They rotate through the Anafaith Open Door
but very often include Jesse Dyen on Keys,
Al Bedrosian on Guitar, Steven Andrew Kascmar
on Bass, Jon Marshall on backup vocals,
Katrine Spang-Hanssen on drums,
missy Anafaith on Guitar
Influences
Powerful female singers & songwriters who have something to say.
Billie Holiday,
Ani Di Franco,
Sarah McLaughlin,
Tori Amos, Melissa Etheridge,
Melissa Ferrick, Tracy Chapman,
Sarah Vaughn,
Joni Mitchell,
Storm Large,
Chrissy Hynde,
Stevie Nicks,
Indigo Girls,
Sanne Salomensen,
Lisa Eckdal,
and so many more.
Who is your favourite female singer/songwriter?
We need more women on the radio!
Some guys; Cat Stevens, Counting Crows
Sounds Like
Sarah McLaughlin meets Tracy Chapman meets Tori Amos they all have a pillow fight and end up with Anafaith's unique sound playing under the sheets.
Sometimes Natalie Merchant gets under the blankets too...
Anafaith likes organic dark chocolate, re-writing fairy tales to give them unpredictable, wild endings and lacy things. Don't try to talk to her in the mornings or mess with her during a yoga class. Her voice frequently gets compared to Ben Harper, Tracy Chapman and Natalie Merchant. Anafaith believes the best way both to sing and to live is "filled with soul". Besides singing and songwriting Anafaith also writes for AfterEllen.com and is doing many other writing endeavors. She is - of course- working on a play, hopefully to be completed in 2007.
The new True Margrit CD - The Juggler's Progress - is now available for pre-order, along with t-shirts and artwork, photo and drumheads, check it out here: http://bit.ly/7Cu8J
Next shows: November 5, Molly Malone's in West Hollywood, CA November 12, Fox and Goose in Sacramento, CA November 15, Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco, CA!
Our tour wraps up with the big show at San Francisco's best rock club, Bottom of the Hill! For the complete show schedule, check here: http://bit.ly/1UgGqQ
The new True Margrit CD - The Juggler's Progress - is now available for pre-order, along with t-shirts and artwork, photo and drumheads, as we get ready for our monthlong tour of the Great Northwest! Check it out here: http://bit.ly/7Cu8J
Look for us in Washington, Oregon and California between October 15 and November 15, when our tour wraps up with the big show at San Francisco's best rock club, Bottom of the Hill! For the complete show schedule, check here: http://bit.ly/1UgGqQ
Singer-songwriter-guitarist Steve Taylor-Ramírez brings his critically acclaimed Latin-infused neo-folk music back to Berkeley’s Starry Plough Pub on Thursday, Aug. 28.
Taylor-Ramírez joins an international, multilingual lineup that includes Geva Alon from Tel Aviv, and Krystle Warren, who hangs her hat in Paris, New York and San Francisco.
Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008 9:00 PM Starry Plough Pub 3101 Shattuck Ave. (3 blocks south of Ashby) Berkeley, California 94705 Cost: $7 http://www. starryploughpub. com 510.841.2082
A night of excellent draft beer, fine food and terrific live music played through a new, tuned Meyer Sound system. It doesn’t get any better than that!
MAMACOATL, STEVE TAYLOR-RAMÍREZ, ALFREDO GOMEZ (releasing new CD)
Friday, January 18, 8 pm LA PEÑA CULTURAL CENTER 3105 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA www.lapena.org
Songs of love and protest, from both sides of the border. Mexico-born MAMACOATL brings her passion for life and justice as she takes us across the line, reducing walls to rubble and creating new paradigms in bolero, blues and funk ranchero. Acclaimed Berkeley songwriter STEVE TAYLOR-RAMÍREZ offers his acoustic soul, neo-folk and Latin roots with songs of love and rebellion. Classically trained Mexican guitarist ALFREDO GOMEZ brings Nueva Trova to life as he sings of love and its absence, sadness and joy … and releases his new CD.
$10 in advance/$12 at the door ($2 off for students and seniors)
