PROJECTS

Encore Performance August 23rd 
RX Theatre, N'cle

PETTICOAT PIONEERS  explores the lives and the music of an amazing group of women in the early and pre-1920's who paved the way for the new Jazz Era.  2 shows  at the Royal Exchange Salon Theatre in Newcastle with a quartet ensemble featuring: Maureen O'Brien, Gary Roberts, Russ Redford, and special guest vocalist Anousha Victoire         

                                                                 

Imagine what it was like in that time to be black, female, and singing music that was declared to be 'devil's music'.  But these feisty, determined women, changed the face of music and paved the way for following icons - names such as Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holliday.  If it hadn't been for the women of these times, the music of the great Robert Johnson may never have been recorded. Artists like the Stones drew inspiration from their music and subsequently changed the music in their own times. And the music is still being recorded by and influencing artists today. 
An intimate presentation sharing songs and stories of a selection of  these women and culminating in a tribute to two of the Greats of the Jazz Era - Ella Fitzgerald and Etta James 

 

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