane and the Cellar Doors, and special guests. Rise Up & Dance is open to all, whether you like partner dances such as West Coast swing, nightclub two-step, country-western two-step, Argentine tango, or just want to boogie, or sit down and enjoy the show. www.rosestreetmusic.com

Rise Up & Dance is organized by singer-songwriter Irina Rivkin, founder of Rose Street House of Music, a living room concert hall supporting women musicians. The lineup features an array of talent. Andrea Prichett is a founding member of Rebecca Riots, the ”˜90s trio who inspired many young women to pick up guitars and sing from their hearts. Prichett performs some Riots favorites and some of her own topical and social justice songs.
www.rebeccariots.com

The duo Green & Root also point to the Riots as inspiration. Formed in 1999, they have written and performed together on record -- their CD “Down That Road” — and at concerts and festivals up and down the West Coast and Hawaii. Green was inspired by Prichett and Rebecca Riots to set up Berkeley’s FolkDiva performing and recording collective of women musicians. http://www.greenandroot.com

Of Russian Jewish parentage, OutMusic awardee Irina Rivkin has mixed her ancestral folk traditions with contemporary singer-songwriter settings. Referring to Prichett’s Rebecca Riots, Rivkin says, “When I hear them, I feel that music can change the world.” Rivkin's performance includes live-on-the-spot vocal arrangements, swirling vocal percussive beats, & textured interweaving harmony that she creates onstage using a loop station instrument. Michael Dougan in the San Francisco Chronicle wrote that Rivkin “performs her own breathtaking act as a ”˜live one-woman choir’ (using digital looping technology to astonishing effect).”
www.irinarivkin.com and www.youtube.com/irinarivkin (live performance video)

Pam Delgado and Jeri Jones, founding members of the rising Indie Americana band Blame Sally, have become an underground phenomena in the San Francisco Bay Area. These two accomplished instrumentalist/singers combine strikingly different approaches to create a distinct and compelling sound. Their original songs have had national airplay including feature and rotation on San Francisco’s KFOG and Starbucks XM Cafe.
www.blamesally.com

Carrie Gerendasy of Ashkenaz favorite Average Dyke Band does a solo spot, high energy folk with her stellar vocals accompanied by fancy guitarwork.
http://www.carriegerendasy.com/

San Francisco bassist-singer Kate Kilbane writes and sings jazz-soul infused rock of often epic sweep in her inspiring songs about the lives of ancient Greek women including Philomela, Procne and Medea. She and her band the Cellar Doors are recording a rock opera based on the story of Medea.
www.katekilbane.com

Hailing from Texas and now living in the Bay Area, Karen Soo Hoo sings and plays guitar. Her original music has often been described as a "mosaic of sound." She serves a tasty blend from jazzy pop to bluesy rock. Soo Hoo was a grant recipient from the Asian American Arts Foundation & philanthropist S. Kneisley.
www.reverbnation.com/KarenSooHoo

From the contra dance band String Fire, Michelle Levy and Jim Oakden play dance-oriented tangos, waltzes and Celtic fare. Levy has been performing on and exploring the possibilities of bowed string instruments for more than 20 years. She studied classical viola & Old Timey fiddle and banjo at Brown University. She studies in Medieval performance practice on vielle with Shira Kammen and with members of Sequentia at the Vancouver Medieval Programme while performing throughout the country with an eclectic variety of ensembles and vocalists, from Celtic to Algerian Amazigh (Berber) with Moh Alileche.
http://www.michellevielle.com]]> http://rosestreetmusic.com/news.html#38 Sat, 29 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700 bringing out women's voices through poetic music of substance & depth - Rose Street Music - News/Events October 14 Kate Kilbane, Irina Rivkin, + Rachel Bockover at Rose Street! http://rosestreetmusic.com/news.html#35
Friday, October 14, 8pm

Irina Rivkin & Kate Kilbane, Rachel Bockover opening
at Rose Street House of Music

http://www.rosestreetmusic.com
1839 Rose Street, Berkeley
No fragrances please

About the artists:

Kate Kilbane (http://www.listn.to/katekilbane)

Imagine Fiona Apple and Sting wrote a rock opera based on ancient Greek tragedy: this is the sound of kate kilbane & the cellar doors. A bassist, singer and self-ascribed literary geek, kate kilbane and her band use jazz and soul-infused rock to retell stories of Philomela, Procne, Medea—ancient Greek women whose narratives still captivate audiences today.
"kate kilbane delivers a raw, passionate sound that’s gritty and seductive..." - postcardsfromsf.com

Irina Rivkin (http://www.irinarivkin.com and live performance video at http://www.youtube.com/irinarivkin)
Outmusic Awardee Irina Rivkin’s compelling, powerful songs blend jazzy folk & rhythmic world music, with an all-original sound influenced by her Russian heritage. She layers her poetic lyrics with rich textured harmonies, swirling with vocal percussive beats, all created live on-the-spot using her loop station instrument.
Rivkin “performs her own breathtaking act as a ”˜live one-woman choir’ (using digital looping technology to astonishing effect)” Michael Dougan, SF Chronicle

Rachel Bockover (www.rachelbockover.com)
"Rachel's music brings together her years of musical experience, empowering her soulful balladry with a perspective that is all her own."- DJ Passive theory, The Rising Tide on KZSC

About Rose Street:
Rose Street House of Music is a house concert & touring musical community bringing out women's voices through original poetic music of substance & depth. All genders are welcome as audience, volunteers, concert-hosts, & back-up musicians for the artists we feature]]> http://rosestreetmusic.com/news.html#35 Sat, 01 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700 bringing out women's voices through poetic music of substance & depth - Rose Street Music - News/Events Irina Rivkin featured at WIP 9/10 http://rosestreetmusic.com/news.html#34  


Saturday, September 10, Rose Street founder and live-looping OutMusic Awardee Irina Rivkin 


featured at


WORKS  IN  PROGRESS

Fireside Room, Plymouth United Church of Christ , 424 Monte Vista,  Oakland  

                                                   

Saturday, September 10, 6:30-10:30 pm

 

Featuring: Irina Rivkin  – Original old-world OutMusic Awardee layers poetic lyrics, rich 


textured harmonies and vocal beats, all created on-stage through live-looping.  Her compelling, 


powerful songs blend jazzy folk & rhythmic world music with an all-original sound.  


www.irinarivkin.com. 

                                   

                  and

 

Delaney Henderson - Living in the bay area for over 30 years, writing and doing visual art, she 


has focused on fiction and memoir writing for the past couple of years.  Her published novel 'the 


Travelers' is about hashish smuggling from Morocco .  She is polishing a memoir about living with 


her lesbian mother in France when she was thirteen.

 

 

JAN STECKEL AND JULIA VINOGRAD WILL ALSO SHARE THEIR POETRY!  (Come share in the magic!!)

  

$7 - $10 Admission includes a raffle ticket for a chance to win one of five $25 certificates to a 


local restaurant.   Free CDs, DVDs, and books.  Come early to pick your favorites.

                                  

6:30 – 7:30    Pot Luck --– Bring your favorite dish to share.

7:30 - 10:30   Performance, Fireside Room

  

Hosted by Feminist Author & Poet Linda Zeiser, Produced by Linda Zeiser & Carolyn Stull Zeiser.   


For information, contact Linda at (510) 701-1022, ZeiserpoetMC@aol.com.

  

Works In Progress is a creative space for women's art:  Poets, Musicians, Comediennes, and 


Performance Artists.  All are encouraged to share their works, completed or evolving.   WIP is 


scent free and wheelchair accessible.


Saturday, September 10, Rose Street founder and live-looping OutMusic Awardee Irina Rivkin featured at


 WORKS  IN  PROGRESS


Fireside Room, Plymouth United Church of Christ , 424 Monte Vista,  Oakland                                                   


Saturday, September 10, 6:30-10:30 pm


Featuring: Irina Rivkin  – Original old-world OutMusic Awardee layers poetic lyrics, rich textured harmonies and vocal beats, all created on-stage through live-looping.  Her compelling, powerful songs blend jazzy folk & rhythmic world music with an all-original sound.  www.irinarivkin.com.


                  and


 Delaney Henderson - Living in the bay area for over 30 years, writing and doing visual art, she has focused on fiction and memoir writing for the past couple of years.  Her published novel 'the Travelers' is about hashish smuggling from Morocco .  She is polishing a memoir about living with her lesbian mother in France when she was thirteen.


 JAN STECKEL AND JULIA VINOGRAD WILL ALSO SHARE THEIR POETRY!  (Come share in the magic!!)


 $7 - $10 Admission includes a raffle ticket for a chance to win one of five $25 certificates to a local restaurant.   Free CDs, DVDs, and books.  Come early to pick your favorites.


6:30 – 7:30    Pot Luck --– Bring your favorite dish to share.


7:30 - 10:30   Performance, Fireside Room


 Hosted by Feminist Author & Poet Linda Zeiser, Produced by Linda Zeiser & Carolyn Stull Zeiser.   For information, contact Linda at (510) 701-1022, ZeiserpoetMC@aol.com.


 Works In Progress is a creative space for women's art:  Poets, Musicians, Comediennes, and Performance Artists.  All are encouraged to share their works, completed or evolving.   WIP is scent free and wheelchair accessible.



 

]]> http://rosestreetmusic.com/news.html#34 Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700 bringing out women's voices through poetic music of substance & depth - Rose Street Music - News/Events Irina Rivkin on tour in Alaska http://rosestreetmusic.com/news.html#33 On tour in Alaska, including this house concert...


*Sunday, June 12*
House concert with live-looping "one-woman-choir" Irina Rivkin, on tour from Berkeley CA
Local folksinger-songwriter Inna opens the show

7pm (potluck at 6pm)

Goldstream Valley area of Fairbanks
For address/directions/RSVP, please email idrivkin@alaska.edu, or call 455-6947 (between 10 am and 10 pm).

All are welcome!

Concert is followed by a short participative live-looping activity for audience members who wish to hear their own voices/instruments live-looped!

$8-15 sliding scale donation helps cover tour costs

About the music:
http://www.youtube.com/irinarivkin (live concert video)
http://www.sonicbids.com/irinarivkin
www.irinarivkin.com

Outmusic Awards Recipient, top-10 winner in the Indiegrrl Songwriting Contest, & founder of Rose Street House of Music, Irina Rivkin's compelling, powerful, poetic songs blend elements of folk & world music, with an all-original sound influenced by her Russian heritage. Irina layers her poetic lyrics with rich textured harmonies, swirling with vocal percussive beats, all created live on-the-spot using her loop station instrument. Her CD "upwelling" has received airplay on over 100 radio programs.

"Bobby McFerrin reminds me of you" [Bodhi Goforth, house concert co-producer]

Rivkin "performs her own breathtaking act as a "live one-woman choir" (using digital looping technology to astonishing effect)" Michael Dougan, SF Chronicle
"rhythm & sound would pass as a Russian Sweet Honey in the Rock." [Angela Page, Sing Out! Summer 2004]

Inna (Irina's twin sister) opens and collaborates. Inna performs visually creative acoustic folk with echoes of the Alaskan wilderness.

To book future "Rose Street Harmony Tour" concerts or workshops with Irina Rivkin, please email rosestbooking(at)yahoo(dot)com or call (510) 857-7562

]]> http://rosestreetmusic.com/news.html#33 Fri, 10 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 bringing out women's voices through poetic music of substance & depth - Rose Street Music - News/Events Laney College CalWORKs benefit Date TBA http://rosestreetmusic.com/news.html#32  


“Together we Rise” benefit for Laney College CalWORKs

Featuring live-looping singer-songwriter-beatboxer Irina Rivkin

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

6pm – 7:30pm

 

Laney College Bistro

Located next to the Laney College Pool

900 Fallon Street

Oakland, CA  94607

About the program:

LaneyWORKs helps families rise from poverty to self sufficiency through community college education.

About the music:

Rivkin “performs her own breathtaking act as a ‘live one-woman choir’ (using digital looping technology to astonishing effect)” Michael Dougan, SF Chronicle

 “jazzy & rhythmic, hot, harmony-rich vocals... rhythm & sound would pass as a Russian Sweet Honey in the Rock." {Angela Page, SING OUT!}

“Bobby McFerrin reminds me of you” Bodhi, house concert producer

see live performance video: www.youtubecom/irinarivkin 

For more info please call 510-857-7562 or check out www.rosestreetmusic.com

“Together we Rise” benefit for Laney College CalWORKs


Featuring live-looping singer-songwriter-beatboxer Irina Rivkin


& more artists TBA



Date TBA, late summer or early fall 2011




About the program:


LaneyWORKs helps families rise from poverty to self sufficiency through community college education.




About the music:


Rivkin “performs her own breathtaking act as a ‘live one-woman choir’ (using digital looping technology to astonishing effect)” Michael Dougan, SF Chronicle


 “jazzy & rhythmic, hot, harmony-rich vocals... rhythm & sound would pass as a Russian Sweet Honey in the Rock." {Angela Page, SING OUT!}


“Bobby McFerrin reminds me of you” Bodhi, house concert producer


see live performance video: www.youtubecom/irinarivkin 


For more info, to host a benefit, volunteer, or donate an item or certificate for the silent auction, please call 510-857-7562 or check out www.rosestreetmusic.com


]]> http://rosestreetmusic.com/news.html#32 Tue, 17 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 bringing out women's voices through poetic music of substance & depth - Rose Street Music - News/Events Room available at Rose Street http://rosestreetmusic.com/news.html#31 A housemate is graduating and moving (we'll miss Xi), so we'll have a room for rent available at Rose Street -- for info email rosestspace (at) yahoo (dot) com

]]> http://rosestreetmusic.com/news.html#31 Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 bringing out women's voices through poetic music of substance & depth - Rose Street Music - News/Events Rose Street Harmony Tour with Irina Rivkin & Jen Ambrose http://rosestreetmusic.com/news.html#30 Rose Street Harmony Tour with Irina Rivkin & Jen Ambrose

Dates TBA: for info or to book a tour show email rosestreetmusic (at) yahoo (dot) com


Rose Street Harmony Tour, folk-world-harmony *live-looping OutMusic Awardee Irina Rivkin joins in collaboration with soulful singer/songwriter Jen Ambrose.



* Live-looping: Performing a multi-layered composition live, on-stage (in Irina’s case beatboxing, vocal rhythm-chords, harmonies, etc.), using a loop station instrument.
For an example of live-looping at a recent live performance, please see:
www.youtube.com/irinarivkin

About the artists:
 
Irina Rivkin, OutMusic Awards Recipient
Indiegrrl Songwriting Contest winner (2 songs in the top-7)
Music to Life Foundation Top 40 Finalist
PeaceDriven Song Contest Semi-Finalist
http://www.youtube.com/irinarivkin (live concert video)
http://www.sonicbids.com/irinarivkin (including live concert video)
www.irinarivkin.com

Outmusic Awards Recipient, top-10 winner in the Indiegrrl Songwriting Contest, & founder of Rose Street House of Music, Irina Rivkin's compelling, powerful, poetic songs blend elements of folk & world music, with an all-original sound influenced by her Russian heritage. Irina layers her poetic lyrics with rich textured harmonies, swirling with vocal percussive beats, all created live on-the-spot using her loop station instrument. Her CD “upwelling" has received airplay on over 100 radio programs. “Ya Eyo Lublu”, Irina’s “Russian-émigré-lesbian-coming-out-love-song” was included on the "Safe Haven" compilation raising funds for Portland LGBTQ youth services, along with artists such as Indigo Girls, Pamela Means, & Alix Olson.
 
“Bobby McFerrin reminds me of you” [Bodhi Goforth, house concert co-producer]

Rivkin “performs her own breathtaking act as a "live one-woman choir" (using digital looping technology to astonishing effect)” Michael Dougan, SF Chronicle

“rhythm & sound would pass as a Russian Sweet Honey in the Rock." [Angela Page, Sing Out! Summer 2004]

“Innovative and glorious! You were stunning…wow I was blown away…you are a deeply gifted woman.” [Linda Zeiser, concert producer]

“beautiful lyrical melody, the added voice over of earthy harmony, and finally the texture of beatbox all performed live with the benefit of electronic looping." [Janie Roberts, Venue Owner, Wild Janes]
 
Jen Ambrose

"Singer-songwriter Jen Ambrose is passion unleashed.  Her deeply provocative and entrancing music expresses vocal versatility and soul.  From subtle sultriness to bluesy rawness, her music dives deep into the heart of the listener with honest lyrical and melodic intensity.  Jen accompanies herself with an acoustic guitar style that ranges from driving rhythms to intricate finger and flat-picking, or with percussive djembe, or a cappella. Musical influences have included the old Delta Blues styles of the early 20th century, swing Jazz of the 30’s, classic rock of the late 60’s, Middle Eastern and Indian singing. Jen’s music has been likened to Janis Joplin and Ani DiFranco."
 Teresa Thomas - Mail Tribune Tempo - July 23, 2010
The artist's melodic originals revolve around human empowerment and creative expression.  Grants Pass artist Jen  Ambrose marries agile vocals and poetic lyrics...  While Ambrose's music dances through a variety of genres, her lyrics are based — one way or another — on human empowerment.
 www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100723/TEMPO/7230309/-1/TEMPO02

www.jenambrose.org
http://www.sonicbids.com/JenAmbrose
www.myspace.com/jenambrosemusic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHv8P6bLaVA

]]> http://rosestreetmusic.com/news.html#30 Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 bringing out women's voices through poetic music of substance & depth - Rose Street Music - News/Events 12/2 Original Celtic Jazz http://rosestreetmusic.com/news.html#29 Thursday, December 2, 8pm
Irish,  jazz and bossa nova!

Melanie O'Reilly - from Ireland!  
Celtic Jazz vocalist & Guests
Sean O Nuallain -Guitar,
John R Burr - Piano

at Rose Street House of Music
www.rosestreetmusic.com
1839 Rose Street (near MLK) Berkeley CA
Suggested donation $10-20, 5-9 for low income
No fragrances/perfume please

Named by “Downbeat” magazine as one of the most important celtic jazz artists from Ireland, Melanie O’Reilly has burst on the scene as a major innovator.  Her fusion of Irish lyricism and American jazz has won her phenomenal respect in both worlds – traditional and modern.  Introduced to jazz at age 11, she has pioneered a unique style of her own, melding it with native Irish folkways.
Tonight, she performs with guests Sean O Nuallain on guitar, and John R Burr on piano for an intimate evening of unique and spellbinding music.  Together they perform original songs, and  their crreative collaborations,   include  new material based on the Irish poet Sean O Riordan, as well as  songs that draw on Irish myth and sense of place.

 "…spellbinding... uplifting music from a true innovator…."  The Rough Guide to Irish Music)  Her most recent album, "Dust and Blood" with guitarist Sean O’Nuallain, and renowned musicians from both Ireland & USA, has received wide critical acclaim, described by the Contra Costa Times, as a "Gorgeous sound,,,,celtic cadence with a jazz sensibility".  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl3Wa4SA_PA

]]> http://rosestreetmusic.com/news.html#29 Thu, 18 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800 bringing out women's voices through poetic music of substance & depth - Rose Street Music - News/Events October 8 at 8, Amelia Hogan & Lucia Iman at Rose Street http://rosestreetmusic.com/news.html#28 Friday, October 8, 8pm
Amelia Hogan, Lucia Iman, and special guests

at Rose Street House of Music
www.rosestreetmusic.com
1839 Rose Street (near MLK) Berkeley CA
Suggested donation $10-20, 5-9 for low income
No fragrances/perfume please

Amelia Hogan, celtic/irish singer/songwriter
http://www.myspace.com/ameliaisaverb
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFU1uvq8HY4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzNk2OnQ6CM.


Lucia Iman: http://www.luciaiman.net/
"Lucia has delivered an achingly beautiful album. Malcolm Burn (producer) has done an incredible job of sensitively capturing her songs and alongside Lucia has kind of created an almost luxurious atmosphere of musical velvet. Lucia has delivered stunning vocal performances throughout, the songs have real depth that will demand listening to over and over again."-Daniel Ward Murphy, 50K Magazine

]]> http://rosestreetmusic.com/news.html#28 Sat, 02 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700 bringing out women's voices through poetic music of substance & depth - Rose Street Music - News/Events