madeleine clifford (MADLINES da lioness) and hollis wong-wear (ISPIRE; good lucky money)
Influences
Eve, Khadījah bint Khuwaylid, Lauryn Hill, Nirvana, Digable Planets, Spice Girls, Destiny's Child, The Temptations, Blackstar, Solillaquists of Sound, Zap Mama, Godessa, Nas, Big L, Gift of Gab, Zap Mama, Dead Prez, "The Color Purple," Edith Piaf, Pearl Jam, Bikini Kill, Frida Kahlo, "This Bridge Called My Back," Janel Monae, Zaki Ibrahim, "Our Sister Killjoy," Elaine Brown, Nina Simone, TLC, Monica, Brandy, Salt N Peppa, Phoolan Devi, Queen Latifah, MC Lyte, Typical Cats, Native Guns, Mystic, Zion I, Laura "Piece" Kelly, Christa Bell, Toni Hill, Felicia Loud, Youth Speaks, Abyssinian Creole,
The mulatto in America functions as a canary in a coal mine. Canaries were used by coal miners to gauge how poisonous the air underground was. They would bring a canary in with them, and if it grew sick and died they knew the air was bad and eventually everyone would be poisoned by the fumes. Likewise, mulattos have historically been the gauge of how poisonous American race relations were. The fate of the mulatto in history and literature will manifest the symptoms that will eventually infect the rest of the nation. We are the first generation of canaries to survive, a little injured perhaps, but alive! (Danzy Senna, Caucasia)
we are sultry yet hype, playfully political, and invested in building solidarity on a local and global level. since december 2006, we have performed in portland, washington, d.c., vancouver, b.c., new york city, san francisco and all over seattle. we've performed at bumbershoot, under the volcano music festival, and the san francisco mission arts project. we've performed at events also featuring artists such as saul williams, talib kweli, dead prez, medusa, gabriel teodros, mystic, sabreena da witch & mohammed from P.R. as featured in the incredible documentary slingshot hip hop, piece, cristina orbe, and more of our favorite musicians and poets.
we will be graduating with two bachelors degrees in 2009. going to college is gangster.
for bookings or more information, please contact us at canarysing(at)gmail.com
and yes, we have a twitter account. WHY NO MUSIC ON THIS PAGE???? we're working on new tracks and a FULL LENGTH ALBUM!! Look out for us! LOVE, CS
To the 206, This show is to keep me on the streets and out of jail, please come through and help support, the goal is 250$ or higher, which is needed with the utmost urgency, otherwise a 6 month jail term is in my imediate future, which inturn will leave me homeless, due to my criminal record, the court system is trying to put me in a financial bind that on my own cannot be met due to the slim-ass time requirement which is the 10th of july, please 206, keep me free,
Yes Yes yal, and YOU DONT STOP. Ima be in the BAy July- let me know if yal are gonna be fallin through if not I'll just send you a session in the mail and we can get up that way
dust your showders off like an antique the rap game was bleek but not anymore!!! :) you two are soo clever thanks for making music... please post some new songs up
hey I saw you'll be performing at Evergreen! Thats rad - we'll have to get together before for a drink or something! Also, I just read an essay that I thought you'd both find really interesting - its about relationships between British men & Indian women during the colonial era, and the researchers challenges in even finding information for her project . Its called National Narrative and the Politics of Miscegenation and its by Durba Ghosh. I read it in the book Archive Stories, but you could probably find it elsewhere as well.
The mulatto in America functions as a canary in a coal mine. Canaries were used by coal miners to gauge how poisonous the air underground was. They would bring a canary in with them, and if it grew sick and died they knew the air was bad and eventually everyone would be poisoned by the fumes. Likewise, mulattos have historically been the gauge of how poisonous American race relations were. The fate of the mulatto in history and literature will manifest the symptoms that will eventually infect the rest of the nation. We are the first generation of canaries to survive, a little injured perhaps, but alive! (Danzy Senna, Caucasia)
To the 206,
