Mama Blue (aka: Zaire Imani) has been a powerful feminine force that has riveted audiences nationwide for the past 7 years. To her credit Zaire has been the St. Louis Grand SLAM champion and a St. Louis SLAM team member for the past 6 consecutive years. She opened up to a packed house for Ursula Rucker at Blueberry Hill in 2000, ranked 6th in the nation at the 2001 National Poetry SLAM in Seattle and opened for The Roots
during the OK Player Tour. Zaire has also opened for spoken word/hip hop artists Gil Scott-Herron and Bahamadia.
Zaire's stage name, Mama Blue, is a personification of her urban folk artist lifestyle, which includes being a profession childbirth assistant, or Doula, and displaying her multimedia artwork throughout the region at 7 different galleries. Her strong connection to the earth is demonstrated in her visual art through her use of vibrant tones and raw, organic imagery.
Her autobiographically inspired paintings often depict woman as mother, healer, goddess, sorceress and seductress. The MAMA BLUE series of oil/pastel paintings was birthed into existence in fall, 1995 and is an ever-growing entity. As of January, 2001, the series contains 13 paintings. As in her spoken word, Mama Blue's artwork conveys images of empowerment through ritual, struggle and growth. Mama Blue's strong words and paintings can be combined as a multimedia showcase. The art exhibit and performance compliment one another and create a body of work that tells a story of the urban-rebel-goddess, new millenium bush-woman who is Mama Blue.
Currently, Mama Blue is performing in open mics throughout St. Louis and at the St. Louis Poetry SLAM. She conducts SLAM Poetry Workshops for area youth in high schools and middle schools through the St. Louis non-profit organization: WORD In Motion. She has future plans on producing Pomegranate and Goddess Girls, two workshops dealing with female empowerment through self-knowledge and the arts.
Most importantly, Mama Blue is the loving and skilled mother of 7 children.
Upcoming Performance Dates:
UCITY LOOP IN MOTION FESTIVAL
FRIDAY OCTOBER 5, 2007
(314) 727-8000 or email loopadm@ucityloop.com.
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OCTOBER 11th
WORD
MAMA BLU Featuring ROME
@ UPSTAIRS LOUNGE
South Grand Ave.
Debut Release "LunaVerses" (coming soon)
Jazz Liberators Miguel Migs + Junior Reid Umod Ed Solo, Skool of Thought Sa-Ra Common Tosca + Rodney Hunter Overtone + Inverse Cinematics OK-MA Katzuma Miguel Migs
Tried to wish you a happy birthday on your birthday, but didn't know how to get a hold of you and Tilnise said visiting you at your home would be a wasted trip, so...I tried. Happy Birthday! And Happy Belated Birthday and Merry Solstice and Happy Christmas and Happy New Moon and Merry New Year. and stuff. Hope to see you again one day. LOL! Kisses.
greetings sistah mamblu..how r u .. long time...just weanted to invite u to a bbq in the backyrad on memorial day... bring the kids and swimsuits... reggae band playn and other musik as well...free food... come have fun...let me know if u need directions... blessed dionne
hey mama...thanks for comin' out today...i had a wonderful day, i needed the air and sunshine!!! i hope you enjoyed the space..it is always nice to let the children run!!! anyway, it's a little early but...
