EMILY BRASS - vocals, sax, percussion /
LINDSEY WRIGHT - vocals, flute /
BRENT HOSKINS- drums /
JOHN LINDSAY - bass /
RICHIE URSOMARSO - guitar /
MIKE KIRBY - guitar (sometimes) /
GEORGE PENN - drums (sometimes)
Influences
Zap Mama, Arrested Development, G. Love & Special Sauce, The Roots, Burning Spear, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Mighty Diamonds, Tribe Called Quest, Sade, The Beatles, Les Nubiens, Manu Dibango, James Brown, Maceo Parker...the list goes on...
Like a musical shape-shifter, Emily Brass takes you on a psychedelic hip hop journey, channeling the ghosts of old school rap, rock-steady reggae, ragtime jazz, and 60's rock & soul, while relentlessly keeping you in a sweat-inducing, smile-inspiring trance-dance, all night long.
Her lyrical message is empowering, progressive, and poetic, sung through her countless vocal styles, conjuring up the spirits of Zap Mama, Sade, Chrissie Hynde, Erykah Badu, Lauren Hill, Billie Holiday and even John Lennon. Between rapid-fire raps, catchy choruses, and sensuously sung verses, she uses her sax as a wailing, magical wand, causing audiences to lose themselves under the influence of Maceo Parker, Manu Dibango and Dean Frasier-inspired riffs.
I was really hoping to be able to make it to the show! We just couldn't get out of town :( I hope it went well and that you had a blast! Maybe next time?
Oh, bummer. I'll be at Joan Jett in Raleigh that day and I was up in Black Mtn last week and will be up the next weekend. Dang. When you gonna play The Garage in Winston?
Thanks! Brent was telling me about the Ashiville show on my birthday 7/11. I very well might be driving down with him. I had originally planned to go to a blues festival in Big Island, but I haven't made definite plan yet. If I don't see you on 7/11 maybe I'll see you in Radford on 7/12. Irie, one love.
Canada, that's cool. Your late summer show at the Pine sounds awesome. I've been jammin a little here and there, trying to write some songs, just keeping it light and fun.
Hey Emily, register at www.createaconcert.com for FREE to get some college concerts. We're here to help bands like you get way more grassroots exposure.
Let me know if you have any questions, I will personally respond to all myspace messages/wallposts.
Thanks!! Yeah, this trip was better than we could've hoped for,,,on stage and behind the scenes, we had a blast and then some. Glad yer diggin the pics,,,videos are next to come. Head over to www.lastbroadcast.net to check out the first two we've posted from the trip,,,one of us filming ourselves on-stage, and another of Scott getting searched in LAX,,,AWESOME!!!!
Possibly, comment me posters to remind me. Been doin good, I'm working up in the N Georgia mtns near NC for the winter and have a house the company rented. It reminds me so much of Floyd here... missin yall, much love
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