Wednesday January 28 * 7pm * $10-20 * TICKETS
Jason Anderson (New Brunswick, Canada, music)
https://jasonandersonmusic.net/
Jason Anderson is an award-winning indie/folk artist based in New Brunswick, Canada. He has collaborated with Mount Eerie, toured with Kimya Dawson, and worked with a number of seminal independent labels including K Records and Salinas. His songs celebrate the poetry of the present tense, and his legendary live show is a connective, communal experience. Personal and passionate, Anderson's music crackles with life.
“Jason Anderson is the prototypical DIY legend. His shows are legendary experiences, his records are beautiful.” - The Psychic Garden
Majda Gama (DC, poetry)
https://www.majdagama.com/
Majda Gama was born in Beirut to a Saudi father and American mother. Her hometown is Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and her roots Hijazi, but she also has a long, complicated relationship with Northern Virginia where her father was stationed in the 1970’s. Majda is the author of the debut poetry collection In the House of Modern Upbringing for Girls, winner of the Wandering Aengus Press prize for poetry, and the chapbook The Call of Paradise selected by Diane Seuss for the Two Sylvia’s press chapbook prize. Her poetry has been published recently in Adroit, AGNI, Ploughshares, Poetry, Prairie Schooner, TriQuarterly, and Tupleo Quarterly. Her honors include a Gregory Djanikian Scholar award from The Adroit Journal and the Graybeal-Gowen award for Virginia poets from Shenandoah literary journal. She received a special mention from the Pushcart Prize for a poem published by Terrain.
Ronya-Lee and the Light Factory (DC, music)
https://ronyaleeandthelightfactory.bandcamp.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-28etrWTqzQ
Ronya-Lee & the Light Factory (RTLF) is a musical project created by Ronya-Lee Anderson. The Light Factory names that she creates with many lights: collaborators, ancestors & witnesses. A Jamaican singer-songwriter from Washington, DC, her musical stylings fuse folk, soul & rock with underlying strokes of psychedelia. Her enchanting soprano & well-crafted lyricism reveal a unique blend of pop.