DYKE NIGHT • SPECIAL EVENTS • LIVE MUSIC

Thursday April 8th 2004

ACOUSTIC MUSIC SHOWCASE
IRINA RIVKIN www.rosestreetmusic.com/irinarivkin 
Outmusic Awards Recipient for OutSong of the Year
2003, Indiegrrl performer, Rose Street founder and
singer-songwriter Irina Rivkin has performed for 25
years, from her childhood singing Russian folk and
American Jazz in a family band, to performing her own
songs for the last decade, always mixing solo work
with collaborations. Her gutsy originals journey into the personal and political, with occasional travels into Russian and Spanish language lyrics. Her full-length CD
“upwelling” is released on Rose Street Records April.

“irina is a gift… her voice is pure and you can hear the sincerity… it is a special thing … her true soul shines through and it makes your heart smile.”--SONiA of Disappear Fear
“Insightful lyrics that bite back!”--Helen Walsh, ArtJuju Producer
STEPH FURNESS www.stephfurness.com
Steph Furness is the founder of Aviatrix Productions,
a record label/artist community/distro/pr engine based
in New Hope, PA, on which she currently has two
recordings.  She has opened for nationally-renowned artists such as slam poet Alix Olson and Wishing Chair, and received a “Your Vote Your Choice” award in 2002 for her song, “Build it Up” from her debut CD, “aviatrix”. Steph has been singing in front of audiences since age 6 and claims voice as her first instrument. Her guitar and
songwriting styles are ever-evolving, and have grown
to include blues, rock and punk. Steph’s “Warm Blanket - EP” available at www.cdbaby.com.

"Very few sounds are as beautiful as those that Steph Furness creates with her guitar. She has a gift of being able to transport her musical visions right to our hearts. I love listening to her music. One feels like they are peeking into the pages of her journal and her life." --Jade Esteban Estrada, Vicarious New York

CHERRY JOHNSON  www.zebox.com/collette
was started in early 2004 by best friend team Liz Ballbach and Col Howe. Col paired her eclectic mix of original songs with Liz's smokey vocals, and the band was born. In the girls' spare time, they are students at Boston's Suffolk University.