Songs For The People: Mikayla Braun, Josh Benitez, iCon Sibley, Sariyah Idan

Wed Apr 02 2025 at 06:30 pm to 10:00 pm UTC-05:00

Cafe Istanbul | New Orleans

Sariyah Idan
Publisher/HostSariyah Idan
Songs For The People: Mikayla Braun, Josh Benitez, iCon Sibley, Sariyah Idan
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WEDS APRIL 2: Songs For The People is back, now at Cafe Istanbul. Four original songwriters/poets performing in the round. All ticket profits in April will benefit One Book One New Orleans, $10-20 at door. NOTAFLOF.

ONE BOOK ONE NEW ORLEANS is a nonprofit organization that supports literacy, builds community, and promotes meaningful dialogue between people of diverse backgrounds. https://onebookonenola.org/

MIKAYLA BRAUN has embedded herself in the New Orleans music community over the past dozen years, collaborating with local bands & bringing her original music from the streets of the French Quarter to the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Her genre bending style reflects the fusion of jazz, funk, folk, & soul. Her emotionally driven lyrics delivered by her velvety rich voice creates an atmosphere of warmth for her listeners wherever she performs. https://www.mikaylabraunmusic.com/

JOSH BENITEZ aka Baby Josh, is a lifelong New Orleans resident, musician, & activist. He first began to play music at 13 and has since gone on to tour in England, France, & The US. He has performed with The Soul Rebels, Big Sam’s Funky Nation, & in an opening act for P-Funk. However, his music stretches across genres and reflects personal experiences with surviving traumas, growing up in the city, & with activism. https://joshbenitezmusic.bandcamp.com/

SHA'CONDRIA “iCON” SICES-SIBLEY, Louisiana native & longtime New Orleans-based poet, multi-inspired artist, verbal healer, and visionary, whose work spans across page, stage, canvas, music, talk radio, and short film. A champion of poetry and art as healing and liberation tools, she brings workshops to schools, universities, prisons, juvenile detention centers, conferences & festivals, & produces community-centered arts-driven events. https://icontheartist.com/

SARIYAH IDAN (curator/host/artist) singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist & producer with influences extending into jazz, world folk, & soul. Her unique sonics & poetic lyrics address struggle, love, social justice, & healing. She HAS rocked iconic venues The Kennedy Center in DC, & The New Orleans Jazz Museum for FQF. A regular street performer, she is known as “the most hauntingly beautiful voice of the French Quarter streets.” https://www.sariyahidan.com/
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Cafe Istanbul, Arbor House Floral, 2267 St Claude Ave, New Orleans, LA 70117, United States,New Orleans, Louisiana

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