Wednesday, January 6, 2010

AMPLIFIEDLIFE.com Showcase 1-10-2010




My good friend and fellow Palabrista Larry Lucio Jr. is having a showcase of a bunch of artists i admire this Sunday! Including a special performance from members of Palabristas. so if you are in town...$5 dollars lets you see amazing acts and help us start the year off right with AMPLIFIED LIFE.

LINEUP:

The lineup for 01.10 is astounding. More artists are being added all the time, but here are the confirmed Performances featuring multiple Twin Cities Hip Hop Award winners and nominees in alphabetical order:

• Danami [from Detroit, Michigan and holds a B.A. in Music Business from McNally Smith]

• DJ Snuggles [2006 Scribble Jam Beatbox Champ, 2005 MN State Fair Talent Show Champ, and 2003, 2004, 2005, & 2006 Twin Cities Celebration of Hip Hop Beatbox Champ]

• eg bailey (truruts) [MNSWA Urban Griots Spoken Word Awards Winner: Community Organizer Award AND Nominee: Track of the Year]

• Globe Gang [feat. Traci Coward of youthrive: LIVE!]

• Heatherlyn Hamilton Chronis [Singer Songwriter & youthrive: LIVE! contributor]

• HYPEL [youthrive: LIVE! contributor, 2009 TCHHA Nominee: Best Kept Secret, and recently featured on FOX9]

• Justin Johnson [Singer Songwriter from Madison, Wisconsin]

• Maria Isa AND her BAND! [2009 TCHHA Nominee: Album of the Year AND Best Female MC]

• Mike Dreams [2009 TCHHA Nominee: Song of the Year, Mixtape of the Year AND Best Knowledge Spitta]

• Palabristas [MNSWA Urban Griots Spoken Word Awards Winner: Best Collective (People's Choice) AND the Cultural Award. Nominated for Best Poetry Book]

• Shá Cage (truruts) [MNSWA Urban Griots Spoken Word Awards Winner: Female Artist of the Year AND Community Organizer Award]

• Tish Jones (TruArtSpeaks) [MNSWA Urban Griots Spoken Word Awards Winner: Female Artist of the Year]

• Twin Kingz (Mayhem the Truth & Kaust) feat. K-Bone

ON THE TURNTABLES: (in alphabetical order)

• Brandon Allday of Big Quarters [2009 TCHHA Nominee: Album of the Year, Best Group AND Best Live Show]

• DJ Miguel Vargas (Funk Mass)

• DJ Ren (Funk Mass)

• DJ Snuggles [Performing and DJ'ing too!]

2 comments:

AmplifiedLife.com said...

WORD!

Listen to MPR at 11AM on 01.07.10 for their coverage of our upcoming showcase.

Thank you RSC!

Peace,

Larry Lucio
AmplfiedLife.com

Anonymous said...

no doubt!