The return of the Return the Gift curated series (Series 2) starts off with the first of four great shows, with three great performing artists featuring Sucker Crush, Sheena Dham, and Tasya Abbot.
Sucker Crush
Sheena Dham
Tasya Abbot
Doors: 7:30/ Show: 8:00 PM
Donation: $10-25
SUCKER CRUSH:
Marissa Deitz is a composer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist based out of Oakland, CA. Marissa has studied at Columbia College Chicago and Mills College, where she focused on electroacoustic composition using the cello, voice, and custom electronics as hyperinstrument. Marissa now writes songs under the moniker Sucker Crush, expanding or collapsing the project with a rotating cast of players featuring string sections, three part harmonies, distorted guitars, or delicate solo fingerpicking. Deitz also facilitates an online songwriting community called Music Every Week, which has provided resources and creative accountability for songwriters since 2019.
marissadeitz.com; Instagram @sucker.crush
SHEENA DHAM:
Sheena Dham (she/her) is a first- generation Gujarati American musician, solo/collaborating sonic artist, and songwriter. She uses electronic and acoustic sound elements to help bring stories of the peripheral and third-culture experience to life. In her work, she's exploring the idea of "musical rematriation". Her compositions, songs, and performances have been featured in art spaces including the Victoria and Albert Museum (London), de Young Museum (San Francisco), Proyectos Públicos (Mexico City), and Harvard Graduate School of Design (Cambridge), outdoor brands that include Red Bull, The North Face and Arc'teryx, and documentary film featured at CANNESERIES and beyond. In addition to her work as a collaborating artist, she releases experimental multi-genre music with Psychic Eye Records.
sheenadham.com
TASYA ABBOT:
Sheena Dham (she/her) is a first- generation Gujarati American musician, solo/collaborating sonic artist, and songwriter. She uses electronic and acoustic sound elements to help bring stories of the peripheral and third-culture experience to life. In her work, she's exploring the idea of "musical rematriation". Her compositions, songs, and performances have been featured in art spaces including the Victoria and Albert Museum (London), de Young Museum (San Francisco), Proyectos Públicos (Mexico City), and Harvard Graduate School of Design (Cambridge), outdoor brands that include Red Bull, The North Face and Arc'teryx, and documentary film featured at CANNESERIES and beyond. In addition to her work as a collaborating artist, she releases experimental multi-genre music with Psychic Eye Records. Sheena Dham (she/her)
Instagram @ tasyaabbot
Cost: $10-25