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SUMMARY:Shea Rose & Special Guest Ramzy Suleiman \"Funk Up JP\"
DESCRIPTION:ALCHEMIST\n\n4/24/2009 10:30 PM at Shea Rose & Special Gue
 st Ramzy Suleiman \"Funk Up JP\"\n435 South Huntington Avenue, Jamaica
  Plain, 02130\nCost: Always Free\n\nShe can’t be put in a box. She�
 �s the black Rickie Lee Jones. Other times, maybe she’s the female L
 enny Kravitz. She’s an African American woman who rocks. She’s a s
 inger-songwriter who can plug a hole in a soulful folk tune with a bit
  of rap. . After two years, she lost the feeling to perform, and moved
  to Jamaica with her boyfriend from the band, Nathan Sabanayagam. Her 
 evolution continued with a heavy course in reggae in its homeland, and
  learning how to play guitar. Shea the storyteller revealed herself in
  a more folk-acoustic fashion, such as “Light Fades” & “Lovin’
  You.” Returning again to Boston, she answered an ad on Craigslist, 
 and was chosen as one of six writer-musicians to tour the country on a
  bus for MSN Music. While using her skills as a reporter, she wrote on
 line articles for bands and concerts. Those close quarters with her bu
 smates, representing different genres of American music, exposed to he
 r even greater range of traditions -- and how the music industry works
 . After three months, the tour was over and Shea realized how little e
 xperience she really had with music. Getting serious, she took Berklee
  College of Music up on a $10,000 World Tour Scholarship they had offe
 red three years before. “I never realized how vast and theoretical m
 usic really is,” she says of her education. Plus, she took advantage
  of a grant to study for a semester at the Nakas Conservatory in Greec
 e. . Ramzy Suleiman is a pianist, vocalist, songwriter, and creative t
 roublemaker, born and raised in the Washington D.C area. Mostly self-t
 aught, Ramzy developed his musical talent as a child by transcribing R
 ay Charles songs by ear, and then singing and performing them at churc
 hes and local venues. In 2002 Ramzy became the singer/keys player, fro
 nt man, and songwriter for D.C. area funk band JOPPA, and with them he
  has performed on the bill with such artists as Warren Haynes, Eric Kr
 asno (Soulive), Marco Benevento, and Oscar-winning hip hop group Three
  Six Mafia. In August 2007, Joppa entered the studio to the last seven
  years, including at D.C.’s Kennedy Center, Philadelphia’s Kimmel 
 Center, and New York City’s Sullivan Hall. Ramzy has also performed 
 at political events and rallies, such as Barack O’bama fundraisers a
 nd Iraq war Protests, composing many songs embracing the message of pe
 ace and justice. In 2008, Ramzy was granted a scholarship to study at 
 Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he currently studies and per
 forms with a diverse group of faculty and international students. Ramz
 y is eager to share his original music with new audiences, and looks f
 orward to the debut of his new album “Killing in Vain” this summer
 .\n\nFor more information visit http://neighborsforneighbors.org/event
 s/shea-rose-special-guest-ramzy
DTSTART:20090425T023000Z
DTEND:20090425T050000Z
CATEGORIES:funk, in, jp
LOCATION:The Alchemist Lounge
WEBSITE:http://www.myspace.com/alchemistloungejp
URL:http://www.myspace.com/alchemistloungejp
CONTACT:617-477-5741
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