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Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls
| (c) Kevin Yatarola
Also performing today: Otis Clay & The Platinum Band (8:45), Soulful Songwriters Circle (7:00) and The Triple Goddess Twilight Revue: Celebrating the Music of Laura Nyro (6:00)
Times are estimated set times for each artist.
The collective feminine spirit of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton, Nina Simone, and other great female musicians of color abides in the Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls All-Stars Band, a multigenerational supergroup of students, grads, and teaching artists, under the musical direction of drummer LaFrae Sci.
Sponsored by Toyota.
Roots of American Music is presented in association with the Ponderosa Stomp Foundation.
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29th Annual Roots of American Music Festival
Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls All-Stars Band: Sister Songwriters
Sat, August 11,
5:00pm
Damrosch Park Bandshell
