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Ropeadope Records and FiveSixMedia Present The Re-New Orleans Benefit
This is an all ages live show to benefit the New Orleans Musicians Hurricane Relief Fund.
Saturday, November 12, 2005 Doors 6pm / Show 8pm Tickets GA Standing: $14 in advance / $16 day of show (Includes all processing fees)
Featuring:
King Britt's Sister Gertrude Morgan Experience, Ursula Rucker, Bahamadia, and Ryat.
Even in New Orleans, a city known for its tolerance for the exotic and eccentric, Sister Gertrude was impossible to ignore. Sister Gertrude Morgan (1900-1980) was a painter, singer, and self-proclaimed "bride of Christ" whose visually explosive folk art is celebrated on the museum circuit world-wide. But her one album, made in New Orleans in the 1960s, is one of black gospel music's secret relics. Those recordings were unearthed and a limited number of copies were released to unanimous and widespread critical acclaim in 2003.
Ropeadope has procured the master rights and enlisted internationally acclaimed DJ and Producer King Britt to create an entirely new and ground breaking work, putting musical tracks behind the Sister's previously unaccompanied vocals. The cycle of ten songs mixes gospel hymns with funk and soul melodies and Britt's deep percussive beats.
Since the release of Supa Sister and Silver or Lead, Ursula Rucker has been hard at work spreading her word and rocking crowds, performing on stages across the globe from HBO’s Def Poetry Jam to Amnesty International’s “Freedom Festival”. Her new release, Ma At Mama will be released on K7! Records in early 2006.
Bahamadia rose to prominence on the hip-hop scene as the female protege of Gang Starr's Guru, and lent her smooth-flowing raps to a variety of projects during the late '90s, including several electronica and acid jazz artists.
This is an all ages live show to benefit the New Orleans Musicians Hurricane Relief Fund.
Since the release of Supa Sister and Silver or Lead,