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Moviate presents ZOH AMBA live at Little Amps on TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 16th, doors at 6pm. Zoh Amba is a songwriter, composer and multi-instrumentalist from Tennessee residing in New York.
She began her musical journey steeped in the musical traditions of the South and has taken it from coast to coast and is mainly known as a saxophonist who blends avant-garde, noise, and devotional hymns, though has not shied from incorporating folk melodies into that world.
Over the past several years Amba has been also been focusing on writing songs on guitar with lyrics that come from the heart and her love of nature and experiences.
She has been performing her folk songs primarily in NYC both solo and with her band consisting of Adam Brisben (Buck Meek) also on guitar and Jeremy Gustin (Joan is Police Woman) on drums but also performs solo.
Throughout the years Zoh has collaborated with a variety of high profile musicians such Glen Hansard, Tyshawn Sorey, Bill Orcutt, Brian Chase (Yeah Yeah Yeahs), Jim White (Dirty Three), etc.
Amba has performed at well respected venues and festivals all over the world and has taught workshops and masterclasses at institutions such as New School (NY), Oberlin (OH), and various European festivals.
Check out this video by Zoh:
(photo credit: AJ MORALES)
support from TARA TOMS!
Tara Toms is a writer, improviser, mover, and vocalist based in Harrisburg, PA. She performs and tours widely as a solo artist and member of the Open Music ensemble.
Themes of her work include solitude, nonduality, dissonance, and devotion.
Tara has been making music, poetry, drawings, field recordings, performance art, movement, interactive sound installations, and free improv for 18 years. She has held leadership roles in several arts festivals, concert series, mentorship programs, and improvisation workshops. In October 2024 she performed lead voice on Robert Ashley's avant-garde opera Perfect Lives.
As an experimental and process-based composer, she has focused primarily on graphic scoring and long form text-based works for small groups of voices. As an improviser, she works with automatic speech & writing, visualization practices, and live explorations of the personal unconscious. She also writes simple country love songs. She cites the psychedelic pine tree across from her house as a major influence. More work can be found at www.drawnonward.net and socal: ig: @tara.toms
$10 suggested donation goes directly to touring artist.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Little Amps Coffee Roasters, 133 State St,Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States
