Member Since: 4/29/2006
Band Website: kellyevansmusic.com
Band Members:
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Influences: life and the journey from here and there... Mama and Papa,sisters,brothers...
Josephine Baker,Philip Emeagwali, Tafari Makonnen, Arundhati Roy,Phyllis Wheatley,Marcus Garvey,Jung, Douglas Copeland,Nicola Tesla, Galileo's Daughter,Arthur Koestler, Dahli Lama, Maya Angelou, Meta Warrick Fuller,Enigma, Deep Forest,Edmonia Lewis,Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley, Harriet Powers,Louiza Francis Combs,Birute Galdikas(Our Time in Eden),Dian Fossey(Gorillas in the Midst),Jane Goodall, Efua Dorkenoo(Cutting The Rose), Rhoda Ann Kanaaneh(Birthing the Nation), Patrice Malidoma Some, Sheila Chandra,Saartjie Baartman ( Hottentot Venus) a South African slave whose body was exhibited in Paris's Musee' de l'Homme until the 1970's(without her consent of course)Tecumseh,Crazy Horse,U2,Bobby Sands,Poccahontas,Clannad,Loreena McKennit. Hugh Masakela,Queen Badu, JahMark and the Soulshakers, Cedella Marley,Georgette Seabrook-Powell, Lois Mailou Jones,National Geographic,Amnesty International,
Faith Ringgold, Valerie Maynard...for starters...Maria the Jewess..the sea the sky the you and I all shades all blues...of course everything Jazz, and world..www.radiorealworld.com
ambient, Ali Farka Toure, Sina Mikosa Orchestre Les Wanyika, Les Nubians, Pharoah Sanders, Baoku Mosez, Ma Rainey, Jan Garbarek, Cessaria Evora, Mingus Parker Miles, Alice Coltrane and John, Horace Silver, The Duke, Billy, Bessie, Ella, Nat King Cole, Burning Spear,both Bobs,Peter Gabriel, The Inkspots...Tupac,the Roots,Zap Mama,Quest Love...Mahalia Jackson..Cassandra Wilson, John Lee Hooker, Lounge Lizards live in Berlin VOl.1 & 2 everything GOD, too many to be named...everything old and new....The simple things in life...most likely overlooked, like the way a friend smiles through their tears,a baby's laugh,the way your hands catch the wind or the surf breaks on your feet,seeing ordinary people doing extraordinary things, like saving lives, I could only strive...
favorite movie...fifth element..."big bada boom"
favorite taboo, politrix...and the UNMASKING...
favorite sound...TRUTH...and the ever curious continuum..
hero..the children....
Sounds Like:www.bellyqueen.comT.o H.onor R.espect I.nspire V.alue E.ncourage is to THRIVE...
Type of Label: Indie