Native Spirit for Mother Earth
A celebration of culture, music & dance.
The evening will benefit the Nowa Cuming Institute www.nowacumig.org
produced by
Red Hot Promotions and Piazza Trading & Co. Ltd www.piazzatrading.com/home.htm
We would like to congratulate
PIAZZA TRADING
ON THEIR 20TH ANNIVERSARY Join us as we celebrate
their commitment to community and Mother Earth.
In addition to eclectic music & dance performances we will feature a short film, "Yamamoto Cup", introduced by the founder of Piazza Trading & Co., Masaou Yamamoto (Yamamoto Cup is an annual canoe race on Leech Lake Reservation for Native American youth).
We will pay tribute to Floyd Red Crow Westerman, featuring a video presentation of his life & work and a special performance by Jeremy Goodfeather.
Please visit floydredcrowwesterman.com We hope you will support the
Nowa Cumig Institute and help celebrate our friends & colleagues.
DENNIS BANKS Native American leader, teacher, lecturer, activist, and author,was cofounder of the 1968 American Indian Movement (AIM), which was established to protect the traditional ways and rights of Indian people.Banks founded Sacred Run (1988-2006) to promote the sacredness of all living things and has led runs across the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia and Europe. In Feb 2008, Banks led the 30th Anniversary of The Longest Walk of 1978, from San Francisco to DC.
In 1993 Banks recorded Still Strong with Grammy Award winning Producer Narada Michael Walden; has had key roles in the films War Party, The Last of the Mohicans (1992), Thunderheart (1992) and more recently, HBO's Buried My Heart At Wounded Knee starring Adam Beach.
Banks stays involved in American Indian issues, including AIM, and travels the globe lecturing, teaching Native American traditions, and sharing his experiences. He is co-founder of the Nowa Cumig Institute & Great Anishinabe Canoe Race ( Yamamoto Cup ), bringing Native American Youth to Japan every fall for Cultural Exchange. In late 2009 , a Dennis Banks documentary film will be completed. In 2010 the book “ Ojibwa Warrior” will be published in Japan. Current information on Dennis Banks' activities can be found on www.nowacumig.org and www.longestwalk.org.
KITARO
Began playing acoustic guitar; played keyboard synthesizers with Far East Family Band, beginning 1970; began recording solo albums, 1977; released Silk Road, Vols. 1 & 2, 1986; left Polydor, signed with Geffen Records, 1986; released film soundtrack to Heaven & Earth, 1993; signed with Domo Records, mid-1990s; released Grammy Award-winning album Thinking of You, 1999; released Ancient and An Ancient Journey, 2001; has toured throughout the Far East and North America.
Max Gail started his acting career in the early 70's as Chief Bromden in the San Francisco production of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," while the Americin Indian Movement (AIM ) occupation of Alcatraz was taking place. Prior to being an actor Max was a musician, and it was his songwriting that led, through Buffy Saint Marie, to meeting Dennis Banks, Floyd Westerman and others again in San Francisco a few years later.
At that time, Max was a regular in the Barney Miller TV comedy. His acting, songwriting and social/environmental activism have continued to be inspired and guided by the insights and relationships that grew from those times. In the early nineties he became interested in the potential for the Internet to help create a liveable future for future generations. You can learn more at www.lap.org.
ZULU SPEAR was a pioneer and leader in the Bay Area's world beat scene of the '80s, a movement that quickly spread across the country. A band of African and American musicians combined South African rhythms and songs with American rock and blues, using electric guitars and drums, resulting in South African pop music.
The band reunited when singer Gideon Bendile (vocalist on The Lion King soundtrack) issued a new CD, “Come Over to Our House,” that included tracks from the original band’s unreleased Capitol sessions as well as new music. This will be their 4th appearance as the newly reunited Zulu Spear. www.myspace.com/zuluspear
COLE TATE BAND features some of the Bay Area's most talented musicians, performing a soulful blend of classic American rock and R&B. Thee band is led by Cole Tate on vocals and guitar, Chris Collins on guitar, Boudeeka on vocals, Eugene Huggins on harmonica, Chris Wilson on Bass and Wade Olson on drums. For more details on CTB visit his homepage on our site: www.redhotpromotions.com or go to www.coletatelive.com
Her potential never seems to stop growing. Already very well known as a member of the “no-wave” like avant-garde rock band eX-Girl , she has been performing for international audiences. She not only entertains as a singer and a bassist, but also as a dancer, a musical & movie actress, a choreographer, a performer and a composer as well as music producer.
In 2004, Kirilola released spiritual healing music under the project name Akasau. This album was carried out together with several musicians, the main one being Renge, one who plays traditional Japanese bells.
MARY SANO artistic director of the Mary Sano Studio of Duncan Dancing, is a prot駩e of Mignon Garland, who founded the Isadora Duncan Heritage Society (IDHS) in San Francisco. A native of Japan, Sano began to study Duncan dance with Garland in San Francisco in 1979, and established the Japanese branch of the IDHS in 1983. She remains active in Japan, performing and offering workshops a few times a year. She published a Japanese edition of Isadora by Fredrika Blair in 1990 from Parco Publishing in Tokyo, Japan. In the San Francisco Bay Area, Sano received an MA in Dance from Mills College in 1991 and began to train a group of dancers in the Duncan style, and formed Mary Sano and her Duncan Dancers in 1993. In 1997, Sano opened her dance studio in SOMA district in San Francisco near Isadora Duncan's birthplace (corner of Taylor and Geary Street). www.duncandance.org
Shoko Hikageis a koto (Japanese musical instrument) player who resides in San Francisco, and has performed regularly throughtout the world. Shoko enjoyes collaborating with other artists and musicians and continues performing in improvisational dance and music. "Shoko Hikage, koto player extraordonaire will take you through the universe and beyond on her strings of sound. From Cherry Blossoms to John Cage, Shoko's performances will make you hear things you never even dream before."
---Lynda Hess, Artbeat www.geocities.com/shokohikage/index.html
Tony Chapman, a Bay Area native and graduate of UC Santa Barbara in 2004, began studying piano at the age of five and has been improvising and creating his own music since the age of thirteen. He combines Pop, Rock, Jazz, and Blues influences along with honest and intimate lyrics to create his signature sounds. He worked with Mary Sano on the dance-drama Amaterasu, TheBlind Woman and Hiroshima and composed the theme song Of Legends in 2004. He toured Japan in 2005 before relocating to Los Angeles to pursue the arts. He is currently working toward his first album release.
SAN FRANCISCO TAIKO DOJO (a Red Hot event favorite)
The history of Taiko is interwoven in the fabric of Japanese history. Regarded as sacred since ancient times, the drum was first used to drive away evil spirits and pests harmful to crops. It was believed that by imitating the sound of thunder, the spirit of rain would be forced into action. At harvest time, Taiko was joyfully played in thanks for a bountiful crop.
In the last decade, Taiko enthusiasts, Seiichi Tanaka and the San Francisco Taiko Dojo have redeveloped Taiko from its primitive folk art roots to a powerful, sophisticated synthesis of rhythm, harmony, and body movement. Today, it is a rigorous mental, physical, and martial arts training combined with musical talent to form a unique, resonant style. www.sftaiko.com/index.html
Red Hot would like to THANK ALL the participating artists and look forward to amazing and moving performances on Aug 7th!
Jeremy Goodfeather
Native American (Mohawk,Mexica) San Francisco CA Based Singer/Songwriter. Accompanied by Percussionist Crow Knight of Hocoka (Ho-cho-kah) . Together as a duet they play a dynamic acoustic set of original, heart felt music, with a simple, straight forward vibe. Pulling from a wide range of influences and styles to create an organic sound that can be Rock, Blues, reggae, Funk, Jazz, country or anything else that it takes to tell a story with music
