Tika Simone Presents:
Intimate & Interactive Open Mic
With TANIKA CHARLES[color=#FF8000][/color]
Live Performance & Artist/Audience Q&A
Toronto's only AUDITION-ONLY OPEN MIC with a HEADLINER each and every FRIDAY!
A night specifically designed for music lovers and music appreciators.
Lambadina Lounge
875 Ossington Ave. (2nd floor.) TTC accessible (right across from Ossington Station)
FRIDAY, JULY 16TH
Hosted by: MTV's Tika Simone
With: DJ OMADA
$10 before 11pm/ $15 after
Doors Open @ 10pm
ALL FLYERS, PHOTOGRAPHS & CREATIVE FOR INTIMATE & INTERACTIVE by: Ishmil Waterman -- http://WWW.ISHPHO.COM
http://www.twitter.com/iiopenmic
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Intimate & Interactive Open Mic was created to bring a sense of awareness around not only performance art but the art of media training in artists as well. Every headliner has been hand-selected to perform and answer questions from the audience in regards to their push and struggle to the top.
Intimate & Interactive proves that everyone has a story and Toronto has many unknown diamonds in the rough ready to take form.
I've put my all into this night and I hope to see all of you there.
--Tika Simone
***For Open Mic or Headliner Auditions please email: intimateandinteractive@gmail.com***
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TANIKA CHARLES BIO:
Love isn't an emotion or an instinct - it's an art. – Mae West
Closing your eyes might help you imagine West boldly sashaying across the screen, a wake of affected men left undeniably helpless in her thrall. If you’ve ever been left in that position, then you can understand Mz. Chawls’ potion of soul magic. At once a study in stunning contrasts, like platinum butterfly wings, the Toronto born Edmonton raised Mz.Chawls operates in a sonic timecapsule possessing the assurance of Inez Foxx, the vulnerability of Tammi Terrel, and the smoldering intensity of Betty Wright. Mz.Chawls is the Truth. Soul music seems to have come full circle with the re-introduction of greats like Al Green and Lee Fields to a younger audience, and now Tanika Charles marks its completion. The Toronto press concurs, as Now Magazine voted Tanika as best R&B singer of 2008.
The passion, heartache and hell fury of a woman scorned are captured with crystal clarity and conviction on Charles’s smouldering 60s-esque ballad Think Of You, which hints at even greater things to come. - Now MAGAZINE
The completion of her debut solo Ep “What? What! What?!” in March 2010 marks a pivotal point in the transformation of Mz.Chawls from vocal deity into soul goddess. Equal parts epic heartache and a yearning call for love the album highlights the transformative powers of love, from lust-filled enthusiasm to break-up and make-ups, Tanika Charles has created an emotional expose on love. For the Ep’s forthcoming single, “Sillyhappywild”, Mz. Chawls teams with hot T-dot up and comer Rich Kidd to stir the pot in an bumpin’ collaboration sure to set the tone. With a release party in early May and her first video scheduled for a summer release, Mz. Chawls expects to kick off a busy year.
Tanika cut her teeth as a touring vocalist with Bedouin Soundclash and music wunderkind Zaki Ibrahim. During a tour of South Africa in 2009, the friendship between Zaki and Tanika became a cocoon for the creative partnership seeding “What? What! What?!”, highlighted by Ibrahim’s executive producer status. This time though, Mz.Chawls has taken over, with an Ep showcasing not only an established Soul talent, but a maturing songwriter and musical arranger. But really, it’s the raw honesty of her voice, equal parts honey and brandy, that tucks you in and puts you to bed.
Mae West would have approved.
Her project will be surrounded by a strong team of inspiring artists as well as support from IQRA Music.
With all of her talents and energy, there is no question that this unbelievable artist will be able to represent Canada and take the world by storm.
myspace.com/tanikacharles
