Mamarama Book Tour

Book Party!
> February 16th @ 7 P.M.
Books & Books 265 Aragon Ave. Coral Gables, FL; with DJ Vickie Starr from New York (Read more about DJ Vickie Starr) and the band MaWoN will be performing (Read more about MaWoN )

> March 2nd @ 4 P.M.
Sarah Doyle Women's Center; 26 Benevolent Street, Providence, RI

> March 3rd 2-4 P.M.
Bowery Poetry Club 308 Bowery New York, NY

> March 18th @ 2.30 P.M.
BookWoman 918 W 12 Street, Austin, TX

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Vickie Starr has worked in and around music for almost two decades. She got her start producing a weekly radio show called "Ghosts in the Machine", focusing on women in music, which ran on WBAI (99.5 FM) in New York City from 1988 to 1995.She was the music editor of Outweek, a national queer weekly magazine, from 1989-91, and was a freelance music critic from 1991-94, during which time she also wrote "All You Get is Me" (Random House), a biography of k.d. lang. In 1994 she became co-owner of Girlie Action, a music PR and marketing company that she runs with her partner Felice Ecker. Clients over the past 13 years have included the White Stripes, No Doubt, PJ Harvey, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Morrissey, Marianne Faithful, Courtney Love, Nancy Sinatra, Beth Orton, Le Tigre, the Gossip, and hundreds of other acts. Girlie Action also represents the Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls, a non-profit summer "band camp" for girls 8-18. Vickie lives with her two children, Kali and
Nicky, in Brooklyn.

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MaWoN plays a wide range of rhythms that span from traditional Haitian Roots, to Konpa, Reggae and R&B. The name MaWoN stems from Haitian history; it is the name of the first group of slaves to escape the plantations, head to the mountains, and form their own communities. Their rebellion eventually led to the freedom movement and the formation of the first free black republic in the world. When asked, they will tell you that: “MaWoN is a cultural rebellion, a refusal to accept boundaries and categories. Our culture is so rich, we have so many distinct rhythms that it is impossible for us not to incorporate them into our sound, but we are not limited by anything. We just want to present good music to the world.” Their musical poems and distinctive sound keep you engaged and bring you to the heart of subjects stemming from love, to world events, to the issues surrounding Haiti and the Third World. They are currently in the studio recording their first album. They have already created a buzz in the community from their many local performances and the album is highly anticipated.