Skip the Needle to bring its joyful funk metal to debut album release show Vicki Randle was no fresh-faced ingenue when she joined Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Mavis Staples as a percussionist and backup singer in 2010. Well-established as a top-shelf Los Angeles studio musician with dozens of albums and major tours to [...]
AUGUST 17, 2019 FREIGHT & SALVAGE 2020 ADDISTON STREET BERKELEY, CA BUY TICKETS ARTISTS PERFORMING: Mary Flower Guitarist, singer and songwriter Mary Flower is that rare breed of American roots artist. Her devotion to the art form is both lovingly and historically accurate, yet her creativity lends it vitality and energy that it might [...]
Anaí Adina - Espérame En El Cielo 18-year-old vocalist Anaí Adina reveals a visionary mix of tradition and originality on her debut album with Little Village Foundation, Espérame En El Cielo. The youngest of three daughters of noted mariachi musicians Leticia and Juan Morales, Anaí grew up in [...]
SKIP THE NEEDLE - WE AIN'T NEVER GOING BACK On their debut album, We Ain’t Never Going Back, the formidable female powerhouse known as Skip The Needle bring a depth of personal insight and performing experience to their politically astute hard rock/funk songcraft. Throughout We Ain't Never Going [...]
SAIDA DAHIR - THE WALKING STEREOTYPE “Saida Dahir’s blistering spoken word performance about her fear of school shootings and the political hypocrisy that follows electrified the crowd at Salt Lake City’s March for Our Lives.” –Mother Jones An 18-year-old Muslim Somali refugee living in Salt Lake City, Utah, [...]
MARY FLOWER - LIVIN' WITH THE BLUES AGAIN "a world-class finger-style guitarist and lap slide player." -DownBeat "There are few musicians in the genre bringing as much creative spark and low-key mojo to this century-old music." -Acoustic Guitar "[Flower] plays the blues with the soul and wit they were created [...]
BETTY REID SOSKIN - A LIFETIME OF BEING BETTY A Glamour Magazine “Women of the Year 2018” Honoree "Betty Reid Soskin is a revelation; her story, a window into a more complicated, heroic, inclusive 20th century; her life a testament to affirmation in the face of adversity. That [...]
Congratulations to these nominees that are part of the growing Little Village Foundation family: And to those who lent their support: