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Sol Testimony

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About Me

DUE TO MANAGEMENT ISSUES AT PALM COURT, SOUL SOUNDS OPEN MIC WILL NOT RE-OPEN THIS SPRING.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~ Since her first stage performance in 1999, Minnesota Music Award Nominee Sol Testimony has been featured at many local and national venues. She has graced the stage at venues including the Dakota jazz club with the great Debbie Duncan, the Quest with The Last Poet’s, the Loft’s Equilibrium series, Paisley Park, and First Avenue. Sol has also brought her powerful messages to many other stages in the Twin Cities area and beyond. Her dynamic performance combined with her entrancing stage presence captures audiences as she broaches topics including the continuing struggle for equality, artistic responsibility and sexuality. She is also an accomplished host / MC who is currently presenting the Soul Sounds Open Mic in northeast Minneapolis. Sol has also brought her unique and welcoming hosting style to open mics such as Jazzmine’s ‘Passion’ open mic, The Poet’s Groove at the Blue Nile, The People’s Open Mic and the Love Lounge at The Lounge.In 2004 Sol Testimony self published her first book of poetry entitled, “The Revolution of Love and Eroticism” that has been widely accepted and praised in the spoken word community. She is in the process of completing her first CD, which is slated to be available in the Fall of 2007. Sol Testimony was also nominated for a Minnesota Music Academy Award in the Spoken Word Artist category for 2006 and is the recipient of a 2006 VERVE Grant from the Jerome Foundation.
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Music:

Member Since: 10/12/2005
Band Members: ~JOIN US EVERY THURSDAY FOR THE NEWEST OPEN MIC & JAM SESSION ~ FEATURE PERFORMERS WEEKLY ~DOORS @ 8PM SHOW STARTS AT 9PM SHARP!! ~LIVE MUSIC ~ SPOKEN WORD ~ VOCALIST ~ MORE~ **NO RAP** ~SOUL SOUNDS~ BROUGHT TO YOU BY SOL TESTIMONY THIS OPEN MIC WILL BE HELD EVERY THURSDAY AT THE NEWLY RENOVATED & BLACK OWNED ~PALM COURT~ THIS ESTABLISHMENT SERVES SOME OF THE BEST CARRIBEAN FOOD AROUND SO CHECK IT OUT NOW!! IT'S LOCATED ON CENTRAL AVENUE AT THE LOWRY AVENUE CROSS STREET. $3 DONATION ~ NO ONE TURNED AWAY FOR LACK OF FUNDS CALLING ALL POETS, VOCALIST AND MUSICIANS. PLEASE CONTACT ME IF YOU WOULD LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE FEATURED IN THIS OPEN MIC. VISUAL ARTISTS, PAINTERS ETC. ARE ALSO WELCOME TO SHOWCASE THEIR ART WITH PRIOR BOOKING. A LATE NIGHT MUSICIANS JAM SESSION WILL INSUE!!!!! GET READY FOR SOUL SOUNDS YAHLL!!!!!!!! ______For More Information email________ [email protected]
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TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: Sol Testimony
Birthday: March 8th
Birthplace: Minneapolis
Current Location: Minneapolis
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5'7 1/2
Right Handed or Left Handed: Right
Your Heritage: Black
The Shoes You Wore Today: Black sandals
Your Weakness: Chocolate
Your Fears: Fear
Your Perfect Pizza: Pep saus mush grn olives tom
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: Finish CD
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: LOL
Thoughts First Waking Up: Damn!!!!
Your Best Physical Feature: Face / Eyes / Lips/ Legs/ Feet
Your Bedtime: What's that? Various
Your Most Missed Memory: Childhood home
Pepsi or Coke: Coke (Cherry)
MacDonalds or Burger King: BK
Single or Group Dates: Both
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Nestea
Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate of course!
Cappuccino or Coffee: Coffee
Do you Smoke: Yep
Do you Swear: Yep
Do you Sing: Yep
Do you Shower Daily: Yep
Have you Been in Love: Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes
Do you want to go to College: Been there, done that, need to go back!
Do you want to get Married: Been there, done that, may do it again!
Do you belive in yourself: Yep
Do you get Motion Sickness: No
Do you think you are Attractive: Yep
Are you a Health Freak: No
Do you get along with your Parents: Yep
Do you like Thunderstorms: Very Much
Do you play an Instrument: No
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: Yes
In the past month have you Smoked: Yep
In the past month have you been on Drugs: Hmmmm caffeine, nicotine, air pollution, whatever is in the food. Besides that, no
In the past month have you gone on a Date: Yes
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: No
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: No...and who does that??
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: Yuck!! I'm a Pisces!! I don't eat my own kind.
In the past month have you been on Stage: Yes
In the past month have you been Dumped: Me? Dumped? Yeah right!!
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: No....But hopefully before summer ends!
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: No
Ever been Drunk: Uh, yeah.
Ever been called a Tease: Not to my face
Ever been Beaten up: Yes
Ever Shoplifted: Yes
How do you want to Die: Die? WE DIE!!????
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: Happy
What country would you most like to Visit: Egypt
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: Brown
Favourite Hair Color: Brown
Short or Long Hair: Short
Height: 6'0 or taller
Weight: 150 or more
Best Clothing Style: Chic
Number of Drugs I have taken: 2
Number of CDs I own: 100's
Number of Piercings: Ears only
Number of Tattoos: 2
Number of things in my Past I Regret: 0

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For The Love of What? Poem by Sol Testimony

For The Love of What?   Im shining on the stage.Huge sparkles light from my eyes and the words just flow.Blessed in a gift of phrases and breaks, cadences and My how I glow!Faces watching, ears ...
Posted by Sol Testimony on Thu, 13 Oct 2005 10:22:00 PST