Bekah Kelso/GBmojo

Bekah and Ginger (GBMOJO). This is one of the songs we did for the Eddie's Attic Open Mic Competition in Atlanta, GA. (We Won!) :) We'll be headed back to Eddie's in June for their head-to-head, single elimination, grand daddy of them all Open Mic Shootout Competition! Go Mojo!
***NEW VIDEO*** - Bekah performs "Bang Bang" at her and Ginger's Double CD Release in Austin TX on 3/27/09 Austin, TX.

BIOGRAPHY:
Bekah Kelso began her musical adventure with a headfirst trip down the rabbit hole… literally.
At 4 years old, Bekah would spend hours on stage during the frequent and long rehearsals of “Alice”, a psychedelic rock opera co-written and produced by her father Wink Kelso. The cast would belt each note and never miss a single rockin’ beat as Bekah weaved through them with wide and starry eyes. Her mother Carolyn, sometimes called ‘The Queen of Hearts’ was a backstage staple for the cast and crew, seeing to everything from costumes to ticket sales to feeding the large family of performers. During one particularly grueling rehearsal, Carolyn decided to break the mood and lighten things up. She put a live mic in Bekah’s hand, a giant curly wig on her head and sent the 4-year-old out to “show em how it’s done”. Never one to miss a cue, Bekah surprised them all as she strutted out to center stage and began singing her heart out, much to the side splitting delight of the cast who was floored at the confidence emanating from this little girl. “That was the beginning”, Bekah says. “I do actually remember that rehearsal, believe it or not. Singing right next to my beloved Mock Turtle and Humpty Dumpty, I remember feeling like I was part of the show now. Like I had arrived. I completely loved it.”
After her Wonderland beginnings, Bekah would branch out to pursue many forms of performance including dancing and acting, though singing would always remain her most passionate pursuit. Her powerful voice attracted audience acclaim in her hometown of San Antonio TX as she sang with a passion that seemed beyond her years. She explains, “Music has always been such an emotional thing for me. It’s deeper than I can explain. I remember even when I was so tiny, like really young, and listening to Simply Red’s version of “If You Don’t Know Me by Now”. I was singing along and just crying my eyes out! To some people it would seem inexplicable for a 4 year old to react that way to a song about an adult relationship. But I understood the sadness and it was very real to me. I’ve always been such a sensitive thing.” In many ways, it is this deep sensitivity that has made Bekah’s music so personal and gripping for audiences today.
In addition to (and perhaps even complimentary to) the emotional quality of her music, Bekah’s spiritual path has also played a significant role in her songwriting. A practitioner of what she calls “New Thought/Ancient Wisdom”, Bekah has written many songs that reflect the wisdom of the Universal principles that mean so much to her. Songs like “Upon Finding Myself”, for example, which strive to point out that we are responsible for our own resolutions in life - “Upon finding myself at the bottom of the deep end, I saw suddenly it was stones I was holding. So I let go. Found I was really pretty buoyant after all.” Many of her songs follow a highly introspective and self-examining lyrical style which has been praised as “common sense with uncommon soul”. People often ask, "What kind of music do you play?" Such a broad question, she thinks. Or maybe it’s the answer that seems too wide to articulate, especially in an industry that demands you tell us who you are and what you do in 10 words or less. Ok... try on "a jazzy, soulful, folk-hop feast with fierce emotional flavor".
In 2007 Bekah released her first EP ‘Prelude to Mud’, an eclectic mix of her jazzy, alternative folk style and a taste of things to come. She also began touring with fellow singer/songwriter Ginger Doss. These two women met and connected instantly in 2002 when Bekah began touring as a background singer for Ginger’s then band Dreamtrybe. “I found in Ginger a passionate songwriter and whose spiritual connection was as deeply embedded in her life and music as it was in mine. You just don’t find that every day.” In 2007, with years of love and harmony already behind them and open highways ahead of them, Bekah and Ginger formed the duo “GBMOJO” in which the two artists share the stage and trade songs, backing each other up with mesmerizing harmonies. GBMOJO is now touring the country on a full time basis, drawing exciting attention to Bekah and Ginger both as solo artists and as a rare and passionate musical pair. With their careers gaining well-earned momentum, both women are hot off the heels of their DOUBLE CD RELEASE. The new albums are finally here! Bekah Kelso’s “Mud Blossom” and Ginger Doss’s “This Cocoon”.
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