YOU HEARD IT HEAR FIRST!!!
ROB FIELDS INTERVIEW BOSTON FIELDER AND SHENA VERRETT at THE SWEATSHOP REHEARSAL & RECORDING STUDIOS ABOUT THEIR SUMMER SMASH HIT EVENT
"THE URB ALT FESTIVAL 2008!!" CHECK OUT THE INTERVIEW!!!!
ONCE AGAIN IT'S ON!!!! 3rd Annual URB ALT FEST!! See you there!!
The opening day at the Harlem Stage Gatehouse features the avant-garde bass mastery of Melvin Gibbs(Rollins Band, Harriet Tubman); the soulful alternative hip hop/funk of Atlantan, Stacy Epps; the “Chocolate Rain” afforded musical ubiquity of Tay Zonday; the cosmic jazz vocal stylings of Los Angelino, Waberi Jordan; the soul laced protorock melodicism of Tenderhead; the electronica infused funk/rock of OMG; the funky blues rock of Devi; the folk/soul of honey voiced crooner Kendal; the Latin rock/punk experimentalism of Millsted; and the futuristic big band exploratory missions of the MuthaWit Orchestra(URB ALT Festival house band). Artists will be performing their original material as well as a composition from Sun Ra’s songbook.
URB ALT FESTIVAL NYC 2008!
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June 27th and 28th finds the URB ALT Festival crossing the river into Brooklyn where the events dock at the popular BAMcafe. These two special nights of the URB ALT Festival close out the BAMcafe Live season by featuring the soul/rock gypsy sound of Brig Feltus with members of Pillow Theory; the polyphonic harp virtuosity of Brandee Younger(Ravi Coltrane); the LES reggae/rock/soul power of Faith; the rock/soul/pop songcraft mastery of V. Jeffrey Smith(Family Stand); the punk/pop/rock runway histrionics of Tenderhead; and a special collaboration between the MuthaWit Orchestra and two very special guests. Both nights will feature the computer generated? projections of Italy based visual artist Roy Lagrone, The Matrix film series animation director Lyndon Barrois and "Harbinger" feature film director Tim Fielder.
See you there!
Raffle tickets for Apple Computer products, a Daisy Rock Guitar, Airline gift certificates and more prizes included with the $10 donation. Various raffle winners will be announced and awarded during the course of each event.
HOW TO ORDER RAFFLE TICKETS
Michelle: 917.328.0367 or girlsonmedia@hotmail.com
Box Office: Located at The Harlem Stage Gatehouse, 150 Convent Avenue
Open Monday–Friday, 10 AM–6 PM and two hours prior to events.
Harlem Stage: 212-281-9240 x 19
Online: www.harlemstage.org, www.myspace.com/urbalt or www.urbalt.com
Denny Moe’s Superstar Barbershop: 212.690.0015
Harlem Stage Gatehouse
150 Convent Avenue @ West 135th Street, Harlem, NY
Take the B, C, trains to 135th St. at St. Nicholas, 2, 3 to 135th @ Lenox or the A, D train to 145th.
BAMcafe
30 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
2, 3, 4, 5, Q, N, R, M, G, B, C or D trains to Atlantic Avenue/Pacific St. Subway Station
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ENTERTAINMENT AGENT AND BOOKING:
for Shena Verrett and Tenderhead Rock:
contact: Claire P. @ tenderhead@gmail.com for more information
ENTERTAINMENT LEGAL: for Shena Verrett and Tenderhead Rock
R. Van Lierop @ CDB&S LLP
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My Oldi but goody's Mayfield, Wonder, Gaye, Hathaway....<3<3<3
Today's disc rotation includes: ELLIOTT SMITH:xo,-- RHCP:Stadium Arcadium, --EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL: Idlewild, --CONCRETE BLONDE:Bloodletting, --LOOSE ENDS: Zagora--THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS: A Beautiful Lie--MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE aka THE BLACK PARADE:The Black Parade,--TUC & PATTI: Learning How To Fly ......
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That's Big Af in the red shirt doing the fly choreograpy and hot vox! We miss you Africa! (R.I.P) More video to come featuring our friend and bandmate 'Af the King'!
RELEASE June 21, 2008 "OOZE…!"THE NEW ALBUM!! Available at the URB ALT FESTIVAL!
Look out for the release of the much-anticipated CD entitled 'OOZE...'
Produced by Boston Fielder
Co-Produced by Shena Verrett
DVD'S & CD'S AVAILABLE AT SHOWS, CD BABY and soon A STORE NEAR YOU!
MAD STRUMMIN' COMIN' ATCHA!!! "OOZE ...!" THE much-anticipated new TENDERHEAD CD IS RELEASED ON JUNE 21st... !
Enjoy the tracks I put up on this page knowing that your very discerning palate will
be satisfied by a CD of tasty new tracks from this wonderfully appetizing full length album. Produced by Boston Fielder (MuthaWit, Urb Alt, Genius), each song is a serving of sensational genre bending pie! How delicious is that!?! VERY!
"OOZE..." will be available at the URB ALT FESTIVAL shows.
Artist Interview: Tenderhead's Shena Verrett
The third year of the URB ALT FESTIVAL 2008 is heeeerree...
Each night will feature multiple underground bands along with a national headliner.
URB ALT Festival 2008 Lineup
Harlem Stage Gatehouse - Saturday June 21, noon-7pm
150 Convent Avenue Harlem, NY
All events hosted by Shena Verrett of Girls On…Productions
1)Kendal - Smooth soul vocals over an angst filled lovers rock groove
2) Amanda Ray - Downbeat ambient funk goddess rides the the 0s and 1s
3)Marla Turner, Freedom Rockstars - Lower Eastside power trio with origins in the Wax Poetics electronic music world
4)Micah Gaugh - Sensual electronic melodies with a bite of the avant garde
5)Devi - Funky tantric power trio fronted by a bluesy guitar shredding Jersey girl
6)M - Soulful internationally reknowned electronic operatic diva and madwoman
7)Tenderhead - Soul laced punk/pop/rock melodicism with a high fashion sensibility
8)Millsted - Latin rock/punk experimentalism with an irreverent Bronx, NY edge Umm...yeah
9)Melvin Gibbs - Avant-garde bass master bangs one out solo(Rollins Band, Harriet Tubman)
10)Waberi Jordan - Smokey jazz/soul vocal stylings out of Los Angeles by way of Saturn
11)Tay Zonday - "Chocolate Rain." Nuff Said
12)MuthaWit Orchestra - Futuristic 10-20 piece cosmic soul/rock/classical big band and whatnot
BAMcafe - Friday June 27, 8pm-11pm 30 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
1)Brandee Younger - Polyphonic harp virtuoso for Ravi Coltrane
2)Faith - LES reggae/rock/soul power legends
3)Brig Feltus with members of Pillow Theory - Queen of Myspace melds her soul/rock gypsy sound with the punk skronk of Pillow Theory
4)MuthaWit Orchestra with special guests
BAMcafe - Saturday June 28, 8pm-11pm
1)V. Jeffrey Smith - Songwriter and Performer extraordinaire for the rock/soul/pop band The Family Stand
2)Tenderhead
3)MuthaWit Orchestra with special guests
Directions Harlem Stage Gatehouse
1 train to 137th@Broadway or B, C, trains to 135th St.@St. Nicholas or 2, 3 to 135th@Lenox or the A, D train to 145th
BAMcafe 2, 3, 4, 5, Q, N, R, M, G, B, C or D trains to Atlantic Avenue/Pacific St. Subway Station
FEATURE THIS:
See the URB ALT FESTIVAL TRAILER RIGHT HERE! PLUS other cool stuff on
www.myspace.com/GIRLSON or www.myspace.com/URBALT (2006 UAF DVD available).
Now for your viewing pleasure ONE out of MANY of last years URB ALT FESTIVAL 2007 HIGHLIGHTS
This video is one song from Kyp Malone's set and press info for URB ALT Festival 2007
This UAF included Res, Faith, Kyp Malone (of TVOTR), Tenderhead, Muthawit Orchestra and many more...
IF YOUR WERE NOT THERE THS IS WHAT YOU MISSED!!! DON'T LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN THIS YEAR!! OK!!??!!
Kyp Rocks! Kyp Rocks! Kyp Rocks!
Kyp Malone n MuthaWit (Shena of Tenderhead hangin' with the fellas!) @ URB ALT Fest 07 :Gun Inside My Head
Night two of URB ALT Festival 2007 finds multiple artists visiting Harlem's famed Faison Firehouse Theater in celebration of the London helmed seminal priests of dreampop/shoegaze music, AR Kane. The URB ALT Festival is a 4 night, 4 venue music/film event that focuses a light on underground and national acts who produce work that is worthy of mainstream note. This June 23d show will feature the soulfully barbed experimental rock of TV On The Radio's, Kyp Malone; the alternative jazz/folkcore of UK Nigerian singer/guitarist, Otto Fischer; the atmospheric indie artrock of Nerdkween; the edgy songcraft of singer/guitarist Shena Verrett; and the multi-cultural big band performance art of the MuthaWit Orchestra. All artists will be playing their original work as well as a composition from the AR Kane songbook. URB ALT Festival founder Boston Fielder says "AR Kane's music encourages risk-taking and the Faison Firehouse Theater is entirely conducive to artists expressing themselves in that manner. We are extremely happy to be hosting a night of the UA Fest at the creative home of Tony Award winning choreographer, George Faison.
AR Kane is easily one of the most influential and under-recognized groups of the 1980s. They distanced their sound from the pack by absorbing Miles Davis, Weather Report, PIL and dub music. AR Kane's iconic guitar effects and "self-sampling" techniques have inspired the work of TV On the Radio, Radiohead, Cocteau Twins, Oasis and Jesus & Mary Chain among others. They have not performed together in well over a decade.
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^^^^^ABOUT TENDERHEAD......^^^^^
Proto-alternarock band TENDERHEAD is the brainchild of front person/guitarist Shena, who writes and composes the sound. TENDERHEAD has recently signed with a major artist agency!! They are poised to release their NEW! NEW! NEW! NEW! thighly anticipated : The new full CD of bangin' hits entitled "OOZE...! With hit including EMPTY, (my) NEXT MOVE, FEEL IT and more...check out a few tracks here on myspace! Get the whole enchilada..at the URB ALT FESTIVAL 2008!.
Also by TENDERHEAD!! Debut EP Go Right Ahead won raves from both fans and venues, boasting underground hits including the groove/rock 'Get Along' and guitar-driven 'Angel'. Followed by the glitter-glam CD Psickcevyn -Ate with song faves 'image', 'skylines' and more!On their past CD, Tenderhead's veritable raw, edgy sound is taking over the scene infusing their own brand of rock Cynical and emotional,"-Ate" is a passionate rocktorious invention motivated by obsessed and unwavering realty.
Available at CD BABY www.cdbaby.com/tenderhead
Model/actor turned musician, Shena has appeared in numerous magazines and publications (Essence, In Style) and on shows and promos (Lifetime, Oxygen, ABC); allowing her to parlay her ongoing presence in print and television into a loyal and nationally growing fan base.
******^HER NOT-SO-SECRET LIFE^******
Shena has ANOTHER hat she wears as creator/producer/co-host of a comedic situated variety show entitled GIRLS ON...(www.myspace.com/girlson) GirlsOn Media is also the co-producer of the URB ALT FESTIVAL of which Shena is also the co-founder. The URB ALT FESTIVAL (www.myspace.com/urbalt) is a Summer extraveganza of the monthly URB ALT series founded by Boston Fielder. URB ALT monthly music/film series that originated in Atlanta, Georgia that has consistently attracted great audiences and amazing performing artists since 1999. After a successful campaign URB ALT expanded to New York City in 2004 and debuted the affiliated URB ALT Festival during summer 2006. We have presented events at Schomburg Center,National Theater in Harlem, Faison Firehouse Theater and Tonic. Featured artist included, Harriett Tubman, Kyp Malone (of TVOTR), Muthawit, Tenderhead, Faith and more.URB ALT (Underground Railroad Broadcasting Alternatives) is a live music/film series that has established itself over the years as a tastemaker and support system for cutting edge, prominent and underground sound/visual artists.
Shena is fast becoming a well known favorite in the 'songwriter' circles. She has composed original music for last seasons premier episode of the Bravo/NBC television series QUEER EYE FOR THE STRAIGHT GUY; which was performed live on the show. also scored music for a Kismet Films documentary about Cable Positive, the cable and telecommunications industry's AIDS action organization for an HIV/AIDS awareness campaign. The documentary concerns the Public Service Announcements, education, aswell as the celebrities that are involved including: celebrity activists Matthew Broderick (Ferris
Bueller's Day Off, The Producers), Billy Crudup (Almost Famous, Stage Beauty), Rosario Dawson (in the upcoming movie version of Broadway musical RENT), Jerry Ferrara (HBO's Entourage), Jimmy Fallon (former Saturday NightLive cast member), Allan Houston (recently retired NY KnickS. Epatha Merkerson (Emmy award winner for HBO's Lackawanna Blues, Law & Order) You can see it today on your cables V.O.D channel ( VIDEO ON DEMAND) OR LOG ON TO www.cablepositive.org. Shena also has songs on LIFETIME, OXYGEN and other television and film outlets...under the name KISSING CHAOS; KC is currently writing music for tv/film and documentaries. She is currently writing songs for 3 Major Label artists' next projects.
TAKE A LISTEN TO THIS MASTERPIECE~: MUTHAWIT performing a cover of Tenderhead's "Halo" live from Sputnik!
check out this amazing band at www.myspace.com/muthawit
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Sheena Sheena...My sista from another mother. I'm so thankful for the time I spent with you this go round. You have a heart that is rare and indeed TENDER. Thank you for welcoming me into it and for making me feel like family. I pray we have many more memories to make. I love you much mama. And remember, don't be afraid to throw a little salt off up in that stew;)...'cause you got that flavor!!!
girl... you are inspiring!!!!! please come through any monday night at hacienda and do something!!!! jeff is usually there and there are plenty guitars to go around!!!
THE FIRST OF THE BIRDS HAVE TAKEN FLIGHT - THREE FEATHERS HAVE FALLEN TO THE GROUND - IN WAVES ARE THE THINGS TO COME - THIS BATTLE IS LIKE THE FIGHT TO AWAKEN FROM A NIGHTMARE; OUR STRUGGLE IS TO OPEN OUR EYES - FILL OUR WOUNDS WITH HONEY - CALM THE CHILDREN, EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE ALRIGHT - STAY STRONG AND GOD BE WITH YOU - MUCH RESPECT Tenderhead
Thanks Girl! It was a pleasure meeting you and your show was crazy good Your music is unique and your vocals are tight so keep it up! I'm we'll see each other around.
Now if I could only get some way to adopt you! Who's older? Would I be the BIG brother or you the Big sister? LOL!! Hey it was good chatting with you and Waberi last night. I also appreciate all the love! And that's real! See you in a few days! - Ed Marshall
so... nice list of musical friends you have. i've been practicing dirtylittlewhirl by tvotr. i think i'm gonna buss it at the mass cann benefit. and dogstar? hehe sweet. i never listened to my chemical romance before... yeah i have lived under rocks at times. well, thats all for this installment. hugs, 5
