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Asia Rainey

ASIA


New Orleans Poet

About Me

2007 New Orleans YOUTH Slam Team went to San Jose, California to Brave New Voices' International Slam!! These kids were PHENOMENAL!!! Much love to my 5 heartbeats...Cassandra (Shawty), Querido (Quest/Q), Brittany (Bliss...I likes that), Terriana (Blackbird...it suits you, mama!), and Jamar (The Last Prophet)!!!! Coaching the team was the most extraordinary experience I have yet to be a part of as a spoken word artist and poet. Big, BIG ups to all of the youth teams...your voices BLEW ME AWAY!! POETS AROUND THE WORLD: Support the youth poets in your city. They NEED you!!

My Interests

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Member Since: 1/18/2007
Band Website: asiarainey.com
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Influences: The voices of New Orleans' Poets...always.
LPHI/STEPS to a Healthier Louisiana Commercial
Tony Treez-- Movement Date: Feb 19, 2008 5:10 PM
Sounds Like: An old 45 playing while it's raining, and somebody just poured you another glass of cognac.

Check out my radio interview with Sista Poetic SunShyne on Spoken Rythmz: http://spokenrythmz.blogspot.com/2007_04_01_archive.html


Record Label: Bootleg Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

The Gospel: Live Bands, Poetry, and the New Orleans Youth Slam Team Semi-Finals!

Hosted By: Asia Rainey When: Thursday Jun 05, 2008 at 8:00 PMWhere: The JuJu Bag5363 Franklin AvenueNew Orleans, LA 70121United StatesDescription:Asia Rainey Click Here To View Event...
Posted by Asia Rainey on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:09:00 PST

The Gospel: Live Bands, Poetry, and the New Orleans Youth Slam Team Semi-Finals!

Hosted By: Asia Rainey When: Thursday Jun 05, 2008 at 8:00 PMWhere: The JuJu Bag5363 Franklin AvenueNew Orleans, LA 70121United StatesDescription:Asia Rainey Click Here To View Event...
Posted by Asia Rainey on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:08:00 PST

VDAY Rites of Passage

{A letter posted from me on our Artist in Action website...visit aianola.com!} On April 12, 2008, I was blessed to see an extraordinary example of how one can have a vision, the right intentions, be ...
Posted by Asia Rainey on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:39:00 PST

Unveiling

This is...well...I’m not sure what this is yet. But for now, I’ll say that I appreciate you taking the time to read it. This is a part of where I am. Perhaps it’s to help me learn th...
Posted by Asia Rainey on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 03:33:00 PST

This was worth a blog AND a bulletin...

The preliminary slam for the New Orleans Youth Slam Team was soooo serious! These kids came at you like the grown folks...gotta love it.We actually decided to make this prelim "round one", with anothe...
Posted by Asia Rainey on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 01:37:00 PST

You’re Not Gonna Believe It...

I will be in a theatre musical production of "Purlie", written by the wonderful Ossie Davis as a Broadway production, produced at Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre (That's the Little Theatre in the Fren...
Posted by Asia Rainey on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 07:29:00 PST

They said it wasn’t a hate crime...

...therefore, the hanging of nooses from a tree in Jena, LA was given no more attention than a slap on the wrist. Yet the federal criteria for a hate crime is: "While no single fact may be conclusive,...
Posted by Asia Rainey on Sat, 22 Sep 2007 10:17:00 PST

Birthday Reflection

Okay, so another year, I learn. First, thank you for all of the birthday wishes...it is beautiful to know folks think of you. This year has been titled What Do You Really Want And What Are You Going T...
Posted by Asia Rainey on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 10:04:00 PST

THIS WEEK: Calling all artists!!

All poets that are home or coming through this week... I have something going on at the school I work with - it's the opportunity to get kids interested in Spoken Word and encourage them to participat...
Posted by Asia Rainey on Sun, 26 Aug 2007 02:32:00 PST

THIS WEEK: Calling all artists!!

All poets that are home or coming through this week... I have something going on at the school I work with - it's the opportunity to get kids interested in Spoken Word and encourage them to participat...
Posted by Asia Rainey on Sun, 26 Aug 2007 02:32:00 PST