The Sam Reed Syndicate w/ Hurricane Party, Fankie Mona

at The Camel
Friday, April 17th
Doors 9pm, Show 9:30pm

Sam Reed is a soul music vocalist, yoga instructor and wellness coach from Chester, Va. Over the years her soulful, honest voice has settled well into genres such as r&b, rock, gospel, jazz, funk, and hip hop. This versatility comes naturally, but also spawns from influences like Nina Simone, Janis Joplin, Sharon Jones, Betty Davis as well as many artists from the rich music scene in her home, Richmond Virginia. It is in keeping with this duty that Sam Reed tells her own stories through song. Her album This Is Love produced by DJ Harrison continues to resonate as she builds her catalogue of uplifting, soothing, healing, loving, but also in your face and funky, sounds. Sam Reed is often recognized as the lead vocalist of Dance Candy, No BS! Brass and RVA classics the Photosynthesizers, as well background vocalist with music festival favorites Keller Williams Grateful Gospel.

The Hurricane Party hails from Richmond, Virginia; a foodie’s paradise with amazing street art which is also a hipster enclave that ranks third nationally in the consumption of Pabst’s Blue Ribbon and is in the top 5 of the most tattooed cities in the U.S. And Richmond is on the storm track for hurricanes that follow the gulf stream up from the Caribbean. So, if a hurricane is coming, why not have a hurricane party?

The influences and inspirations for each band member are so different but what they found when they came together was the denominator that all of the music they liked had in common; the roots of American music.

You should listen to their music if you’d like to forget your cares for a while, elevate your mood or need an excuse to dance with an attractive stranger.

Their live shows are a trip down a funky gravel road in the South with no cell service. Always a good time, The Hurricane Party considers one of their high energy live shows a success when everybody dances and they get to meet their fans.

Everything is temporary. The past swallows moments as fast as they occur, and the future is uncertain. But somewhere in the ceaseless Hurricane of time there is always a Party going on.

Frankie Mona is the alternative R&B project of Virginia-native, Tanner Rowe, combining elements of indie-pop, soul, and lo-fi to evoke the likes of Remi Wolf, Santigold, Leon Thomas, Clairo, Sault, & PinkPantheress.

Currently based in Charlottesville, VA, Frankie Mona performs live as a 5-piece band comprised of musicians spawned from the University of Virginia music scene — Tanner Rowe (bass, vocals) Johnny Visioni (guitar), Dana Sun (guitar, saxophone), Raghav Vasudeva (drums), and Isa Rodriguez (keyboard).

Frankie Mona makes love songs for those who struggle to find strength in softness, navigating themes of duality as a means to challenge her own black and white thinking.