Tippy Canoe & the Paddlemen, Antonette G, Olivia Mancini

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Originally from Baltimore and now based in sunny Oakland, songbird and solo uke-slinger/guitarist, Tippy Canoe (Michele Kappel-Stone), made the switch from a 5-piece drum kit with the garage-pop princesses The Kirby Grips (Sympathy For The Record Industry), to a 4-stringed ukulele in 2003. In 2009 she upped the string count and added guitarist to her resume. She’s on a mission to bring sincere uplift in a severely down-slanted era by spreading her hook-laden pop-meets-roots music.

On her debut full-length album, “Parasols & Pekingese,” released in 2008 on Late Bloomers Works and recorded with her full band the Paddlemen, Tippy Canoe shows off her enchanting and dynamic sound. Her voice is a mixture of the 60's girl group sound and classic country with its own quirky nature shining through. Her songwriting highlights a variety of influences ranging from 20's and 30's acts like The Boswell Sisters and Jack Teagarden, to 50's and 60's performers like Brenda Lee and The Chiffons, and catchy post-punk bands like Squeeze and Blondie.

Tippy Canoe has shared the stage or completed coastal tours with artists including Martha Wainwright, Barbara Manning, Big Sandy & his Fly-Rite Boys, Mad Tea Party, and others. San Francisco shows Tippy Canoe a lot of love; she was included in an exhibition on the ukulele at the San Francisco Museum of Craft and Folk Art, featured in the first annual San Francisco Ukulele Festival, and aired on a segment of PBS’s Bay Area Arts program SPARK TV. Tippy Canoe also contributed original music to the animated children’s DVD “Music Time.”

AntonetteG’s material reveals a variety of influences. The song “My Horseshoe” has a country flair, while “Pretty Pictures” shows her rock side. “No Joy For The Soldier” suggests a Creedence Clearwater Revival influence. The song describes military personnel struggling to adjust when they return from battle, a timely topic given our nation’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
“I write about whatever is happening in my world,” AntonetteG said. “It could be my family. The war is part of everybody’s life. We are all affected by it in some way.”
Her song “Over You” brings to mind Jefferson Airplane, suggesting the Bay Area rock of 40 years is still influencing modern artists.

Olivia Mancini-
"To dislike this band you either have to be deaf or hate chocolate cake and cookies, possibly both."

Eric, Big Yawn.net

Each song is packed with punch, spunk and pure mayhem.

- Sean M. Haney, Performer Magazine

I’d like to see the world through Olivia Mancini’s eyes for just one day—a world where words are spoken with such sweetness and the intentions are always sincere.

District of Sound.com

[T]he band's songs are sturdy, lively and sharply arranged. Like the way Mancini delivers such exemplary rock-and-roll nonsense syllables as "uh-oh," the Housemates' music is both classic and fresh.

Mark Jenkins, Washington Post

[You Can See the Mountains From Here] is a sweet, tightly arranged record, full of alt-country and pop gems and, you know, not the kind of thing that should be kept under-wraps.

- Aaron Leitko, Washington City Paper

Let it also be said that Olivia Mancini can construct a set that is as satisfying as it is unpredictable.

- Music For Misanthropes.com

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