Hippie-Chickie Herald: First Edition
Two Shows Next week:
Wednesday 7.7.2007: at 7pm
Cover: $8 dollars
Cross Streets: Rutgers St and East Broadway (Essex & Canal st)
Directions: Take the F train to East Broadway exit.
Tel: 212-473-8866
Liah Alonso: Vox, Guitar and kazoo
Kelly Halloran: Vox, Violin and kazoo
Saturday 7.10.07:at 10pm
free all ages show at a cozy coffee shop
16 W 8th Street, New York, NY
NY, New York 10011
NY, New York 10011
Wonderful West Coast Wandering:
October was a really exciting month for me! I had the opportunity to perform in venues throughout California and Oregon with so much love from the people there. I performed at my first comedy club venue; A sweet little night spot in San Francisco called "Brainwash". I was really nervous to do a musical act in front of a comedy audience but figured I had nothing to lose except maybe perhaps an eye if I got pegged by a tomato...I sang "We Used to be friends aka. pack your fuckin' bags" and "Tequilanated" and to my delight, the crowd went wild and sang along. Alter the show the host of the evening, Tony Sparks, asked me to perform in his weekly variety show happening just a few days later.
The evening continued with a bus ride up Mission street with my new friend and San Francisco guide "Chi: a rapper/skater/all around zen kinda guy". He inspired a new song which we sang on the bus ride to Haight Street. We walked up to an eclectic outdoor music/slam scene consisting of over 100 punks, hippies, business dudes and college kids. This weekly event is called "The Anarchist's Open Mic" and as its name implies, has no real order or operator; just people gathered together in the most surveillance spot in San Francisco * see civil liberties controversy on this. .
I stepped in the center of the performance circle with a percussionist I saw standing in the crowd and we performed "Crash and Burn". The people really dug it and invited me back up later in the evening to close out the event. I was honored to be part of such a cool collective of people making music for the love of it. I shared the story of my 2004 arrest (writing "freedom of speech" in chalk on concrete during a peace march) and ongoing civil liberties trial and then we all sang "The Peace Song" together.
I stepped in the center of the performance circle with a percussionist I saw standing in the crowd and we performed "Crash and Burn". The people really dug it and invited me back up later in the evening to close out the event. I was honored to be part of such a cool collective of people making music for the love of it. I shared the story of my 2004 arrest (writing "freedom of speech" in chalk on concrete during a peace march) and ongoing civil liberties trial and then we all sang "The Peace Song" together.
After that it was on to Eugene, Oregon to see my sister and meet my niece for the first time. That was really amazing! She is only 2 years old and she loves to sing and talk on the phone. We also played some guitar together and she rocked it. I bonded and sang alot with my sister too: you.tube.short and we are collaborating over the Internet now which is really neat.
I experienced my first Bluegrass jam over at Sam Bond's. It was really awesome to play with such great players. I also got to meet and play with Jeremy Wegner, sitar/mandolinist for Oregon jam band: The SugarBeets. There was an amazing banjo player, upright bassist, 3 guitarists and a harmonica player. We played late into the night and we made plans to make some music when I come through on my West Coast tour.
The biggest news of all is that on my last night in Oregon I entered PSA's (Portland Songwriting Association) semi final songwriting competition and won! Now I get to return to Oregon in February 2008 for the final performance and award for Portland's best singer-songwriter. Below, for further interest is a list of the places and links for the places I performed last week. Brainwash, Diablo's, Sam Bond's Garage , Mississippi Pizza Pub, PSA.
STUDIO ALBUM IN THE WORKS!
Next Sunday is the first recording session for my upcoming album entitled "Get Your Heart On", "Liberty's Latte" or "Shine". Cast in your album title vote today by responding to this e-mail and letting your voice be heard.
Thanks for reading The Hippie Chicky Harold!
Stay tuned for more news and advance album and video previews.
I look forward to seeing you soon and send peace and inspiration your way:)
namasde,
Liah
Liah and Alba up on Spencer's Butte. Here is a little song we made together:)
posted by Liah Alonso @ 5:16 PM
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