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Lola Johnson at BarOnA, Tuesdays w/Brother Dave
Lola Johnson playing ‘Rivers of Honey’ New Years Day 2010
NEW YEAR’S DAY
Friday, January, 1, 2010
Doors @ 8:00pm, Open Mic 9:00pm, DJ Spinning Til 1am
$10 suggested, but no one turned away for lack of funds.
2010 Re-Imagined: New Year’s Day
Hosted by Ashley B.
Music by Funke
Featuring the work of;
Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai, Latonia Phipps, Zave Martohardjono, Maria Bauman of Urban Bush Women, Lola Johnson, Sherley Olopherene, BJ Watkins, and Nadia Bourne
Rivers of Honey is a cabaret featuring women and trans artists of color the first Friday of every month. This project is made possible in part with public funds from the Fund for Creative Communities, supported by the New York State Council on the Arts and administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.
For information, e-mail riversofhoney[at]gmail.com
more at myspace.com/riversofhoney
An Ariana, Shauntee & Shawn(ta) Joint
WOW Cafe Theater is located at 59-61 East 4th Street
on the Fourth Floor.
between Bowery and 2nd Avenue in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York City, USA.
Benedict Evans photos with Lola Johnson - Take 1
Lola Johnson Upcoming August Shows with Mark Wynegar Band
Lola playing tonight with Mark Wyneger
Radian Records artist Lola Johnson plays tonight at the 11thst Street Bar with Mark Wynegar.
11th Street Bar is located at 510 E 11th Street, NYC
New Song from Lola’s upcoming album project
A new track is up at www.lolajohnson.com . It’s called, “Til Another Day”. The track is a rough cut, but Lola wanted to put up this song before “the voting process and all the madness. It’s the last track on my new EP, ‘A Scene Unseen’.”
Lola continues, “I only hope that this song is taken as a realistic representation of society. It’s for the young and old, those struggling to find an identity amongst millions. We’re being put in a box, without even knowing “Why?” and “What box?”. During this election and ones before, we’re always settling, choosing the better over the worst. Our settled upon choice forces Us to put trust in people who divide Us more than bring Us together.
“I started this album with an intention to play with musicians whose sound I personally enjoy, to collaborate with a Scene Unseen, but also to acknowledge the elements of society other than the hype and reruns that keep all of us in our place like a neat little package. It’s hard as hell just to be human by yourself, but with another and another and another…it’s a tailspin, so watch your Ass.
Listen at: www.lolajohnson.com or myspace.com/omolola.
Next live performance: Wednesday November 5, 2008 at 7:30pm, R Bar 218 Bowery, NYC
‘Til Another Day - written by Lola Johnson
Just call it my town
with the filthy smell in the air
People pissin’ their thoughts around
just to breathe it in and you can help but care
Absorbed in my skin
I got a way to stay sane
I just suck my smoke right back in
’til another day
Just call it my state
where the north end is the new south
And you stick out of place
when you’re too open in the country and closed in the city
With my heart on my sleeve
I got a way to relate
by taking a step out, while looking in
until another day
Just call it my country
You’re either colored in blue or red
and spinning in reruns
of who’s far behind or just too far ahead
Just call it my country
You’re either colored in black, yellow, brown, red and white
and spinning in reruns
of who’s to the far left or to the far right
Stuck in my mind
are opinions heard or read
Given no choice but to define
where I stand
on this land
’til the day that I’m dead
