SONiA & disappear fear
with guest artist NAMOLI BRENNET
SONiA's duel career — half groundbreaking singer-songwriter, half brave political activist — reaches new heights on the new CD, Tango. Comprising a dozen songs recorded in Spanish, Hebrew, Arabic and English, the album not only reverberates with a unique kind of Middle Eastern-Latin pop. It also constitutes SONiA’s strongest depiction to date of what it would mean to live life in a world without fear. (More info about SONiA here.)
Opening | SONiA's Fri concert will feature guest artist Namoli Brennet. What kind of a name is Namoli? An idiosyncratic one for sure. Perhaps it's better to call it a queer one. And like most good, queer names, Namoli Brennet came up with it almost by accident. "Someone asked me, 'How do you describe yourself?'" recalls Brennet, "And I said, 'I don't really know — I guess I see myself as an anomaly.'" A few spelling twists later, Namoli was born.
Brennet is an anomaly in more than just her name, however; she's "gender variant." She finds the term more appropriate for her than merely transgender (though she uses that one, as well). Primarily, though, she's a folk-oriented singer-songwriter, one who refuses to shun pop or electronic instruments, or to stick to one genre. And it's her music that's getting her noticed. Performing Songwriter says "Brennet sings and plays with an intensity and intelligence that can't be ignored."
Fri Oct 19 | 8 pm
CSPS | 1103 Third St SE | Cedar Rapids
$12 advance | $15 day of show

Get tickets
Go to SONiA's Web site or Namoli Brennet's
Click here for a downloadable flyer (PDF)
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