Soul singer Pamela Parker returns to The Fillmore

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Soul singer-guitarist-songwriter Pamela Parker returns to The Fillmore, Saturday, December 13, as support for Latin hip hop giants Ozomatli. Parker, a Richmond District resident, will perform upstairs in the legendary Fillmore Poster Room, from 8:00-9:00 PM, and during Ozomatlis set break.

Parker will play solo, showcasing her abundant skill with loop pedal, guitar (both electric and acoustic), piano, vocals and percussion.

The details:
12/13/08
Door: 8:00 PM, Show: 9:00 PM
The Fillmore Auditorium
1805 Geary Boulevard
San Francisco, CA 94115
(415) 346-6000
Tickets: $25
http://www.livenation.com/venue/the-fillmore-tickets

About Pamela Parker
Parker most recently played the Fillmore Poster Room on Oct. 4, marking her one-year anniversary at the legendary venue. Shed arrived in the Bay Area only four months earlier, and played the Poster Room two nights in a row to a sold-out crowd, supporting Chicago-based, Grateful Dead tribute band Dark Star Orchestra.

The Poster Room was so packed during Parkers performance that management had to stop people from entering, in order to comply with fire regulations.

The show followed her career as front-woman for East Coast folk-funk-world-reggae-rock sensation Roots ARisin. Parker says she landed the Fillmore gig originally through connections she made with Dark Star Orchestra on the East Coast touring circuit when she fronted RAR.

(Parker) keeps you in the spot between bliss and reality, read a recent review in One Love Lifestyles Magazine.

She has just released a new album, Beautiful Day, and will play a series of shows in support of the new CD.

Parker sat in with funk legend Bernie Worrell at the Boom Boom Room, SF, this past week for two nights in a row. Worrell was backed by Bay Area funk musicians like Ronkat, Katadelic and Eric McFAdden, all of which made up Bernies Woo Warriors, which Worrell calls the new generation of funk.

For Parkers music and more, see: http://www.myspace.com/soulsingersmiles.

About Ozomatli
In their 13 years as a band, celebrated Los Angeles culture-mashers Ozomatli have gone from being hometown heroes to being named U.S. State Department Cultural Ambassadors.

Ozomatli has always juggled two key identities. They are the voice of their city and they are citizens of the world.

Their music -- a notorious urban-Latino-and-beyond collision of hip hop and salsa, dancehall and cumbia, samba and funk, merengue and comparsa, East LA R&B and New Orleans second line, Jamaican ragga and Indian raga -- has long followed a key mantra: it will take you around the world by taking you around L.A.

This has never been truer for Ozo than it is now in 2008. More than ever, the band is of the world and of L.A.

Originally formed to play at an area labor protest over a decade ago, Ozomatli spent some of their early days participating in everything from earthquake prep "hip hop ghetto plays" at inner-city L.A. elementary schools to community activist events, protests and city fundraisers. Ever since, they have been synonymous with their city -- their music has been used by The Los Angeles Dodgers and The Los Angeles Clippers, they recorded the street-view travelogue City of Angels in 2007 as a new urban anthem, and most recently they were featured as part of the prominent L.A. imaging campaign We Are 4 L.A. on NBC. Music and more: http://www.myspace.com/ozomatli

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