Gillian Welch, Woven Hand, Iron&Wine, 16 Horsepower, Jolie Holland, Nick Drake, Johnny Cash, Tom Waits, Bob Dylan, Doc Watson, The Be Good Tanyas, Stanley Brothers, Devendra Banhart, Patsy Cline, Hank Williams, Emmilou Harris, Ani Difranco, BLLA BLLA BLLA, Khaki King, Dresden Dolls, Tori Amos, Sigur Ros, Barnstormers, Bryan Pattillo, Jon Goode, Ronnie Moore and EMA
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"a manifesto, and a sonnet;
an anthem, and a psalm" - Ema's Song
Jonida Beqo a.k.a Gypsee-Yo is a native of Tirana, Albania who has been finally pronounced as a "bonafide" Southern girl, after "doing time" in the Bible Belt for almost 9 years. She is currently a resident of Atlanta, Ga. In 2001 she founded Lighthouse Productions, an independent theater company that performs works that educate about and empower communities in crisis. In spring of 2004 she was recognized by the American College Theatre Festival and the Kennedy Center for the Arts with the Dell’Arte Diversity Award for her work in her original one woman show “Sinners and Saints; The Women I Know”, an internationally performed and critically acclaimed play. She joined the spoken word/slam frontier in 2005, and is still loving every (3) minute(s) of it. As a slam poet she has been a member of the Atlanta/Java Monkey Slam Team at the National Poetry Slam in Austin, TX 2006-2007.She is the author of three critically acclaimed poetry books and several anthology features in her native tongue, and of four CDs and a DVD in yours. She continues to perform nationally and internationally and has been known to violate the prop rule by bringing her infant daughter up on the stage with her. Gypsee's main goal in life is "not to suck", and she believes that this is both a reasonable and potentially attainable goal.
Cool, have a great trip to Florida then! Yeah, Ronnie told me everything went awesomely in Chicago. And as for future shows... please mark Saturday, Aug. 15th on your calendar if you have it free. You can help us tremendously by coming to that show. It'll be at Sweetwater LIVE in Duluth.
Hey! Hope your trip to Chicago has been good! If you're back in Georgia soon, we have a show in Decatur on Friday night at XI at 141 New Street. Show starts at 9. It would be great to see you there!
ha ha ha je e papame un vazhdoj te kem emrin tend ke kitara...it sort of guides me to always be pure and never give in..i love you . kur do vish knej ? te lush ke K'TU KA ART . kisses .g
