Kinetic CD Release with JOY IKE
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Tickets are $10 in advance $15 at the door. This show will be earlier that usual. Doors open at 7:30PM Show starts at 8PM
Kinetic
The music and imagery for Kinetic were first imagined in tropical Ghana, West Africa. Joe Sheehan, Kinetic's pianist and composer, spent six months studying traditional music and dance there, channeling this experience into original songs inspired by traditional and popular West African musics, jazz, and R&B. The show at the Pittsburgh Winery will present and celebrate the release of Kinetic's debut album, World of Wonder.
Kinetic is comprised of Anqwenique Wingfield on vocals, special guest Chris Parker on guitar, Jason Rafalak on bass, Joe Sheehan on keys, PJ Roduta on percussion, and Ryan Socrates on drums. All are versatile Pittsburgh-based musicians, having performed jazz, classical, hip-hop, pop, singer-songwriter, and world music gigs. The group has performed at the Three Rivers Arts Festival, the African Arts in the Park Festival, at James St. Gastropub and Speakeasy, Club Cafe, Thunderbird Cafe, and at Duquesne University.
Joy Ike
An artist’s work is essentially her diary – often reflective, most times vulnerable, but always honest. In her 3rd full-length album, independent artist Joy Ike offers her most realized work yet - All or Nothing – 10 songs about giving up everything you have in exchange for everything you need.
Not yet a veteran, but more than a newcomer, Ike is and always has been an anomaly. As a singer/songwriter who purposefully refuses to be pigeon-holed into any one specific genre, Ike’s path has consistently taken an “anywhere for anyone” approach. Theaters, house shows, coffeehouses, churches, colleges, “…any opportunity where there is a chance to cultivate a relationship with the audience and know that I’ve spent my time well is where I want to be,” she says.
Leaving her career as a publicist in 2008, Ike has since played over 600 shows and has had the opportunity to share the stage with artist Deas Vail, Butterfly Boucher, Allen Toussaint, Dwele, Chrisette Michele, Tyrone Wells, Najee, and Jeffrey Gaines to name a few. Her songs have been featured on NPR’s All Things Considered and Relevant Magazine’s The Drop. And her song, "Everything You Have" was recently featured on NPR's World Cafe during a December 2013 segment on emerging artists.
Born to Nigerian immigrants, Joy Ike’s music, voice, and writing has drawn comparisons to female musicians such as Corinne Bailey Rae, Regina Spektor, Norah Jones, and Fiona Apple. But her percussive piano-playing and soaring vocals give homage to her African upbringing. “Some of my earliest memories involve sitting in the living room with my family singing Nigerian choruses and finding ways to harmonize with my father’s booming voice and my mother’s soprano harmonies,” Ike says of her formative years. “I also remember listening to a lot of DC Talk and Steven Curtis Chapman as a teenager…and then discovering Gwen Stefani and Vertical Horizon in high school. There were so many options!”
With so many influences, perhaps the voice that Ike has found for herself comes as a surprise to many. It is not Christian Contemporary, Alternative, R&B or Gospel, but a genre she affectionately refers to as Soulfolk – a soulful approach to a style of music that has often been reserved for guitar and banjo players.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222