I hope you can come! I’ll be playing along side Uncles and At Dawn We Slept. Here are the details:

Tuesday, February 7 at 7:30pm
Knitting Factory Brooklyn
361 Metropolitan Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11211
Advanced tickets $7
http://bk.knittingfactory.com/event/95075/

GOGIRLSMUSICFEST RETURNS TO NYC BENEFITING THE RED THREAD MOVEMENT

NEW YORK – GoGirlsMusicFest comes to Otto’s Shrunken Head on Thursday, December 1, starting at 7pm. A suggested donation of $5 will be asked at the door. The first 100 people to donate will receive a FREE GoGirlsMusicFest ’11 CD.

This year’s GoGirlsMusicFest will benefit The Red Thread Movement, a student initiative to abolish sexual slavery in Nepal. 100% of the proceeds from donations and Red Thread bracelet sales will go towards the cause. Concerts and fundraisers have already happened in Los Angeles, San Diego, Houston, and internationally, in Tokyo.

The evening will feature indie artists ReW, Lachi & Meridian Gold, Inky Glass, Melissa Clark, Luciar, Rachel Lee Walsh, and Tiik, from the Philly-based band, G.U.T.S.

Otto’s Shrunken Head is in the East Village at 538 E. 14th St., New York, 10009.
(212) 228-2240 http://www.ottosshrunkenhead.com

Listen to the featured artists: http://www.reverbnation.com/tunepak/3481595

About The Red Thread Movement:
The Red Thread Movement is an initiative that unites voices against the human rights violation of sex trafficking. The signature Red Thread bracelet, which is handmade by an at-risk or rescued girl in Nepal, is a symbol of awareness that helps fund the continuous efforts to rehabilitate victims and eliminate trafficking. Red Thread Music recruits an array of talented musicians to use their voices to get audiences involved in the fight. It encourages people to break the silence by telling others about this injustice and wear freedom to show that they choose to take a stand against sexual slavery. We wear their freedom on our arms! http://www.redthreadmovement.org

About GoGirls Music:
GoGirls Music is the oldest and largest online community of indie women musicians.
GoGirlsMusic.com is a unique organization that focuses on advancing the careers of independent female artists. Founded in early 1996, the organization works tirelessly to help artists through education, networking, and events.

Luciar, Rachel Lee Walsh, Sonya Heller, and Pantera Saint-Montaigne are playing at Gizzi’s Cafe on Wed Nov 16th from 7-11pm. We will be playing solo sets but also joining each other for a song or two. No cover at the door. Happy Hour from 5-7pm. Cafe menu served. http://www.gizzisnyc.com/

Check out the schedule and our music below. We look forward to seeing you!

7pm Luciar
“The voice of an angel who is thinking devilish thoughts”
Keyboard/Vocals/Ukelele
http://www.luciar.com/

8pm Rachel Lee Walsh
Folk/Country/Soul Songstress with music that sends “chills that run laps around your spine when you listen to her simple, haunting songs”
Guitar/Vocals, joined by Mark Marshall on Guitar
http://www.RachelLeeWalsh.com/

9pm Sonya Heller
“a singing and songwriting Joan of Arc, with a guitar in her
hand and her voice as a weapon”
http://www.sonyaheller.com/

10 Pantera Saint-Montaigne
“Cross-Pollinated Soul – a mixture of soul, folk, rock or whatever spirit hits her at the moment.”
http://www.panterasaint.com/

It’s been a wonderful and exciting fall so far, and I look forward to more musical adventures. Here are a few words about my encounters of the musical kind.

September Concert at Otto's Shrunken Head

The September Concert at Otto’s Shrunken Head
This show was wonderfully mellow, intimate, and full of love. On September 11, 2011 many were hesitant to come out of their houses and into the city. But those who did, whether it was for the ceremonies throughout the day, or to one of the many September Concerts held throughout the city, made it so very special. We shall not be scared. We shall stand together.
Click here to see more pictures on flickr.

Lovebettie

Dewey Beach Music Conference
This was my first time attending the Dewey Beach Music Conference. At the bottom tip of the tiny state of Delaware, this conference is so rock’n'roll! It’s small enough to remember all the faces of people that you meet, and big enough to create a great network of new friends and music industry contacts. I traveled with Inky Glass (Blues for the Lost Soul,) and she turned out to be a delightful traveling and concert-going companion. One night we gig-hopped to about 6 performances, and it felt sooo good! Highlights included Summer Osborne, Lovebettie, and Da Rezarekt
I went picture crazy. Check ‘em out!

Luciar at the Talking Stick

GoGirlsMusicFest Kick-off in Venice, CA
This was my West Coast debut! It was a cozy Friday night, and I had to rethink my outfit, since I didn’t account for the warmer temperatures of California when planned. It was wonderful to see Madalyn Sklar, founder of GoGirls Music, for the 3rd time in the same year! (Someone’s been traveling a lot.) I have to give a special thanks to Keri Bowers from Normal Films for donating art from The Art of Autism to help us raise funds for The Red Thread Movement. I hope to be back to the west coast next year, in 2012 (uh oh) to tour. Here are pictures from the event.

The September Concert flyer by Aleesha Punutieri

NEW YORK – Celebrate peace with GoGirls Music on the 10th anniversary of 9/11 in a free concert at Otto’s Shrunken Head in the East Village, starting at noon on September 11.

The concert opens with Karen Davis, followed by Inky Glass, Allison’s Invention, Jackie Sheeler & the WordRock Project, Luciar and Lotus Hill, each in 30 minute sets.

The concert is one of several free musical tributes in New York City, September 9th -12th, part of The September Concert, a celebration of peace and humanity through music The initiative started in 2002, inviting musicians of “every genre to come out and make music, anywhere people gather.” The September Concert is a network of 200 concerts, worldwide.

Otto’s Shrunken Head is in the East Village at 538 E. 14th St., New York, 10009.

About The September Concert:
The September Concert was born in 2002 as a small, local grassroots effort and has steadily evolved to be an event of global proportion with a mission to promote global peace. For complete listings of the most current events: SeptemberConcert.org

About GoGirls Music:
GoGirls Music is the oldest and largest online community of indie women musicians.
GoGirlsMusic.com is a unique organization that focuses on advancing the careers of independent female artists. Founded in early 1996, the organization works tirelessly to help artists through education, networking, and events.

A lovely person I know is going through some changes of her own, and while she’s sitting on the floor crying, feeling broken, sad and defeated, I told her, “Babe, you gotta take it one step at a time…”

And then I launched into a musical number.

Sorta. I know the feeling…I can see it on her face—that familiar place. I’ve written about it, and she reminded me that it’s there for us when we need to hear it.

One Step at a Time by Luciar

The Luciar illustration is the familiar one from the Luciar.com web site, done by Jouni Koponin out in Finland. I modified where the “www” began compared to the last run…it hit me that it began over my neck. I was getting choked by dubya!

Anywho, come get your buttons in Austin! I’ll be performing at Austin Java (on Lamar) on Saturday, March 19th at 1:30pm. Stop by, say hi, take away a gift. =)