Across the Veil: House Concert + Singalong w/ Shireen Amini & Lydia Violet

Shireen Amini is a queer, Puerto Rican-Iranian, Earth-loving musician based in Bend, Oregon who performs conscious music as a solo artist and fronts the Latin dance rock band ¡Chiringa!

Shireen Amini Music Medicine

An interactive concert experience honoring ancestors and uplifting voices with Iranian-American artists Shireen Amini and Lydia Violet

***THIS EVENT IS IN-PERSON ***A﻿DDRESS:2﻿02 Lagunitas Rd.R﻿oss, CA 94957Part of Shireen Amini&#x27;s &quot;Hold Us Well&quot; Tour, whose theme we will explore together through music (read more below). A portion of proceeds from this entire tour will go to the <a href="https://secure.actblue.com/donate/fionaresponse" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a> <a href="https://donate.amnestyusa.org/page/114017/donate/1?ea.tracking.id=MRPaidSearchFR2022&amp;supporter.appealCode=W22XXADEVR1P&amp;en_og_source=W22XXADEVR1P&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjwhNWZBhB_EiwAPzlhNpE0kD4vzP_4Sc5Kr1nxX8dj6nXnhukqaIzgJ7FVZT7P-8V8azFJrxoC450QAvD_BwE&amp;gclsrc=aw.ds" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a><a href="https://secure.actblue.com/donate/fionaresponse" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Fiona Community Response Fund</a> &amp; <a href="https://donate.amnestyusa.org/page/114017/donate/1?ea.tracking.id=MRPaidSearchFR2022&amp;supporter.appealCode=W22XXADEVR1P&amp;en_og_source=W22XXADEVR1P&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjwhNWZBhB_EiwAPzlhNpE0kD4vzP_4Sc5Kr1nxX8dj6nXnhukqaIzgJ7FVZT7P-8V8azFJrxoC450QAvD_BwE&amp;gclsrc=aw.ds" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Amnesty Iran</a> $20 tickets (option to add more, which will be donated directly to the above funds)Kids are free*No one turned away for lack of funds. If this is you, give what you can, or just show up in solidarity and receive. Message the event organizer for location info.This event will be outdoors. Drinks and sweet treats will be provided.*We will not require masking or proof of Covid-19 vaccination. Please mask and distance at your own comfort level. If you are not feeling well, please stay home.<h2></h2><h2>Event Description:</h2>&quot;Across the Veil&quot;...at the time of year when the veil between the living and dead is said to be thinnest, we will be honoring our ancestors. &quot;Across the Veil&quot;...has particularly potent meaning at this time as the women of Iran fight for freedom inside a brutal and oppressive regime, one that killed 22-year-old Mahsa Amini for &#x27;improperly&#x27; wearing her hijab (head covering). As two singer-songwriters and artist-activists in the Iranian diaspora, Shireen Amini and Lydia Violet come together for this very special evening to lift the voices of the Iranian people, lift your voices, and hold a collective prayer for liberation...that we may hold us all well. Each will share original music with plenty of opportunities to sing along! You are also welcome to just listen, dance, or engage the music in whatever ways move you.Please bring photos of your ancestors and deceased loved ones to place on our altar. We want to invite them to the show and sing them blessings! You will take these photos back home with you at the end of the night. 3-4pm ~ arrival4-6pm ~ musicThis event was made possible in collaboration with Christina Amini. Thank you, Christina!<h2></h2><h2>Tour Description:</h2>This tour is propelled by one deep, prayerful question:How do we hold us well?“Us” could mean you, could mean me, those who are not present, the web of living beings, past and future ones. It could mean our Black, Indigenous, LGBTQIA+, Latinx, Asian, immigrant and international communities, or people living different identities or life circumstances than are favored by patriarchy, capitalism, and white supremacy. It could mean those who are favored. It could mean your loved ones, strangers, or people you will never meet.I don’t have the answers. I just have the questions and a willingness to discover together…through the power of music.The concept for this tour “Hold Us Well” was borne out of my own grief and a feeling of enough-ness...enough with my culturally-systemically induced flimsy boundaries, tolerance of disrespect, abuse, or disregard for my truth and wholeness. Enough with the state of the people of my lineages (Puerto Rican &amp; Iranian) who are, in realtime, living the strongholds of colonialism or oppressive regimes. It’s a plea for a shift out of a consciousness that allows this, any of this.I am supporting the people of my ancestry through this particular journey, but I am interested in YOU receiving care and respect too, no matter who you are. Your well-being is vital to any collective change. So before we show up for others, I ask us to look first at how we show up for ourselves in every relationship, in every setting. I do believe the great fights of our time begin at the deeply personal level.My intention for this tour will express in different ways through each offering, alive to what unfolds. But I summon nothing short of magic, medicine, and justice. If you show up to any of these events, my hope is that whether through listening, singing, drumming, co-creation, or conversation that you fortify a radical self-love, an impenetrable perimeter of self-respect, and feel more committed to holding the same for others.May it be so.~Shireen Amini<h2>About the Artists:</h2>Shireen Amini (non-binary using she / her pronouns) is a Portland, Oregon-based queer, Puerto Rican-Iranian-American, Earth-loving artist-activist, singer-songwriter, community song leader, percussionist, and teaching artist. As a performer, she has had the honor of opening for Sheila E. and Colin Hay and, with her Latin band ¡Chiringa!, Ozomatli and the Gipsy Kings. With a BA in Ethnomusicology from UCLA and a certificate in Sound, Voice, and Music Healing from CIIS in San Francisco, Shireen has also come to believe strongly in music as a tool for personal and collective transformation. She is deeply committed to her own liberation path and vision of a more just world, which she hopes to usher forward with fire, heart, and joy through her music.Artist Website: shireenamini.comCommunity Offerings Website: shireenaminimusicmedicine.comCome lay your troubles down in the arms of Lydia Violet’s gospel-folk tunes, weaving a soulful thread through that which feels tattered and longs for peace. Lydia is an Iranian-Armenian-American multi-instrumentalist weaving together Southern blues, American roots, and Iranian folk music traditions. In her songwriting she combines fiddle, banjo, and luscious harmonies to offer a soul-folk revival experience. In the past years she has collaborated with world-renowned artists Climbing PoeTree, Rising Appalachia, MaMuse, and Lyla June. ♬ www.lydiafiddle.com ♬

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