Three of Buffalo's top women songwriters together on one stage. Kilissa Cissoko Noa Bursie Annette Daniels Taylor Rocking, bluesy, hip-hop, jazzy, soulful, ethereal, poetic, nuanced... Saturday, July 1, 2006 Doors open at 8:00 $5 admission Nietzsche's, 248 Allen Street, Buffalo, NY From Harold Arlen to Ani DiFranco, songwriters are the life-blood of Buffalo’s original music scene. On July 1st, three outstanding artists, Noa Bursie, Kilissa Cissoko and Annette Daniels Taylor, will join forces in what promises to be one of the hottest concerts of the summer! The Hot Mamas Songwriters concert was conceived when women musicians, poets and dancers came together for Buffalo’s first Mamapalooza festival in May. Continuing in this spirit of collaboration, the Hot Mamas concert will foster an exchange of creative energy and passion. In a round-robin format, the performers will blend their talents, harmonizing, improvising and accompanying each other. Each songwriter will also present a set of her own music. Noa Bursie, whose indie-released CD Talk Story is a best seller at New World Record, offers intelligently crafted lyrics with folk and jazz influenced vocals. She creates vivid, cinematic imagery with her songs. Comparisons to Tracy Chapman and Roberta Flack only begin to convey the subtle power of her singing and writing. Buffalo News critic Jeff Miers calls Bursie "a stunning technical musician and songwriter." Bursie infuses new life into the singer/songwriter genre with a distinctive and powerful spirit. Generating the vibe of 60’s legend, Richie Havens, the smoldering intensity of Nina Simone, the elegant, lyric poetry of Joni Mitchell, and the storytelling/songwriting dynamic of Stevie Wonder or James Taylor, Noa handles her Guild D50 like a Stradivarius, or a drum, or an impetuous lover, engaging the listener – offering a roadmap to sonorous landscapes that resonate with passion and conviction. Kilissa Cissoko, renown on the folk/anti-folk scene in the 90’s as a member of the Jazzabels (and currently as a member of the Frank Zappa tribute band Voice of Cheez), makes her solo debut with an outpouring of songs in the alternative rock and soul vein. A multi-instrumentalist, she has produced her upcoming release Supersexy Girlfriend “Prince style” performing all the tracks herself. A master of melody, her tuneful choruses remain with the listener for days. From flirtatious love songs to political rants, she sings with jazz-nuanced phrasing and exuberant grace. Annette Daniels Taylor, organizer of Mamapalooza 2006 Buffalo, serves up hip-hop, soul and poetry with a warm and powerful voice. A native of Staten Island, NYC’s forgotten borough, she developed a keen writer’s eye for conveying people, places and feelings. Her songs explore both the beauty and tensions of everyday life. Taylor is a writer in residence at the Langston Hughes Institute and a teaching artist with the Arts In Education Institute of Western New York. She will also be appearing as a finalist in the upcoming Nickel City Poetry Slam. PLUS: At midnight catch the surfin’ dance grooves of The Waves, Buffalo’s Brit-Pop trio. Their energetic music is best described as "Velvet Surfpop.” Steve Elliott - Vocals, Guitar; Mustang Leavens - Drums, Vocals; Joe Maniaci - Bass, Vocals http://www.artistlaunch.com/thewaves

Hot Mama's SOngwriters Showcase at Nietzches on Saturday July 1st at 7pm. Come check out Kilissa Cissoko, Liz Abbott, Noa BUrsie and Me!! We will be performing our own original tunes individually adn together as well as some round robin vocal harmonies!! It's only $5 to get in so come check us out!!

Mamapalooza Buffalo @ Langston Hughes Center 25 high street Friday May 12 Daughters of Creative Sound 7:00-7:15 Joyce Krysack 7:25-7:40 Mama Songs 7:50-8:30 Selections from For Colored Girls... 8:45-9:45 My Hair Piece by Dana Block 9:55-10:25 Open Mike Poetry 10:30-11:00 and Spoken Word for, by or to Mama Saturday May 13 Maria Sebastian- 12:10-12:25 Folkloric Dance 12:35-12:50 Laura & Claire 1:00-1:15 Noa Bursie 1:25-1:40 Rebekah 1:50- 2:05 Kilissa Cissoko 2:15-2:30 Indeed Love 2:40-2:55 Wise Mecca 3:05-3:20 Sherry Byrnes 3:30-3:45 Annette Daniels Taylor 3:55-4:10 Paula Wachowiak 4:20-4:35 Celeste Lawson 4:45-5:00 Liz Abbott 5:10-5:25 Darby Solo W/Liz 5:35-5:50 Inertia Dance 6:00-6:15 Third Rank Dancers 6:20-6:35 Barbara Levy-Daniels 6:45-7:00 Checkout: www.mamapalooza.com www.myspace.com/mamapaloozabuffalo

Still trying to find acts for the Mamapalooza Festival. Rod tells me not to take on more thatn I can handle. I need more help to make the event the best it can be even if it is Buffalo's and my first time! Scott for Top Shelf Music helped alot with names of Blues and and folk/rock artists. Now i just have to put the word out to find them and get to their shows. Keep checking for show dates! Doing For Colored Girls on March 4th at the Niagara ARts And Cultural Center in Niagara Falls. Oh YEah heard some great poetry by Blair from Detroit!!!! Incredible i gave him a cd I hope he likes it:) Also Big props to Third who one The Nickel City Poetry Slam at the Albright Knox on Friday! www.albrightknox.org His Average Joe poem was great! Storytelling Poetry! I'm from Staten Island Third! Peace aNnette

I have been much busier than I expected lately. Right now i have two commercials on the air for a regional gasoline company, Kwik Fill. It's really amazing how people respond to seeing you on tv even when they see your mug everyday! We're rehearsing for Mama Songs and I'm getting press kits ready so I can book it at other venues and getting press kits ready for A Symphony Down In My Soul! Apparently we are in the process of booking Symphony at the Uptown Theatre here in Buffalo across from the University of Buffalo. The big news of the day is in two parts first I booked another commercial with my favorite Casting Director Dina BArone! Yeah! Thanks Dina. I just accepted a position with the Buffalo Ensemble Theatre to be their Director of Theatre Education! I'll be responsible for producing a minimum of two producions a year, inviting guest speakers to the schools we are working with, writing an organizing teaching guides for classroom teachers and budgets. Starting in March for Womens's History month our production company Down In My Soul Productions is mounting a trilogy of Ntoshake Shange's work. The first will be For Colored Girls... in March at 2 venues 2 weeks at the Niagara Falls Arts and Cultural Center and 2 weeks at the Lancaster Opera House. The Alafia Theater Comapny that I'm affiliated withis performing December 27th at the Paul Robeson Theater on Masten Avenue in Buffalo. And the Albright Knox Art Gallery on Elmwood in Buffalo. Friday December 30 @8pm It's a great time! I hope I get to see some folks out there! When will she find the time? I have no idea but I'm sure it will make my parents proud.