 Sista
Monica (US)
Ho
syng soul som Aretha Franklin, ho har stemmekrafta til Etta James,
gospelrøtene til Mavis Staples, "the funky groove" til
James Brown og "the fun-loving spirit" til Katie Webster.
Sista Monica er ein av dei heitaste
kvinneleg blues- soul og gospelsongarane i verda i dag. Ho har
gitt ut 6 cd-ar og kjem ut med ny plate den 6. juni. Ho har delt
scene med Buddy Guy, Ray Charles, Dr. John, John Lee Hooker og Etta
James. Ho er eit fyrverkeri som går på scenen i bluesteltet i
Skånevik laurdag kveld den 2. juli.
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An award-winning singer/songwriter and
record producer, Sista Monica is one of the hottest contemporary
female blues, soul and gospel singers on the international music scene
today. She writes, produces, performs and tours in support of her
original music. To date, she has produced and recorded six (6) full
length CDs on Mo Muscle Records Entertainment her independent record
label located in Santa Cruz, California. A seventh (7th) electrifying
Chicago-style blues, soul, funk and gospel CD is coming the spring of
2005 entitled “ Can’t Keep A Good Woman Down ”.
She and her world-class band have
shared stages with Buddy Guy in Spain, the late Ray Charles in
Montreal, Dr. John in Belgium, Deborah Coleman in Venezuela, John Lee
Hooker in San Francisco, Little Milton in The United Kingdom, Etta
James in Monterey, Luther Allison in Holland and other artists in
landmarks across the globe.
She is a new recipient of the
“Artist Of The Year Award 2005” for all of Santa Cruz County
recognizing her talents and community service. She has the program
director spearheading the Tsunami
Relief Musical Benefit Concert featuring musicians and artist in the
Bay Area. This event raised thousands of dollars that went directly to
Oxfam, Save The Children, and Humanities for Habitat.
In 2002 Sista Monica received the
“Artist of the Year Award” at the prestigious 17 th Annual
Monterey Bay Blues Festival. Also in November of 2002, Monica
completed a seventeen (17) concert tour in The Netherlands with Eddie
Clearwater and Sherman Roberts. Upon return, she discovered a lump
under her right arm that was soon diagnosed as a rare form of cancer -
Synovial Sarcoma.
Determined to sing and live out her purpose, she underwent more than
eighteen (18) months of aggressive chemotherapy,
surgery, radiation and physical therapy to regain mobility in her
microphone holding hand and arm.
In 2004 after treatments, She wrote
two contemporary gospel songs “All Things Are Possible” and “Why
Did You Leave My Child?” then compiled some Soul and Jazz standards
remembering Ray Charles and Dinah Washington in a healing and
inspirational CD “Love,
Soul & Spirit vol. 1” .... 
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