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Martine
Locke Band
Saturday ~ 8pm
February 18
All
Souls UU Church
4501
Walnut - KCMO
$12
in Advance
$15 at the Door
A
Silent Auction
will
Benefit
National
Women's
Music Festival
For
more information
call or text
816-974-8560
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Willow
Productions presents
Martine Locke and Band in concert on February 18th at 8pm at
the
All Souls UU Church, 4601 Walnut St., KCMO 64111.
$12
in Advance $15 at the Door
Australian
singer/songwriter Martine Locke has never worked a 9 to 5 job.
She has never worn a skirt to work. She has never had straight
hair. She has never played the tuba.
She
has had only one dream her entire life.
To
play music!
Put
driving acoustic rhythms together with alternate tunings, a
powerhouse voice, intelligent stage banter and intimate life
stories that will leave you wiping the tears from laughter one
minute and pondering the next. Combine that with the delicate
harmonies and passionate percussiveness of Dionne Ward and you
almost have described an evening with Martine Locke. (Let it
be known that one needs to be in the room to truly experience
this, as no words will do it justice.)
Martine
Locke spent the first part of her life on the run from the police.
Her father, wanted by the Sydney police, became the living,
breathing embodiment of Australian convict history when he gathered
up his family and evaded jail time by hiding in the Australian
outback. Some would say that it was this formative experience
that prepared Martine for the life of an itinerant musician.
Traveling the world in search of stories and tales to tell,
expressing them through her songs and indeed through her stories….and
perhaps, occasionally, running from the law (although, at least
one of those things is not true). Music, performance and creativity
is all Martine has ever known and she passionately lives, breathes
and tackles all of life’s concerns through the heart of
a creative soul.
Self-releasing
4 solo CDs (Fly, On The Verge, Undone, LIVE) and 4 CDs with
her Australian duo, The Velvet Janes (Live, Opus No.3, Venus
Calling & THE Ep), has shown Martine to be an astute and
capable business woman in an industry that traditionally lacks
integrity. Passionate about her independence, Martine has continued
to book/manage/promote/produce and perform over 100 shows a
year in three countries. She has toured as opening artist for
acts such as Ani DiFranco, The Cowboy Junkies, Tommy Emmanuel,
Arlo Guthrie, and Australian favourites Weddings, Parties, Anything
and The Waifs, and has managed to realize her desire to develop
more house concerts all across the US & Australia.
In
2010 Martine recorded a live cd before a sold out audience in
Indianapolis, Indiana. Recording 15 songs, some new and some
old, before an audience of faithful fans who sang their hearts
out along with Martine who also sang hers out. Joined onstage
by drummer/vocalist Dionne Ward and djembe/vocalist Jamie Price,
this cd captures the energy, the stories and the laughter of
a true Martine Locke performance. "If there’s anyone
who knows a good story and how to express it, it’s Locke"
Mike Bauman, Toledo Free Press, Toledo Ohio. 2011 sees them
taking it out on the road, across the US and Australia, doing
what they love.
Performing
at festivals, schools and house concerts across the country,
Locke moves from one side of the US to the other and proves
that the independent spirit is alive, well and thriving in an
economy that would otherwise seek to discourage them.
Martine
Locke brings a rambunctious, spirited, dynamic performance each
time she performs and as columnist Lucky Clark wisely wrote
once ‘…she will aim for your heart, as well as your
feet’.
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Suzanne
Westenhoefer
Dance
with...
Big
Bad Gina
Saturday
- 8pm
March
17th
Drexel Hall
19 W. Linwood,
KCMO
A
Silent Auction
will
Benefit
National
Women's
Music Festival
For
more information
call or text
816-974-8560
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Willow
Productions presents Comedian,
Suzanne
Westenhoefer,
followed by a Big Bad Gina Dance
on
Saturday, March 17th at 8pm at
Drexel Hall, 19 W. Linwood, KCMO.
Tickets:
Suzanne
Only Floor - $30
Suzanne
Only Balcony - $25
Suzanne & Dance - Floor - $35
Suzanne & Dance - Balcony - $30
Big Bad Gina Dance
Only - $15
(Balcony
Tickets are Standing Room)
Suzanne
Westenhoefer - In
the past year, she's ended up on the cutting room floor of a
movie in post-production, gotten a divorce, re-entered the insanity
of the dating world all of which have created more laughter-inducing
opportunities than she ever thought possible.
She's
badand she knows it. She's also rip-roaring hilarity wrapped
up with a silver bow and a gift tag that says, "Just Try
Me." All we have to say about that is"Where do we
sign up?"
Suzanne's
new material is based on her ever-changing view of life afterwell,
everything. She's a brand-new woman around town with striking
insights based on a jilted year that has finally thankfully
- ended. Stick with her and she'll take you for a ride on the
wild side with plenty of Pinot to keep it interesting. All aboard!
Big
Bad Gina - Winners 2012 Her HRC Battle of the Bands!
Big Bad Gina! ~ fun and funky Goddess folk fusion with a soulful,
jazzy flair. From chant to reggae, jazz to rap, to folkin' rockin'
and danceable disco, Big Bad Gina spans a myriad of genres and
styles with knee buckling 3 part harmony and multi-instrumentalism.
Big Bad Gina is the 2010 winner of "Best New Band"
and nominated for Best Party Band in the Northwest Arkansas
Music Awards. They have headlined regional festivals on the
alternative spirituality circuit leaving their audiences exhilarated
and asking for more.Their first CD release, "Amazon Warrior
Princess" features 10 original tracks with songs written
by each of the three band members and the title track is the
2009 Goddess Festival winning theme song.
Big
Bad Gina is...
Jori
Costello, Renée Janski, and Melodie Griffis
Jori
Costello, singer/songbird, guitar groovin, percussion pounding
Goddess. Renee Janski of UU choir fame, amazing Amazon arias
and multi-faceted musicianship. And Melodie Griffis of U of
A jazz combo talent with an Angelic Cameroon croon keeping it
rockin on the bass and jazzin it up with her ultra fine guitar
riffs ~ Add a slew of instruments, some kickin original tunes
and select scintillating covers, and you have Big Bad Gina!
an all womyn's band based in Fayetteville, AR and ready to rock
the region and nation with their award winning "Amazon
Warrior Princess" Goddess Groove! It's Folkin' Rockin'!
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