URB ALT Festival 2008 Lineup
Harlem Stage Gatehouse – Saturday June 21, noon-7pm
150 Convent Avenue Harlem, NY
All events hosted by Shena Verrett of Girls On…Productions
1)Kendal – Smooth soul vocals over an angst filled lovers rock groove
2) Amanda Ray – Downbeat ambient funk goddess rides the the 0s and 1s
3)Marla Turner, Freedom Rockstars – Lower Eastside power trio with origins in the Wax Poetics electronic music world
4)Micah Gaugh – Sensual electronic melodies with a bite of the avant garde
5)Devi – Funky tantric power trio fronted by a bluesy guitar shredding Jersey girl
6))Tenderhead – Soul laced punk/pop/rock melodicism with a high fashion sensibility
7)Millsted – Latin rock/punk experimentalism with an irreverent Bronx, NY edge Umm…yeah
8)Melvin Gibbs – Avant-garde bass master bangs one out solo(Rollins Band, Harriet Tubman)
9)Waberi Jordan – Smokey jazz/soul vocal stylings out of Los Angeles by way of Saturn
10)Tay Zonday – “Chocolate Rain.” Nuff Said
11)MuthaWit Orchestra – Futuristic 10-20 piece cosmic soul/rock/classical big band and whatnot
BAMcafe – Friday June 27, 8pm-11pm
30 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
1)Brandee Younger – Polyphonic harp virtuoso for Ravi Coltrane
2)Faith – LES reggae/rock/soul power legends
3)Brig Feltus with members of Pillow Theory – Queen of Myspace melds her soul/rock gypsy sound with the punk skronk of Pillow Theory
4)MuthaWit Orchestra with special guests
BAMcafe – Saturday June 28, 8pm-11pm
1)V. Jeffrey Smith – Songwriter and Performer extraordinaire for the rock/soul/pop band The Family Stand
2)Tenderhead
3)MuthaWit Orchestra with special guests
Directions
Harlem Stage Gatehouse
1 train to 137th@Broadway or B, C, trains to 135th St.@St. Nicholas or 2, 3 to 135th@Lenox or the A, D train to 145th
Posted on June 21, 2008 by D. Bell