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Hope Medford

The hand drummer for  world roots rock band, Medicine for the People (Nahko.com) since 2007, and touring with them internationally since 2011;  Hope has been playing percussion for almost twenty years, the djembe and bajo cajon are her main instruments.  Her first teacher was Babatunde Olatunje, and she has studied with master drummers in West Africa, Peru and Brazil. 
She is honored to use indigenous instruments on a modern stage. 
Hope has also facilitated drum circles and taught rhythm classes
to over 2,500 participants with intentions of healing and empowerment. 
Hope has always been in the healing and creative arts~ she has her solo albums and hand paintings for sale online at:  hopemedford.com. 

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Hope Medford & Ydine & Omra
are offering a workshop during the week before MAnaFest
Raising Women’s Voices ~through music, rhythm & song~

3 day workshop    Jan 27-29
Six 2 hour Sessions 10-noon & 2-4 daily
Puna, Big Island Hawaii

$150-$200 sliding scale

We will:
-encourage women to explore voice and drum as healing tools
-teach techniques to explore writing music, playing rhythm & creating lyrics 
-provide a musical platform for you to express yourself and be heard
-give you tools to practice on microphone & performance opportunity 
...all in a fun, supportive setting!

Hope Medford, percussionist of Medicine for the People, will teach rhythm & drum basics as well as techniques for putting rhythm to song.   
Omra will teach tuning, voice & sound therapy, opening & healing with sound.
Ydine will teach music structure & musical circle of fifths theory for song arrangement.
We will work as a team to guide you through exploring your own unique voice!

registration & contact:        hopemedford@gmail.com

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MaMuse

 

“Ma” as in Mamma; “Muse” as in ‘the one who inspires,’ is sweet soul, folk revival
served with a playful splash of uplifting lyrics in haunting harmony.
This merry duo (Sarah Nutting and Karisha Longaker), weave voices like a Celtic knot upon a sparse instrumental pallet of upright bass, guitar, mandolins and flutes.
Original songs transmitted through the heart and infused with improvisation and storytelling, leave audiences softened and singing along. Creating beauty and magic wherever they go,
MaMuse is what a meadow would sound like if it could sing.

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Sara Tone

Sara Tone has been dedicated to bringing a steady stream of music that expresses
the Joy’s and Celebration of Creation. Deeply inspired by Gaia, she finds fuel for the fire of this expression through Vigilance and Awareness of the state of the Earth and our Relationship to Land. Inspired by her travels and tours throughout the
West Coast, Cascadia, B.C., Minnesota, Hawaii and beyond.
Sara Tone comes with Songs, Stories and a curious, reverent nature
to help connect Community through Music and deepen our
Sacred Relationship with Land, with Gaia,with Creation, with life and with each other!
                                                                 Sara has been blessed with many opportunities to share this music in a diversity of settings.
                                                        This music is always an opportunity to Give Thanks and bring us that much more Close Together.
                                             Thank you Gaia!! G4G!!

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Diane Patterson

Folk goddess Diane Patterson sings the world awake with strong voice, rocking guitar, sweet ukulele, and revolutionary lyrics. Her sincere spirit and wild heart joyfully plant seeds of love and light in every listener. Based in Southern Oregon, independent and supported by her community, Diane considers herself a micro magical munition of manifesting: nature consciousness, cleanest food for body and mind, best balance and highest integrity of relations between all Beings. Since 1990, wordsmith Patterson weaves spirit and unifying social commentary, now around the world.

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Mama Crow

A New York native and Northern California transplant, this self-taught guitarist
and soulful songstress evokes listeners on a deep, soul level.
Her sound is a mix of rhythmic, funky finger picking and string slapping,
guttural blues belts and quick lyrical flow with insidious phrasing.
Peruvian/Spanish/Irish/Puerto Rican/Native American
hybrid- born Carmen Marie Gutierrez,
later to take on the name and medicine of the Crow.
With a genre ranging in a fusion of jazz, R&B, Hip Hop and Neo-soul.
 Vocally, she is like a love-child of Feist/Lauryn Hill/Nai Palm of Hiatus Kaiyote.
Her influences vary from Beastie Boys, Bjork, Erykah Badu, Jimi Hendrix, Nina Simone,The Beatles, Jill Scott, Nick Drake, Pink Floyd, Fiona Apple, Tupac Amaru Shakur, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Houdini, Josephine Baker and Janis Joplin.

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Mary Isis

Born in Santa Cruz, California to peace loving parents that honored and nurtured her natural musical abilities, she began piano lessons at 7, with classical training in the Suzuki Method.
At twelve her family uprooted and relocated to the Big Island of Hawaii and this has been home ever since. She plays a major role in her Puna community through the sharing of her visionary music, Producing sacred medicine music (co-founder of Nectarian Music Productions), and participating in Service projects and ceremonies that promote Healing, awakening and sustainability. Her vocals are her main instrument, which she usually accompanies with guitar or ukulele.  Some of her early days performing were singing harmony vocals with Nahko Bear in the early formation of Medicine for the People. 

Kaahele + Ydine

Kaahele is a Hawaiian word for “Journey” and the musical name of Kelly Hyde. Her lyrics are clever, uplifting, and comical, bringing awareness and at the same time making light of the human situation. Her music covers an array of folk, reggae, bluegrass, and her own special flavor. Kaahele speaks to the separation  between the modern and natural world. She represents nomadic culture, holding respect for native people, and reaching out to those who could use a fresh point of view. Her songs are full of food for thought, and her melodies are soothing and creative. Listeners may feel inclined to laugh or be brought to tears.

Ydine is a soulful songstress based out of Hawaii.
She performs throughout the islands as a solo artist and with her band AnOtherEvolution,
an ever-evolving ensemble of local musicians.
The beautiful compilation of a Cuban mother and Norwegian father, Ydine has cultivated a uniquely diverse musical style that cannot be defined by any particular genre.
Her family origins and experiences thus far, such as sailing extensively throughout the South Pacific, traveling abroad, and living on farms throughout Hawaii, have heavily influenced all aspects of her music. Her lyrical poetry calls upon humanity to reach its fullest potential: to preserve our delicate ecosystems for future generations, to cultivate empathy and hold space in our hearts for those around us, and to go through this life fostering inquisitive and inspiring minds.

Marya Stark

  


Marya’s craft is deeply influenced by her background in Expressive Arts therapy.
   If you find yourself at a live show, you are likely embarking on a full ride through multiple      story-lines  story-lines of characters in various stages along the transformational arc.
  Marya loves to incorporate the audience right into the heart of the song through looping the audience’s voices, passing out props, and telling tall tales. She is a carrier of myth, mystery, and medicine songs with which she embarks to create a ceremony of the human condition, taking her audience on a journey through the caverns of the soul.

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Unity and Her Band of Angels

Unity Nguyen and the Band of Angels share traditional sacred songs from Africa and Viet Nam, and original world beat tunes.
Rich vocal harmonies and deep grooves open our souls to Spirit and joy! Unity plays the 21-string African kora.
A refugee of war from Viet Nam, she grew up organizing musical cultural events for the refugee community, and has spent her life empowering and healing communities through her skills in music, ecology, Chinese medicine, and Western medicine.
She currently serves as a resident physician in Family Medicine in Hilo.

Amber Lily

We are Alive to live in joy.
To work together to create a healthy, harmonious world.
To support each other!
Each of us has our unique role to play in this Global Peace Movement.
I am feeling so Blessed to be supported by my family & community in beginning my Work
as a musician and activist.
I want to share my journey with you:
facebook music page: amber lily
wordpress: http://amberlilylove.wordpress.com

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Prema Love

Prema Love is an Internationally touring / recording artist & Sacred Sound Alchemist & Lives on Maui HI. She travels to sacred sites around the Globe, sharing the gifts of Divine Love through Healing Light, Sound & Music. She is eternally inspired by the Divine Mother and here to honor & uplift the Divine Feminine in all. Her main instrument is her voice and guitar which she sings and plays with complete Devotion to the Divine. Om Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu.
http://www.premalovemusic.com/
May all beings be happy & free.

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Krista Herring

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Kaila Weaver

Shaela Noella

Colleen Buckman

Sarah Bethany

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Sara Tone

Mary Isis

Diane Patterson

Marya Stark

Mama Crow

Amber Lily