- Lavender Diamond
Lavender Diamond is a
Los Angeles -based Folk/country-popquartet known for its light-hearted, often winsome sound, its simple, romantic lyrics, and the charismatic, whimsical stage presence and ethereal vocals of frontwomanBecky Stark .History
While living in
Providence, Rhode Island , Stark began performing as Lavender Diamond in a play that she andpuppeteer Xander Marro wrote, created and toured with called "Birdsongs of the Bauharoque", [http://www.dustedmagazine.com/features/462] inspired by the work of artistPaul Laffoley . A self-produced CD of Stark's songs accompanied the tour in a hand-sewn,silkscreen ed sleeve. Lavender Diamond grew into a four-piece band after Stark relocated to Los Angeles. With the help of local patronsBrian Kaneda and Josh Scuteri, Lavender Diamond self-released a four-songEP and have performed at L.A.'sArthurFest , atSouth by Southwest in Austin, Texas, and at theCMJ New Music Seminar inNew York City . In 2006 Lavender Diamond signed toRough Trade Records inEurope , andMatador Records in the U.S., and toured and performed withThe Decemberists for three weeks.Becky Stark performs solo and has a band called The Mystical Unionists with
drummer /cartoonist Ron Regé Jr. Regé draws and Stark writes a Lavender Diamondcomic strip entitled "Peace Comics." Rege furnishes the band with all of its artwork.In November 2007, they released a cover of Madonna's song "Like A Prayer" on a charity/tribute record, "Through the Wilderness"
Members
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Becky Stark — vocals
* Steve Gregoropoulos —piano , vocals
*Ron Regé Jr. — drums
*Devon Williams —guitar , vocalsFormer Members
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Jeffrey Rosenberg —guitar , vocalsElvis Perkins also played guitar on the band's first single.Discography
* "Artifacts Of The Winged" 12-song solo CD (2003, self-released)
* "When Are You Coming Home?" b/w "Wild" (2003, self-released)
* "Cavalry of Light" EP (2005, self-released)
* Split 7" with Queens of Sheeba, Devendra Banhart (2005, Cold Sweat records)
* "Imagine Our Love " full-length album (2007)
*Through the Wilderness a tribute to Madonna onManimal Vinyl Records performing "Like A Prayer" (2007)ee also
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New Weird America External links
* [http://www.lavenderdiamond.com Official Site]
*Articles
* [http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/13883400/rolling_stones_10_artists_to_watch/3 Rolling Stone]
* [http://www.arthurmag.com/magpie/?p=2301 Arthur Magazine]
* [http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/notebook/2007/03/12/070312gonb_GOAT_notebook_frerejones New Yorker]
* [http://www.villagevoice.com/music/0721,wood,76788,22.html Village Voice]
* [http://www.laweekly.com/music/music/courier-of-joy/1062/ L.A. Weekly]
* [http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2007/05/27/lavender_diamonds_positive_glow/ Boston Globe]
* [http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=3090621&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312 ABC News]
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