About the Show
THE REVOLUTION is a performance series highlighting Brooklyn & Harlem based artists + musicians that not only represent the core of independent creativity but who currently stand in the breeding ground of evolution within their genre.
This local musical movement empowers community, change, and activism through performance and unity amongst the arts. Once a month, three different artists showcasing three different genres have a chance to spread love, light, and awareness through their music and their stories. This series supports revolutionary artistry and how important the music is to healing.
March 2018 marks the Two Year Anniversary of The Revolution Series, founded, curated + produced by Katie Jones.
To celebrate and recap our journey through the past year, VOL. 25 will feature five incredible live performances from previous artists of the movement:
Dot Cromwell, Beccs, Meridian Lights, Elle Winston, and MAE.SUN.
The Revolution will be sponsored by Radeberger Beer Company, courtesy of RIDER who will be offering $4 tall boys all night long in celebration of the Two Year Anniversary
About the Artists
Dot Cromwell
Multi talented Lyricist + songwriter Dot Cromwell is a Philadelphia native currently residing in Brooklyn, NY. Creator and visionary behind the AV8TED Collective, Dot is best known for his outstanding lyrical delivery and his writing contributions to Jidenna’s newest record “The Let out” ft Quavo of The Migos.
beccs
Hailed as The Deli Magazine’s Artist of the Month and one of NYLON Magazine’s “favorite cool girls”, Brooklyn-based artist beccs has a “one-of-a-kind” voice that HuffPo said “screams originality”. Fusing elements of soul, alternative and folk, beccs explores the power and expanse of femininity with a sound that is as dynamic as it is vulnerable.
beccs’ songwriting has been awarded by the John Lennon Songwriting Contest, the International Songwriting Competition, Coffee Music Project, and a national social justice contest for her single “Scared Of Me”: a song that credits women who are inherent soldiers. beccs’ video for her award-winning single “Therapy”, “a stellar visualization of battling one’s inner demons”, premiered on the front page of NYLON. Her debut EP ‘Unfound Beauty’ traces beccs’ relationship to herself, her recovery and her struggle to find her own unfound beauty.
Meridian Lights
Meridian Lights is the songwriting team of Bradley Valentin and Yohimbe Sampson. Meridian Lights defies genre with influences of rock, soul, world and electronic music. A masterful fusion of Bradley’s powerhouse vocals with Yohimbe’s feverish guitar, songs touch on trial, optimism, love and sex. Says MTV, “With their trippy, soulful, rock grooves that bang across cascading, sensual rhythms, it’s hard not to fall in love with Meridian Lights’ do or die style.”
Elle Winston
Brooklyn based singer-songwriter Elle Winston’s sound is a modern nod to the work of James Taylor and Anita Baker, while also drawing upon contemporary influences such as Lianne La Havas and Laura Mvula. Her music is a deep mixture of jazz inspired soul, with hints of blues/rock and spirited American roots music. She has opened for a wide range of artists including Gil-Scott Heron, Joan Jett, Carl Thomas, Bridget Kelly, Booker T. Jones, Chris Turner and more. Most recently Elle has been featured at the Billboard Lounge at Barclays Center, the Apollo Music Cafe, City Winery NYC and on Apple Beats 1 Radio. Her forthcoming debut album,”The Buy Back”, set to release this spring, is an exploration of identity, empowerment and vulnerability through the lens of her life in Bed-Stuy, where she lives with her wife.
MAE.SUN
MAE.SUN is saxophonist and composer, Hailey Niswanger’s newest innovative group based out of NYC.
Niswanger has been listed in Downbeat Magazine for (5) consecutive years for the rising star category on alto and soprano sax, featured in Vanity Fair, Wall Street Journal, NPR and sharing the stage/tours with Esperanza Spalding, Demi Lovato, DeeDee Bridgewater, Terri Lyne Carrington, Harvey Mason, Ralph Peterson Jr., and other jazz greats!
Hailey’s latest project, MAE.SUN channels eclectic sonic palette’s ranging from contemporary jazz and world music, to soulful funk and neo-soul.
The release of MAE.SUN’s debut EP, “Vol. 1: Inter-be“ premiered worldwide on November 3rd, 2017 and features Axel Tosca of the band (U)nity on keys, Nikara Warren of Black Wall Street on vibes, Aaron Liao of Iris Lune on bass/MOOG, Andrew Renfroe on guitar, David Frazier Jr of SZA + Gabriel Garzon Montano on drums and Hailey Niswanger on soprano sax + vocals. The official EP release performance followed the debut premiere on November 10th, 2017 at NuBlu Classic in New York City.
