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I'm an Oakland jazz salsa singer-songwriter, fluent in a few languages thanks to my itinerant childhood. Since 2004 I've done more than a dozen studio recordings for my own & other bands. In 2010, I sang on the Grammy-nominated Bien! Bien! In 2011, I made a fan-funded CD, and in 2012 my singing/songwriting was on Pacific Mambo Orchestra's debut CD. In 2013, we won a Grammy!

Posts tagged "art"
EcoArt Matters student exhibition at Laney College Library RECEPTION 5/10  1-4pm

EcoArt Matters student exhibition at Laney College Library RECEPTION 5/10 1-4pm

Check out the EcoArt Matters student exhibition at Laney College Library in downtown Oakland, California tomorrow through September. There’s a RECEPTION 5/10, 1-4pm!
Book review of 'The Insanity Hoax': You don't have to be a nutty artist!

Book review of ‘The Insanity Hoax’: You don’t have to be a nutty artist!

I recently read Judith Schlesinger’s book The Insanity Hoax: Exposing the Myth of the Mad Genius. What a relief! With a gallivanting, witty writing style, Schlesinger doesn’t just debunk, she pulverizes that annoying meme that mental illness is more common among artists than the general population. Interestingly, every time I’ve brought the book up to...
Break dance buskers storm BART train

Break dance buskers storm BART train

For artists only: Lies your day job tells you

For artists only: Lies your day job tells you

I was feeling very San Francisco, frighteningly SoHo, awfully hipsterish. The multi-act show was packed, the fashionable audience sat in rapt attention. An aerialist was suspended above the band at one point. Later, a singer-songwriter told stories while a slide show splashed art up on the stage backdrop. I’d been hired to perform with one...

New Video Series: Alexa’s Books

Episode 1: Reviewed in brief: The Talent Code by Daniel Coyle The Little Book of Talent by Daniel Coyle The Big-Ass Book of Bling by Mark Montano The Anatomy of Story by John Trudy The Renegade Writer by Linda Formichelli & Diana Burrell Don’t Shoot: The End of Violence in Inner-City America by David Kennedy...
Murals in the San Francisco Mission

Murals in the San Francisco Mission

On my way to rehearsal last Sunday at the Red Poppy Art House in the Mission, I snapped pictures of a bunch of murals. I’m always looking for inspiration to paint — I’ve always painted the walls in my house. Enjoy!