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SUMMARY:Iyeoka & The Rock By Funk Tribe No Cover
DESCRIPTION:ALCHEMIST 22:30 at Iyeoka & The Rock By Funk Tribe No Cove
 r 10:30 PM - Iyeoka & The Rock By Funk Tribe No Cover Description:Offi
 cial 2008 Bio Iyeoka Ivie Okoawo is one of the most sought after poetr
 y slammers in the country and a recipient of the 2008 National Perform
 ance Network/NCCC Artist of Color Residency Award. Among her lists of 
 credits is being asked to compose and perform a poem for a dinner even
 t hosted for Paul Kagame, the President of Rwanda, being commissioned 
 by Discovery Channel for their 2008 brand campaign, being commissioned
  by a top-twenty ad agency to write a piece for a diversity training t
 ool, gracing the inaugural cover of the magazine Leverage, receiving a
  2007 Massachusetts Industry Committee Hip-Hop Award for Spoken Word A
 rtist of the year, and a New England Urban Music Award for the Best Fe
 male Spoken Word Poet of 2006. . A 2x National Poetry Slam Individual 
 Finalist, Iyeoka is also the only member of the nationally competing B
 oston Lizard Lounge Slam team to have earned her position seven years 
 in a row. In 2008, Iyeoka’s vocal talents on a cover of U2’s 1988 
 hit song \"Desire\" was showcased on a compilation of U2 covers that i
 ncludes All-Star Grammy Award winning African artists with proceeds be
 nefiting the Global Fund. Iyeoka will help you to remember that there 
 is no such thing as \"slam poetry\", only three minute time slots wher
 e a poet tries to inject their heart into yours. Let her. . Cd’s ava
 ilable online www.iyeoka.com: Black and Blues 2004 Phanai Records/ Hum
  the Bass Line 2007 Phanai Records/ In the Name of Love: Africa Celebr
 ates U2 2008 Sony Records .\nOfficial Site: http://www.myspace.com/alc
 hemistlou...\n\nFor more information visit http://neighborsforneighbor
 s.org/events/iyeoka-the-rock-by-funk-tribe
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CATEGORIES:funk
LOCATION:The Alchemist Lounge
WEBSITE:http://Alchemistlounge.com
URL:http://Alchemistlounge.com
CONTACT:617-477-5741
ORGANIZER;CN=Lyndon:http://neighborsforneighbors.org/profile/Lyndon
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