Three of Buffalo's top women songwriters
together on one stage.

Kilissa Cissoko
Noa Bursie
Annette Daniels Taylor

Rocking, bluesy, hip-hop, jazzy, soulful, ethereal, poetic, nuanced...

Saturday, July 1, 2006
Doors open at 8:00
$5 admission
Nietzsche's, 248 Allen Street, Buffalo, NY

From Harold Arlen to Ani DiFranco, songwriters are the life-blood of Buffalo’s original music scene. On July 1^st, three outstanding artists, Noa Bursie, Kilissa Cissoko and Annette Daniels Taylor, will join forces in what promises to be one of the hottest concerts of the summer!

The Hot Mamas Songwriters concert was conceived when women musicians, poets and dancers came together for Buffalo’s first Mamapalooza festival in May. Continuing in this spirit of collaboration, the Hot Mamas concert will foster an exchange of creative energy and passion. In a round-robin format, the performers will blend their talents, harmonizing, improvising and accompanying each other. Each songwriter will also present a set of her own music.

Noa Bursie, whose indie-released CD Talk Story is a best seller at New World Record, offers intelligently crafted lyrics with folk and jazz influenced vocals. She creates vivid, cinematic imagery with her songs. Comparisons to Tracy Chapman and Roberta Flack only begin to convey the subtle power of her singing and writing. Buffalo News critic Jeff Miers calls Bursie "a stunning technical musician and songwriter." Bursie infuses new life into the singer/songwriter genre with a distinctive and powerful spirit. Generating the vibe of 60’s legend, Richie Havens, the smoldering intensity of Nina Simone, the elegant, lyric poetry of Joni Mitchell, and the storytelling/songwriting dynamic of Stevie Wonder or James Taylor, Noa handles her Guild D50 like a Stradivarius, or a drum, or an impetuous lover, engaging the listener – offering a roadmap to sonorous landscapes that resonate with passion and conviction.

Kilissa Cissoko, renown on the folk/anti-folk scene in the 90’s as a member of the Jazzabels (and currently as a member of the Frank Zappa tribute band Voice of Cheez), makes her solo debut with an outpouring of songs in the alternative rock and soul vein. A multi-instrumentalist, she has produced her upcoming release Supersexy Girlfriend “Prince style” performing all the tracks herself. A master of melody, her tuneful choruses remain with the listener for days. From flirtatious love songs to political rants, she sings with jazz-nuanced phrasing and exuberant grace.

Annette Daniels Taylor, organizer of Mamapalooza 2006 Buffalo, serves up hip-hop, soul and poetry with a warm and powerful voice. A native of Staten Island, NYC’s forgotten borough, she developed a keen writer’s eye for conveying people, places and feelings. Her songs explore both the beauty and tensions of everyday life. Taylor is a writer in residence at the Langston Hughes Institute and a teaching artist with the Arts In Education Institute of Western New York. She will also be appearing as a finalist in the upcoming Nickel City Poetry Slam.

PLUS: At midnight catch the surfin’ dance grooves of The Waves, Buffalo’s Brit-Pop trio. Their energetic music is best described as "Velvet Surfpop.” Steve Elliott - Vocals, Guitar; Mustang Leavens - Drums, Vocals; Joe Maniaci - Bass, Vocals http://www.artistlaunch.com/thewaves