May 10, 2009

Zee Avi -- FREE INSTORE

Zee Avi Free In-store Performance
Tuesday, May 19th - 7:00pm

Zee Avi is the latest signing to Jack Johnson's Brushfire label and she benefits greatly from the association; her studio band features Adam and Merlo from Jack's band and her touring band boasts James and Mitch from Matt Costa's band, both are great associations for a fresh faced new songwriting voice, and happily, Zee manages to meet the "worthy" requirements. Her story began to pick up steam when she was spotted on Youtube by White Stripes and The Shins manager, Ian Montone, which led to her recording at the Brushfire studio and well the tiles just kept falling into place for her, a great track on the Brushfire Christmas album, the aforementioned studio help, and comparisons ranging from Cat Power and Regina Spektor to Leonard Cohen and Jolie Holland, with a stop along the way to wave at jazz greats like Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald. We are very happy to host her first in-store and to help her generate a little street-date excitement for her debut, self-titled album.

Check her myspace page for a few samples.

Also, you can get a bit more in-depth at her youtube page.

This is a great opportunity to catch a rising star as they used to say, and if you're into saying "I was there", this is about as close as you can get. The guest list is open now, call us if you'd like to attend. 562)433-4996

Click to pre-buy her self titled debut.