PARALLEL LIVES Premieres at Joe's Pub

In 2018, Joe's Pub at The Public launched a new program The Vanguard Residency. The inaugural recipient of the award is Grammy-nominated, art and funk rock pioneer Nona Hendryx. She will use the series to present artists and work that are "antithetical to the normal,expected and accepted, the status quo." The year under Hendryx's distinctive curatorial guidance will also include long beloved shows like MAMAFUNK but also new shows like BERKLEE on BROADWAY, a showcase of Berklee students who take part in a spring break three-day trip to New York, immersed in Musical Theater & Cabaret Workshops, panels and performances.

Nona Hendryx (Creator/Director) will premiere her "PARALLEL LIVES" featuring an international roster of contemporary vocalists, is a global celebration of "Lady Day" (Billie Holiday) and the "Little Sparrow" (Edith Piaf). Two women born in the same year on different shores, speaking different languages, led paraell lives in manyways, yet never met or maybe they did, no one knows. They died 4 years apart in the cities they loved.

Guest Artists : Joey Arias, Tamar Kali, Liza Jesse Peterson, Kiki Hawkins and Musical Director Etienne Stadwjck.

Performances are Friday, January 5th and Saturday, January 6th@7PM and can be purchased at Joe's Pub at the Public (425 Lafayette St. NYC) www.joespub.com

Nona Hendryx (Director)

Revolutionary art-rock, new-wave goddess Nona Hendryx is a celebrated vocalist, record producer, songwriter, musician and author. Tackling social issues, love and politics, Hendryx's legendary career spans six decades of sound and style evolution. Longtime Nona Hendryx fans know her as one of the founding members of the 'girl group', Patti LaBelle & the Bluebelles. Patti, Sarah Dash and Nona morphed into the groundbreaking group Labelle, delivering a No.1 worldwide hit with 'Lady Marmalade' (Voulez Vous Coucher Avec Moi C'est Soir?)" Setting the world on fire with their theatrical performances and their costumes from feathers to silver bodysuits. Writing for Patti's amazing voice and the group's unique sound, Hendryx's songs-Can I Speak to You Before You Go to Hollywood, I Believe I Finally Made It Home, Space Children, You Turn Me On-rapidly became 'the voice of Labelle'. As a solo artist, Hendryx, has recorded and collaborated with an impressive line up of collaborators from all genres; Hip Hop, Rock, Funk and Jazz. (From Prince, Peter Gabriel, Talking Heads, Terri Lyne Carrington's Mosaic Project, Living Color, Afrika Bambaataa to George Clinton and P-Funk. In her 2012 album Mutatis Mutandis (Latin for changing those things which need to be changed), Hendryx lends the necessary gravitas to a striking rendition of Billie Holiday's Strange Fruit with a smoky vocal tessitura somewhere between funk and the end of the stratosphere.

Nona Hendryx (Director)

Revolutionary art-rock, new-wave goddess Nona Hendryx is a celebrated vocalist, record producer, songwriter, musician and author. Tackling social issues, love and politics, Hendryx's legendary career spans six decades of sound and style evolution. Longtime Nona Hendryx fans know her as one of the founding members of the 'girl group', Patti LaBelle & the Bluebelles. Patti, Sarah Dash and Nona morphed into the groundbreaking group Labelle, delivering a No.1 worldwide hit with 'Lady Marmalade' (Voulez Vous Coucher Avec Moi C'est Soir?)" Setting the world on fire with their theatrical performances and their costumes from feathers to silver bodysuits. Writing for Patti's amazing voice and the group's unique sound, Hendryx's songs-Can I Speak to You Before You Go to Hollywood, I Believe I Finally Made It Home, Space Children, You Turn Me On-rapidly became 'the voice of Labelle'. As a solo artist, Hendryx, has recorded and collaborated with an impressive line up of collaborators from all genres; Hip Hop, Rock, Funk and Jazz. (From Prince, Peter Gabriel, Talking Heads, Terri Lyne Carrington's Mosaic Project, Living Color, Afrika Bambaataa to George Clinton and P-Funk. In her 2012 album Mutatis Mutandis (Latin for changing those things which need to be changed), Hendryx lends the necessary gravitas to a striking rendition of Billie Holiday's Strange Fruit with a smoky vocal tessitura somewhere between funk and the end of the stratosphere.

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