They love our artists, so will you! Or did you already fall in love? Or perhaps you saw an artists you liked at the Tuesday Night Café? Want to learn more about our artists or are curious as to who performs on a regular basis? Look no further because you can find all our resident artists below!
Website: www.18mmw.com
Quite possibly the world’s most psychotic Asian American Theatrical Comedy group, the Warriors have been together since 1994 and in that time have created 12 all-new material feature shows, 3 original collaborations with Culture Clash, Campo Santo and Latina Theatre Lab, and performed in New York City, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Chicago, Houston, and Phoenix, among other cities. Inspired by groups such as Monty Python’s Flying Circus, Culture Clash, SNL, and Kids in the Hall, their irreverent style of skit comedy ranges from slapstick to political and takes no prisoners.
Website: www.likewatchwork.com
Website: www.alfienumeric.com
Alfie (aka alfie numeric) became a modern day urban warrior — a hunter and gatherer. She now works as an artist aka your typical Jill-of-all-Trades: graphic designer/illustrator/visual artist, writer, producer, performer (theater and live painting), teacher/lecturer, and organizer/activist while holding down a day job that allows her to daydream.
Her style is best described as underground urban. Much of her influences come from the Los Angeles culture buzzing around her — the music in her Ipod, the Pilipino Family dynamics, graphic design, city life, the diverse multi-cultural population, 60’s-70’s cartoons, mythology, and Frida Kahlo.
Website: www.myspace.com/alisonmdelacruz
Alison is a multi-disciplinary theatre artist and community-based cultural organizer. Her theater work has been presented throughout the country including: the Center Theatre Group’s Kirk Douglas Theatre, the Northwest Asian American Theatre, and the Yerba Buena Center for the Performing Arts. She is a theatre educator for Shakespeare Festival/LA’s Play on! and Will Power to Youth programs and East West Players’ PEAC Program. Alison is also the writer, narrator and Associate Producer for the Visual Communications documentary “Grassroots Rising: Asian Immigrant Workers in Los Angeles.”
Website: andrewandthebrots.com
Andrew Figueroa Chiang is every bit an entertainer. A sweet-voiced, soul-pop songwriter with a genuine love of performing, Andrew has the unique ability to transform any space into a joyful one. His disarming charm, off-the-cuff comedy, and heartfelt delivery make his shows both moving and fun.
This year, Andrew released his first EP!
The self-titled, acoustic record is full of earnest performances, energetic arrangements, and big harmonies. An independent undertaking, the EP was produced by Brendan McCreary and mastered by Carl Saff. Take a listen here!
Andrew is currently playing solo and with his band – the Blazing Rays of the Sun. He thinks it would be very nice to meet you.
Website: www.coldtofu.com
COLD TOFU is the nation’s premier Asian American comedy improv and sketch group. It is dedicated to promoting diverse images of Asian Pacific Americans through comedy and to developing multiethnic talent through education and performance. In addition to performing all over Southern California, COLD TOFU has performed throughout the nation in cities like San Jose, Seattle, Houston, New York and Washington, D.C. (the Smithsonian Institute). The group has also performed and taught workshops at several campuses such as USC, UCLA, UC Santa Barbara, UC Riverside, Pomona College and the University of Washington.
Website: www.myspace.com/worldofapplesauce
Website: www.dawen.us
With what MTV Iggy calls, “an eclectically soulful style,” soul/r&b singer Dawen explores the gamut of American life, from identity to social issues, to love, loss and redemption. Fusing the grooves of funk and jazz, Dawen offers up a lyrical style that appeals to both the emotions and intellect.
His debut album American Me is available now on iTunes and Amazon. The music video for his single “Wake Up” is on YouTube.
Website: www.antsound.com
Ant is currently a sound engineer, running sound for many community based organizations such as Tuesday Night Cafe and Projekt Newspeak, and also runs large cultural festivals such as Artwallah and FPAC. He is also a recording engineer, and does demos and preproduction recordings for local artists in his home studio.
In 2003 Ant used his musical background to help him learn how to DJ. He spins hip hop, old school, reggae, 80′s, disco, funk, and everything inbetween. Ant spins for various community events in LA, as well as nightclubs, private parties, and weddings.
Website: www.myspace.com/djlino
Website: www.waxstyles.net
Website: durwoodmusic.net
Golda Inquito and Gertie Meza are the singing-songwriting duo Durwood. Durwood blends rich harmonies with bright sounds, unforgettable melodies and impassioned lyrics. Native Los Angelenos, Durwood was born of the diverse influences of their community, the Los Angeles rapid transportation district, the records played on repeat during dinners and weekends by their music enthusiast family members, the inspiring and unassuming heroes of their youth and the sheer desire to get out of their parent’s house.
Website: www.theundeniables.org
Website: mistacookiejar.com
Mista Cookie Jar (aka C.J. Pizarro) is an LA children’s music performer/producer. He performs daily as a “Strolling Minstrel” at Oceanview Convalescent Hospital in Santa Monica. He is currently promoting his multi-genre children’s album, “The Love Bubble” which features his girlfriend’s children along with numerous musical artists from around the world on each track.
Website: www.shinkawasaki.com
Shinichiro moved to Los Angeles in 1999, where he started performing live and recording as a guitarist. He has worked with Lee Takasugi and Visiting Violette, drummer Chili Charles and his group KUFU, singer/songwriter Todd Widell, Hollywood Records artist Marie Digby, Emmy-winning composer Misha Segal, and co-founded Los Desnudos who was one of the finalists for 2007 Independent Music Awards (Jam category) with Geoff Haba on drums of Mother Tongue fame. He can be seen performing at Grand Star Jazz Club in L.A.’s Chinatown, hosting MidTones; an Eclectic Open Jam which takes place on 1st and 3rd Wednesdays every month.
Website: skimvillage.wordpress.com
Drawing from each of her experiences and environments, she articulates herself through the music she creates, and captivates her audiences with raw honesty and humor. Skim mixes revolutionary visions and fiery rap lyrics with her sultry singing, while strumming a guitar. Her rhythm and percussion flows with the passion of her Corean ancestry. Raised in New York City and presented in Los Angeles, she fuses the consciousness of third world peoples with the urban streets of U.S. cities.
SKIM convinces ears to listen, bodies to dance, and hearts to open.
Website: www.soundcloud.com/suejin
Sue Jin is a soulful singer/songwriter from Los Angeles who has performed on both television and radio.As an educator, she fuses her love for music with her advocacy of women, children in the communities she serves.It is her goal to not only broaden the lens of Asian American talent as portrayed in mainstream media, but to represent positive alternatives to the female images thatcurrently serve as models in society.
Website: www.fightingcocksmusic.com
The Fighting Cocks is a band from Los Angeles, California. The band was formed in 2008 by vocalist Johneric Concordia, guitarist Cyril Cueva, and drummer Roman Cueva. Bassist David Tran later joined the band in 2009 to solidify a spot briefly held by a rotation of friends and magicians.
Members of the band met and congregated during the Tuesday Night Café series of open mics held every summer the past 10 years. Their influences range widely from reggae, rock, folk, and soul- to many things in the in between.
The band will hit the studios in March 2010 to record their first EP slated for a Summer 2010 release.