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Influences
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
Sounds Like
"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.
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
eshte nje budallik qe kam regjistru me mp3shin tim tip dhe esht bo me beat-in e procesorit kot qe kam ! emmm i drejtohet nje publiku jo esell po nejse shpresoj te jeni tap po e pate Pills for Wonderland - Red Hills and sunny afternoons (demo)
No problem! Thanks, that's cool you're reading my chapbook. I have thought a lot about putting my stuff together since you mentioned it, though I don't have the first clue about putting on a show myself.
It was great to come back from Detroit excited about writing, growing, learning and possibility. I hadn't felt inspired for awhile, but there's a fire burning. It's awesome.
gypseeee yoooooo i heard about your finish at the WOW Slam, and I must say, that is incredible. you are the craziest gypsee yo. make sure you see the whole country and give them a piece of your fucking awesomeness.
i think so yeah..... the one you did up here in flag, you talked about wlking by the soldier wearing a college jacket and him being remided of home..... if that sounds right
hey wats up...just gettin in from the wednesday nite slam...pretty chill...afterwards had the nationals meeting...cant wait to go to nationals!!!! but as of right now i got to pull a all niter for this big bio exam i got in a couple of hours...but glad to hear from ya and by the way the poems on your cds i got from you are unbelieveable...lovin all of them....
see you in 5 months...
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