"Sometimes, when the world keeps moving so fast, you catch whiplash from each breaking news alert, you need music-more importantly, a singer-songwriter that's going to tell the truth, but also slow it down so the sentiment can sink in, as opposed to bouncing from one topic to another. Enter Amelia Ray. The San Francisco native, writer, and composer, nicknamed the Beatles' long-lost soul sister, has performed with pianist Adrienne Torf, Chinese dulcimer instrumentalist Chao Tian, and trumpeter and composer Michael Sarian."
"As I've said previously, but hear me now on this: She will make you feel something in performance. Albeit a chuckle-she's a character-or a heartstring pull that comes out of the blue. According to her site, "Ray's 31-year career has spanned the fields of music, literature, performance art, film, and humanitarianism," but hey, that's what storytellers of the highest regard do: relate experiences that connect us all."
The Castro Theatre has been renamed 'The Castro' and reopens in February with a Sam Smith residency. Amelia Ray performs Saturday at The Back Room in Berkeley, bringing soulful singer-songwriter material that slows tempo so sentiment can sink in. Ray is a San Francisco native, writer, and composer nicknamed the Beatles' long-lost soul sister, who has performed with Adrienne Torf, Chao Tian, and Michael Sarian. Ray's 31-year career spans music, literature, performance art, film, and humanitarianism. The Los Angeles-based experimental jazz supergroup SML channels a Fela-on-acid aesthetic with bassist Anna Butterss, synthesist Jeremiah Chiu, and saxophonist Josh Johnson.
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