Poet/musician/songwriter solidad decosta is an uppity Portuguese woman who isn't afraid to claim her black latina maternal ancestry. Equal parts street journalist, storyteller and crone-ta-be with leo moon credentials, her work encompasses the why and where of life outside the boxes in a label obsessed world, and the what, when, who and how of everything else. As Sins Invalid co-director Patty Berne says, solidad is a "Powerhouse of a Performer."
solidad has performed at a variety of venues throughout the US, including St. Marks (NYC), Circus of Books (LA, CA), Olssons Books (DC), Robins Books (Philadelphia), Antioch University (LA, CA), Bumpershoot Literary Stage (Seattle, WA), Red and Black Cafe (Portland, OR), The Green Mill (Chicago), Cal State Sacramento, Brava Center for the Arts, SomARTS, City Lights, New College of CA, GalleryOne, San Francisco State, The LAB, The SF LGBT Center, Cell Space and The Living Wage Festival. solidad was also part of the video collective that produced We Interrupt This Empire, a documentary on the shutdown of downtown San Francisco on March 20, 2003, and has created several experimental video pieces, exploring themes such as street activism, stencil art and genderqueer identity.
In addition, solidad has been a performance workshop facilitator at Cell Space, co-led writing workshops in SF Juvenile Hall and Alameda County Youth Facility, and was a panelist at the ForWord Girls conference. Her songs "Fascism Creeps" and "Worship" were aired on Air America's show "On the Real" with Chuck D and Gia'na Garel in October 2006.
About Garrulous Workers:
Garrulous Workers is my publishing and recording mega-resistance extravaganza! In the spirit of Prince, Ani DiFranco, Sage Francis and many, many an adventurous DIY soul, I'm heading out on my own, and with time, plan to bring others along with. I'll have a new book of poems out in Fall 2006, and all things going well, a CD for bleeding nixons (my ambient meets hip hop project) under the Garrulous Workers name in Spring 2007. Look back at that time for more details.That's 'bout it, mis amigas y amigos - until then, follow your heart and don't forget to Fight Tha Power!
en lucha,
solidad
Garrulous Workers
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