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THIRD ANNUAL URB ALT FESTIVAL 2008
Tribute to Sun Ra!
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.
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.
URB ALT FESTIVAL 2008 is a joint production of BossTon Communications, GirlsOn... Productions and Odd Endeavors Productions in association with The Harlem Stage Partners Program(6/21) and BAMcafe Live(6/27 and 6/28). It is made possible in part with public funds from the Manhattan Community Arts Fund, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.URB ALT Festival 2008 sponsors are Pepsi, Daisy Rock Guitars, BigHead Scientists, Junkmein Media, Rock the Vote, Fusicology, Harlem Stage, BAM, and Wyndham Hotels.
For more info and promo art: www.myspace.com/urbalt, www.myspace.com/muthawit www.urbalt.com, www.harlemstage.org, www.bam.org,www.myspace.com/tenderheadrock, or [email protected], [email protected]
Influences:
UAF features
FAITH JUNE 27TH @ BAM
Sounds Like:
BOLD AS LOVE INTERVIEW W/ROB FIELDS: TENDERHEAD & the new album OOZE..!
Tenderhead's Shena Verrett from Rob Fields on Vimeo .
GIRLS ON....IS ALWAYS ON THE SCENE TO CAPTURE WHAT'S BEING SEEN AND HEARD so STAY TUNED!!!
Check out this footage from the 1st annual URB ALT FESTIVAL!
URB ALT Festival Trailer - Extended
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Type of Label: Indie