Rose Ann Dimalanta

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Name = RAD.


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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Rose Ann Dimalanta
Alias = RAD.
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Origin = Oakland, California flagicon|USA
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Genre = R&B, Soul
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Years_active = 1992–present
Label = 7 Bridges Recordings
Associated_acts = Tower of Power, Prince, Santana, Tania Maria
URL = [http://www.radmusic.com radmusic.com]
Current_members = Rose Ann Dimalanta, Ray Obiedo, Eric Leeds, Marc van Wageningen, Billy Johnson
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Notable_instruments = keyboards

Rose Ann Dimalanta, RAD. is a singer-songwriter and keyboardist from Oakland. She fluently moves through funk, brazilian, afro-cuban and r&b styles and has been described as the "Tania Maria of Funk".

Biography

Rose Ann Dimalanta, a.k.a RAD., grew up in Oakland, California and began playing piano at the age of 4. In 1990, she completed her jazz studies at U.C. Berkeley. By this time, she had already played alongside Bay Area jazz greats like Pete Escovedo and was quickly recognized as an exceptionally talented pianist. In 1988, she met Sound Engineering student Michael Kirsch at the "College for Recording Arts" in San Francisco. The two were married in 1991 and Rose Ann moved to Kirsch's hometown Hamburg, Germany. In 1992, she started her solo project RAD. with the first release "radified" on her husband's record label, Soulciety Records. The record instantly won critical acclaim and sold over 50 000 units independently. The following years brought collaborations with Tower of Power, Roger Troutman, Howard Johnson, Marc Russo of the Yellow Jackets, Sheila E. and others. After leaving the label Soulciety Records in 1996, both RAD. and Kirsch moved back to the San Francisco Bay Area and started attracting an all star cast of musicians to the project, including jazz guitarist Ray Obiedo and Tower of Power drummer David Garibaldi. RAD.'s band and live concerts have been a favorite among musicians everywhere and word about her talents traveled to Prince's Paisley Park in Minneapolis, MN. Prince invited RAD. to join his band, the New Power Generation which she did for his Musicology tours in 2003 and 2004. RAD. left the New Power Generation to focus more on her new born daughter and finish work on the album "East Babe" which was released on hers and Kirsch's label 7 Bridges Recordings in 2007. She has been touring in 2007 and 2008 with long time Prince saxophonist Eric Leeds and long time Santana drummer Billy Johnson alongside Jazz guitarist Ray Obiedo and bass talent Marc van Wageningen. A live album with this band "Live in Japan" was released in early 2008.

Discography

radified (Soulciety Records, 1992) Gotta Be (Soulciety Records, 1994) Higher Plane (7 Bridges Recordings, 1997) Gotta Be Radified & all the future classics (eastwest records 2000) Make Every Second Count (7 Bridges Recordings 2001) Live at the New Morning, Paris (7 Bridges Recordings 2003) East Babe (7 Bridges Recordings 2006) Lady of Funk, Best of rad. (P-Vine Records 2007)Live in Japan (7 Bridges Recordings 2008)

External links

* [http://www.radmusic.com Official Website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/radkeys Myspace]
* [http://www.bay-area-bands.com/bab00100.htm Bay Area Bands]