Artist description Black Flamingo is fun, honest, REAL for a girl, wild and sweet, sophisticated punk, unpolished diamond, never a song in words you can't understand, intruigingly sexy locked away in a cupie doll......she sings about serious things in a non-threatening way, always making people leave smiling.

Music Style Punky pop, Madonna has my mother's birthday...what more can i say??!

Musical Influences The Waitresses, Neil Young, The Prissteens, Tom Waits, PJ Harvey, Loudain Wainwright III, old James Taylor...Joni Mitchell...Cat Stevens

Similar Artists Liz Phair, Laurie Anderson, Christine Lavin, Xray Specs, X , Ani DiFranco, Dan Bern, Jill Sobule, if madonna & cyndi lauper had al ittle sister...it would be me

Artist History Performing for the last 10 years all over NYC ...with a band, as a duo and as a solo artist. Founded Music & Love -- an organization that produces benefits for all sorts of charities, primarily AIDS related.

Group Members Black Flamingo and The Musical Chairs...Miwa~bass, Sharon Jaffers~drummergrrl

Instruments Always vocals and guitar, a lot of times with bass, sometimes drums, too, been known to throw in friends...violin, mandolin, always daring and into a new experience....

Albums Black Flamingo

Press Reviews New York Daily News, The Resident, The Big Apple Parents Paper, Jewish Week, Paper Magazine, The Village Voice, New York Press, The New York Times, The UK Ramones Fan Club NewsletterHometown: New York, NY, United States A talented singer-songwriter invests her Urban Folk songs with a smart, Indie edge. Acoustic guitars, double-tracked vocals and sharp insights push these considerably substantial songs beyond the limits of standard coffeehouse fare. Imagine Liz Phair's shock-value sexuality toned down a bit but retaining the all-out hook power and indie-cred cool.

Location NYC, ny - USA

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