DC Singer, Songwriter Carolyn Malachi to Release New EP on July 30 at U Street Music Hall
MEDIA ADVISORY Event 07/30/2010
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DC Singer, Songwriter Carolyn Malachi to Release New EP on July 30 at U Street Music Hall
Lions, Fires, & Squares features new songs about relationships, love, and the strength of being a powerful woman
(Washington, DC) Singer, songwriter, poet Carolyn Malachi is set to release her new EP, Lions, Fires, & Squares, on July 30, 2010. This event will take place at U Street Music Hall, located at 1115 A U St. NW at 7 PM, and will be hosted by Asheru. The EP includes six new tracks: an intro, three new singles, and two remixes.
WHO: DC Singer, Songwriter Carolyn Malachi
WHAT: New EP Release Party for Lions, Fires, & Squares
WHERE: U Street Music Hall, located at 1115 A U St. NW, $10 cover
WHEN: Friday, July, 30 at 7:00 PM
The CD release party will include world grooves by The Pinstriped Rebel and Appearances by DC’s Taratibu Youth Association and DJ Heat. A portion of the proceeds will support the Taratibu Youth Association and BloomBars, two arts non-profits based in Washington, DC. There is a Post-Party Fete at Social on 14th & Meridian in NW.
With her unique genre-bending blend of jazz, Hip Hop, R&B, and spoken word, Carolyn Malachi attracts new fans every day. This EP, Lions, Fires, and Squares, features new songs about relationships, love, and strength. The music from Lions, Fires, and Squares is influenced by her recent tour in South Africa with artist and activist Hip Hop Pantsula (HHP).
Malachi founded the Smart Chicks Network to bring visibility and leadership opportunities for women in the arts. Through the network she and other Smart Chicks inspire other women and young girls “to be creative, to demand and attain more from life, to understand the true meaning of love and compassion for self and community”. Calling Lions, Fires & Squares a “colorful call-to-awareness for women to recognize strength in beauty and beauty in strength”, Malachi says “End to end, my music is the soundtrack to a Smart Chick’s busy day:”
The Washington Post describes Malachi’s infectious musical gumbo as “Hard to Put in Words,” and the Washington Post Magazine hinted at her possible Grammy nomination in its “Our Town” feature. Malachi has performed at the Blues Room in Johannesburg, South Africa, and at Blues Alley and Love Nightclub in Washington, DC. She will appear at the Smithsonian Museum of African Art In 2010, Malachi was selected as an Artist in Bloom Resident Fellow at BloomBars, a Washington-based arts organization working to support and nurture artists across the globe. In a recent address to supporters of BloomBars, Malachi affirmed, “The music on Lions, Fires & Squares is imaginative and potent. I’m excited for the world to fall in love with it”. She continued, “I’ve said that I want to win a Grammy. I do. This is the motivation for that. For me, greater exposure to resources of the world means access to those resources for the aspiring artists in my community.”
Reinforcing her message of empowering women and affecting positive change in her community, Malachi invited the Taratibu Youth Association (TYA) and international Hip-Hop star, Asheru to participate in the event. Taratibu, a Pan-Afrikan drill, is movement based on the South African “gum boot” dance, combining traditional African dance with contemporary military movements, traditional Negro spirituals, contemporary gospel and traditional African songs in Kiswahili and Zulu. TYA, the opening act at the event, uses traditional and contemporary songs, dance and movement to teach principles of community building, self-determination, and spirituality. Asheru is the founder of Guerilla Arts, Inc., a community-based organization specializing in innovative education, cultural arts programming, and professional development. Since 2005, Asheru’s Hip-Hop Education Literacy Program (HELP) has partnered with dozens of recording artists, including Common, Jay-Z, Kanye West, KRS-One, Nas and Rakim. In 2008, H.E.L.P. received a letter of endorsement from President (then, Senator) Barack Obama.
Malachi is the great-granddaughter of legendary jazz pianist, John Malachi, and she holds a Degree in Business Administration from Shepherd University.
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Read more: www.carolynmalachi.com.
