C A N A D A Carlos Joe Costa (percussion, silver flute, vocals), John Howard (acoustic upright bass, trumpet), C.R. Avery (piano, harmonica, beatbox), Emad Armoush (ney, guitar), Serwan Yamolky (oud), Tim Gerwing (percussion), Pepe Danza (percussion), Sam Shoichet (acoustic upright bass), Linx (saxophone, beatbox, vocals), William Benavides (engineering, production)
T U R K E Y
Goksel Baktagir (kanun), Aykut Sutoglu (clarinet), Onur Il (percussion), Yunus Balcioglu (vocals), Burak Malcok (ney), Serkan Alkan (engineering, production)
Influences
truth, love, breath, nature, husband, family, friends, Sufism, Buddhism, whirling, travel, language, food, Mevlana, Shams, Buddha, Bukowski, Bahauddin, Billie Holiday, Bill Laswell, yoga, Amiri Baraka, Mercan Dede, Cheb I Sabbah, Hasan Hakmoun, John Coltrane, Gil Scott Heron, Miles Davis, Nina Simone, West African dance, Sarah Vaughan, Joao Gilberto, Angelo Badalamenti, Saul Williams, Betty Carter, Natasha Atlas, Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre, Salman Rushdie, Ali Farka Toure, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Noam Chomsky, Woody Allen, David Lynch, Cesaria Evora, Erykah Badu, Ilhan Ersahin, Jim Morrison, Bob Marley, Jack Kerouac, William Burroughs, Leonard Cohen, Pink Floyd, West African / Afro-Cuban / Latin / Japanese & Middle Eastern folk music and the energy of all the world teachers, poets, Griots and Griottes - you are blessed
TANYA EVANSON is a Montreal-born, African-Canadian Lover, Writer, Oral Poet, Vocalist and Director of Mother Tongue Media who works from both sides of the planet - Vancouver, Canada and Istanbul, Turkey.
NEW ALBUM "THE MEMORISTS" | Tanya's sophomore spoken world music album is enjoying a slow, heavy leak into the public sphere. A Mother Tongue Media 2008 release through a grant from the Canada Council for the Arts, the album was recorded in Istanbul, Turkey and Vancouver, Canada. A treasure in your chest of poetry and song with music jewels of Jazz, Africa, Anatolia and Arabia. CLICK TO BUY
INVISIBLE WORLD | released in 2004 through a grant from the Canada Council for the Arts, Tanya's debut CD features poetry and song backed by some of Western Canada's best Jazz and World Music artists - spoken world music. It received rave reviews in Canadian media such as CBC Radio and The Province daily, which gave it 4/5 stars. CLICK TO BUY
MERCAN DEDE "800" | this well-known Turkish-Canadian musician's 2007 Electronic-Folk music release includes Tanya's oral poetry. In April 2008 it hit Number 1 on Europe's World Music Charts. In addition, Tanya has been performing throughout Europe as a Whirling Dervish with this group since 2005. Open your arms if you want to be held.
BRIFO "SOUTHFUL" | Tanya is the feature oral poet and vocalist on Brifo's 2006 La Baleine Records release. Now a lounge cult classic.
MOTHER TONGUE MEDIA | Tanya's event production company presented music series' and multimedia arts festivals beween 1996-2004 in Canada. Watch for upcoming events.
ALMOST FORGOT MY BONES | a videopoem written by and featuring Tanya Evanson. Directed by Katrin Bowen, it premiered at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, has won several awards and been shown at festivals all over Canada, U.S. and Mexico.
ALCHEMY | combining music with oral poetry has allowed Tanya to open for, record with and/or perform live alongside artists such as Mercan Dede, Ursula Rucker, Michael Franti (of Spearhead), Rha Goddess (of KRS One), Brifo, Jerry the Cat, Goksel Baktagir, D'bi Young, Kia Kadiri, C.R. Avery, Pepe Danza, Sal Ferreras, Ted Joans, bill bissett and Wayde Compton. Some bigger Canadian performances include the Vancouver Folk Music Festival; CBC Television's ZeD TV and Toronto's When Sisters Speak.
hello Tanya!!! so great to hear from you. and it sounds like you're doing awesome things (as always). Good stuff! Take care and keep up the excellent work! xo victoria
MERRY CHRISTMAS TANNIE. ALL THE BEST IN THE COMING YEAR. STRENGTH & GUIDANCE!!
TAURUS - Your LUCK CYCLE will bring a "year" you'll love, from December 18 2007 to January 4 2009. (Though life's fuddled before February 18 2008, so a slow start is wise.) Luck streams into your love sector, bringing a uniquely gentle, intellectual harmony with a person who excites your deepest sensual regions. Strangely and sweetly, the non-physical and the physical merge. If you're happily married, or single, love reigns! If you're unhappily married, 08 is more likely to bring divorce than any few years past or to come - a legal, formal parting of ways complete with a fair division of assets. In all cases - new love, renewed love or divorce - 08's events open a huge 2-decade chapter in your life, in which the relationship sorrows and frustrations of the past 25 years will be replaced with true love, deep, gentle understanding, an acceptance of destiny (and of the Divine) and a solid confidence in - in your heart. Your '08 luck in legal matters soars. You can lawsuits, or sign contracts that ensure a future profit. This is a hugely beneficial year to attend university or college, travel internationally, join a religion or form a philosophy, write, broadcast, seek fame, wed, or link up with other cultures and minds. Taurus, your KARMIC PICTURE highlights much different areas. From December 18 2007 to August 21 2009, your career and status in the world will be blessed and protected. This is a great time (especially in 2009, when excellent luck joins that good karma) to change or begin a new career, start a business or aim for honors. Fame is possible, all 08 and 09! But it's the worst time in two decades to focus strongly on food and shelter, domesticity, security, land, or retirement. Avoid real estate, buying or starting a restaurant or food business, farming, forestry, child-care business, etc. If you're already in one of these fields (o
Hey Tanya Evanson,
Thanks for the friendship!
Loving what your doing... really nice sound. Keep it up!
Stop by my page some time and have a listen, let me know what you think.
Take care.
Nick
Hi and thanks very much for the add! I really like your music, so my ears are very pleased! If you ever come and visit my space, you're very welcome and don't hesitate to watch the videos and add any comments you want, if you've got something to say. Take care, JPh.
