Sep 20, 2012

Thu 7:00 AM Live @ 365

365 5th Ave New York, NY 10016

Map Performers:

Martha Redbone Emeline Michel

More Info Event Details Celebrating its second season, Live@365 presents Emeline Michel from Haiti, Martha Redbone from NYC, and Vlada Tomova from Bulgaria—three artists who are crossing boundaries of traditional and contemporary music. Vlada Tomova, a "vocal sorceress," creates haunting, otherworldly sounds with influences from Bulgaria and the Balkans, the Middle East, India, and Sephardic Spain, recalling Bulgaria's cultural origins shaped by ancient migrations. Internationally renowned singer, songwriter, producer, and dancer Emeline Michel, the "Joni Mitchell of Haiti," merges Haitian compas and rara with jazz, pop, bossa nova, and samba. Martha Redbone, of Shawnee, Choctaw, and African American descent, performs music that flows equally from Native American elements, soul, R&B, funk, and her deep roots in Appalachian folk and Piedmont blues. Performer Info Martha Redbone: Redbone’s role as a leading voice in both soul and contemporary Native music has been recognized by the awards garnered for both her albums - ‘Skintalk’ and ‘Home of the Brave’; 2006 Independent Music Awards Best R&B album; Best Debut Artist at the 2002 Native American Music Awards; Indian Summer Music Award 2 consecutive years for Best RnB Album 2004 & 2005. Also in 2005 Martha received the Natl HIV/Aids Partnership Red Ribbon Award at the UN for her community work.

Currently the Brooklyn native is working on her third album which she describes as “an organic soulful approach to songs about love and war, of some of the joys that can be found at home and the battles we face in the world of power.”