Join REBA and friends for Amber Martin’s Redneck Riviera: SF Pride & Joy Edition at SF Oasis on Saturday, June 29th, 2024.
This beloved tribute to country music legend Reba McEntire is a long time cult favorite, featuring all the quirky lip-syncing, big-haired wigs, fashion faux pas, and powerful live vocals you’d expect from a show centered around this iconic superstar. The sheer lunacy will bowl you over, but the real showstopper is the heartfelt musical performance by celebrated international vocalist Amber Martin. Don't miss this unforgettable Pride event!
Artist’s Bio
Amber Martin is an internationally acclaimed, NYC-based vocalist and comedic cabaret star, greatly inspired in the traditions of Lily Tomlin, Carol Burnett, Bette Midler, Linda Ronstadt and Dolly Parton. Compositionally, her inspirations are often drawn from luminary songwriters, Judee Sill, Todd Rundgren & Laura Nyro. Her “Drammy Award” winning shows have been likened to “...watching Ruth Draper after she’s come back from an acid trip during which she thought she was Janis Joplin.” Amber has been named one of the top performers of the year by The New Yorker.
Onstage, Amber is a powerful, chameleonic vocalist with a deep love for classic American pop, funk, disco & country music, which informs her own original songs. Amber serves a stylish combination of saucy cabaret, pitch-perfect vocals, ballsy comedy and relatable stories to her live, raw, genre-hopping musical performances, casting light on her uniqueness from her own contemporaries, and bringing a diverse range of inclusive, button-pushing entertainment to her equally diverse audiences.
Amber's collaborations include belting the backing vocals on The Scissor Sisters single “Inevitable” from their album, “Magic Hour” (Sony), as well as in the hit single, "Too Much Music", on Jake Shears' newest album, “Last Man Dancing” (Mute). Amber guest starred in John Cameron Mitchell's sold out “Origin of Love” Tour, in Australia (including Sydney Opera House), S. Korea, Mexico, on Broadway & all over the US. She also appeared on Broadway in “Tales of the City” at the Music Box Theater.
Amber and John Cameron Mitchell are currently touring their own co-written live variety show, “Cassette Roulette”, having hugely successful runs at MASS MoCA, BRIC/Celebrate Brooklyn, Austin, San Francisco, Los Angeles & ongoing residencies at Joe's Pub NYC. She was also the featured special guest in Jake Shears' UK album release tour, where she sang her new single, "Devil Came Down The Dance Floor" on the BBC One Show & all over the UK, co-written with Jake & featured on his album, “Last Man Dancing” as well as her own new album, “Unbreakable Heart”, due to release late summer 2024.
She also continues to evolve as writer, curator and star of her own shows, such as her acclaimed international performance series', “Bathhouse Bette: A Musical Celebration of Early Bette Midler” (Oasis SF, Adelaide Cabaret Fest, Joe's Pub NYC, Rude Mechs Austin & Atlantis Cruises), “Amber Alert!” (Wild Project NYC, Joe's Pub & Allways Cabaret NOLA), “Janis:Undead” (Joe's Pub, Oasis SF, Adelaide Cabaret Fest & Southeast Texas Music Hall of Fame). Amber's collaborations & shows have included luminary stars, Karen Black, Patti Lupone, Rufus Wainwright, Sandra Bernhard, Kylie Minogue, John Cameron Mitchell, Jake Shears, Molly Ringwald, Richard Butler of Psychedelic Furs, Rachel Comey, Justin Vivian Bond, Cole Escola, Joyce Dewitt and Bridget Everett.
Amber is currently putting the finishing touches on her 2nd LP, “Unbreakable Heart”, with songs written by herself and her friends, Rufus Wainwright, John Cameron Mitchell, Jake Shears, Brett Every, Ryan Landry, PJ Deboy and her mom, Cheryl Kirkland Martin. She will be debuting these wonderful new songs in her upcoming Summer/Fall tours!
Oasis is 21+ for all events. Please bring a valid ID.
