Soirée: Girl Power! Stephanie, Joanna, LRAD, Sadie

Soirée: Girl Power! Stephanie, Joanna, LRAD, Sadie

Join us at Howlers as the one and only, Stephanie Nilles makes a midwinter Yule visit on the night after the winter solstice..

Chicago-born jazz/punk/barrelhouse musician Stephanie Nilles has been doin' Kesey proud one bar at a time since 2008, hustling around the United States, Europe, and Canada (except from 2009-2010 for legal reasons), averaging 150 gigs a year, and captivating unsuspecting listeners with a voice that would make Jelly Roll Morton look orthodox and Ma Rainey look sober.

Having studied piano and cello since the age of six, she was a finalist at the Young Concert Artists' International Competition, a gold medalist at the Fischoff Competition, and had performed on NPR on three occasions by the age of seventeen. At twenty-two, she had graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Music with a degree in classical piano performance and temporarily relocated to New York City, where she began writing songs and performed regularly on the east village anti-folk scene while making a living working odd jobs as a dog walker, valet parking attendant, Italian coffee bar barista, ghostwriter, and research assistant to a blind bioethicist at an all boys' Jewish university.

She has since sung with Bobby McFerrin in Carnegie Hall, directed the musical program of a Brooklyn burlesque series, covered Busta Rhymes' "Break Ya Neck" in the skeletal remains of a bombed-out cathedral in Nuremberg, been invited to perform official showcases at SXSW and International Folk Alliance, and self-released 5 full-length albums, three of which were picked up for European release by German roots/blues label Tradition und Moderne (Taj Mahal, John Fahey).

When Stephanie's not sleeping in her car, she lives in New Orleans, which might not be the best idea.

This time through.. Stephanie will be showcasing her newest project.. .The Harbinger (Shakespeare's Othello as operatic radio play re-set in post-Katrina New Orleans)

Joining this amazing night of female talent..
Joanna Lowe of Cup-A-Jo Productions.. Joanna self describes herself as "Actor, spoken word artist, producer, mom... insane." We just call her amazing.. Check out her latest stuff here:
https://ceeteecee.bandcamp.com/album/the-occasional-epiphany

LRAD provides haunting, emotional outbursts of sound and harmony.. She is both thought provoking and funny, loud and hushed.. outspoken, yet somehow, demure.. Check out her newest tunes.. https://lrad.bandcamp.com/track/morning-glorious-go-where-yr-heart-lie

Sadie from Neptune (a/k/a Sadie Freund) a more recent addition to the local scene.. performs beautiful music with a sweet vocal and guitar driven harmony.. both her own compositions and covers..
You can check her out here..
https://soundcloud.com/sadie-price

It'll be a great night to take a break from all the holiday rush.. you'll laugh and cry.. You'll sing and hum along..

$5 to the performers (yeah, we know you spent all your money on the kids amirite?)

Lets hear it for the Girls!!