bellanova MUSIC
booking: jessica beer
+1.503.504.0759 (call/text)
4917 n. minnesota ave.
portland, or 97217 jessica@bellanovamusic.com
"This is a truly phenomenal act, combining the energy of urban street singing with first-rate musicianship, folk roots and traditions from throughout the world. Their body percussion sets are a sight to behold" - Folkworks Magazine
I've just heard something...amazing: a quartet of young women known as moira smiley & VOCO. This is compelling and totally unique music...I'm increasingly blown away by it each time I put a disc in the player. (They) push the envelope of vocal music every which way - go there and be amazed. - Kennebec Journal
To Join Our Mailing Listplease send an email with your contact info. to Moira at: vocoinfo@yahoo.com
moira smiley & VOCO iis a visionary blend of voices - redefining harmony singing with the power & physicality of folksong, the avant-garde fearlessness of Béla Bartók and delicious, vaudevillian accompaniment of cello, banjo, ukelele, accordion and body percussion. Moira Smiley's award-winning original music and spell-binding American and East European folksong light up the stage with rompin’ stompin' body percussion and warm wit. Named #1 a cappella group in the U.S. in 2007, moira smiley & VOCO is the energy of street singing and the elegance of a string quartet. Expect magnificent, hair-raising performances – music that mourns and dances at the same time. Called "fascinating and multi-lingual" by the LA Times, "Persuasive, near perfect musicians" by the Herald Times, “gritty and ethereal, banjo to Bartók” by the Village Voice. > HEAR VOCO
Artists Associated with VOCO: (click on photos for bios):
Abigail Nessen
Bengson Vocals, Body Perc.
Pilar Díaz Vocals, Body Perc., Ukelele
Emily Eagen Vocals, Ukelele,
Body Perc., Whistling
April Guthrie Cello, Vocals,
Body Perc.
Moira Smiley
Composer/Arranger, Vocals, Accordion, Banjo, Body Perc.
