If you’re in the SF Bay Area, check out GO! OHANA tonite. GO! OHANA is RAMA’s monthly APA music and art show. Emceed by Ryan Takemiya, the event showcases independent Pan Asian art on a one-of-a-kind stage at La Pena Cultural Center. Here’s this month’s line up:
Cynthia Lin
Singer/songwriter Cynthia Lin captures audiences with a refreshing blend of acoustic jazz and poetic folk to match her soulful voice and heartfelt lyrics. Since 2003, Cynthia has released two albums independently and toured nationally.
Dune Tran
Born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, currently residing in the SF bay area of California, this Vietnamese female singer songwriter has been developing her musical skills and honing her songwriting craft since college. Influenced by artists such as Tori Amos, Aimee Mann, Regina Spektor, among others, she’s written a unique collection of pop/alternative songs. Ranging from soothing and melancholy, to upbeat and invigorating and from rich and lush to barren and stark, there is something to inspire and catch the attention of listeners of all backgrounds.
Fuifuilupei Niumeitolu
Fuifuilupe Niumeitolu is a Tongan American scholar, community organizer and poet. Her writing has been published widely in academic journals and family newsletters. She is a co-editor of “USOS On Freeways: An Anthology of Pacific Islander Writers from the Continental U.S.”
Infin8
iNFiN8 is a New York City based dance company whose mission is to create movement to inspire movement. Influenced by various forms of dance, iNFiN8 creates provocative movement to develop a new form of expression. By using dance as a platform to share ideas and provoke thought, iNFiN8 seeks to inspire movement in its audiences with each performance. Two members of iNFiN8 Dance Company are currently living in the Bay Area. They will be performing dance pieces originally choreographed and performed by iNFiN8 NYC at GO!OHANA August 19th.
Joyo Velarde featuring Kat Ouano
If you lived in California in the 90s, chances are you’ve sung Joyo’s refrain in the shower. After the Manila-born NorCal transplant finished studying opera in Rome, she returned to the Bay Area, where she and future husband Lyrics Born recorded what would go on to be Solesides’ greatest hit, a little number called “Balcony Beach.”
Having already appeared twice on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and featured on over 20 albums, including Lyrics Born’s blockbuster indie classics Later That Day (on which she performed and co-wrote 10 songs, including the ubiquitous “Callin’ Out” – featured on commercials for Diet Coke and Motorola), 2005′s Same Sh*%t Different Day, and 2008′s Everywhere at Once, 2010 finally sees Joyo step into the spotlight, with the release of her solo debut, Love and Understanding.
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GO!OHANA
Thursday, August 19, 2010
7:30pm
La Pena Cultural Center
3105 Shattuck Ave
Berkeley, CA
Admission $10-$20 sliding scale, cash only (no one turned away)
Doors open at 7:00pm
Food and Drink!
Free Raffle!
Bringing you the finest and most innovative independent Pan Asian artistic talent at exciting concerts and events. Here’s some performances for the last Go! Ohana.