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A Bluesy Brunch with Rhonda Benin
An afternoon of food and music steeped in the richness of the black experience. Join Mills Colleges Black Students Collective, BHM365, The Center @ Mills and The Department of Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Well listen to some great music and dine on some of the best soul food this side of the Mississippi.
Benins got a coolly hip vocal, with a bit of hush and sugar and an undercurrent of big booming power. She can bend notes with a bass, talk serenade with a piano and steam the kettle from the drums.
Ran Pacifica Tribune
San Francisco Bay Area vocalist, Rhonda Benin has earned a reputation for not just a good voice but showmanship, magnetic stage personality, humor, and of course her great dancing. Rhondas impressive resume includes performances at SF Jazz, Yoshis, MOAD, The Healdsburg, Sonoma, Burlingame, Sausalito, Filmore, and Calistoga Jazz Festivals. In the summer of 2012, Rhonda traveled to Hangzhou, China for a 3-month engagement at the JZ Jazz Club and was 2014 USA headliner for The Kigali Up Music Festival in Kigali, Rwanda. In addition to singing, Rhonda is a producer and founder of the annual Womens History Month show Just Like A Woman a tribute to Bay Area Women In Music. Benin is a 26-year member of The GRAMMY-nominated vocal ensemble Linda Tillery and The Cultural Heritage. She appears on the CHCs 7 Cds and has toured 30 countries performing and recording with legendary artists such as Taj Mahal, Wilson Pickett, Richie Havens, Odetta. Al Green, Keb Mo, Santana, Patti Austin, Janis Ian, Jackson Brown, Hugh Masekela & Sweet Honey In The Rock.
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LocationRothwell Center, 101 (View)
5000 MacArthur Boulevard
Oakland, CA 94613
United States
Categories
| Minimum Age: 14 |
| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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