Amelia Romano's guest appearances

Amelia Romano

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Zach Callison

Rob Morrow

Celine Dion

Joe Kye

Michelle Lewis

Sarah Burton

Wayne Kramer

Blake Morgan

Marky Ramone

Irene Diaz

Jasmine Jordan

Hamish Anderson

Laura Jean Anderson

Gina Chavez

David Messier

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Jessica Perry

Jessica Perry's all female, electronic/experimental band, Vanilla Sugar brings high energy to the stage and delivers an eclectic mix of genres in  their songwriting and music in the studio and live.. Compsed of LA-based singer guitarist/keyboard artist Jessica Perry (JP) and Texas-based bassist Vanessa V, they fill the stage with intense beats and hot guitar licks. Vanilla Sugar was the brainchild of JP who wanted to form an all-female band and found Vanessa V who fit perfectly with JP’s sound. The have won The Buzz Indie/Punk Band Of The Year 2014,  the Buzz Best Live Performance 2015 and  JP was named  Best Female Keyboradist in Texas in 2015  by MTV.Amelia Romano began her lessons on a lever harp at the age of 9 with famed Diana Stork, who inspired early compositions and  improvisation. Romano played in a variety of youth ensembles, graduated from the San Francisco School of the Arts High School, performing Laura Zaerr’s “Celtic Concerto,” and released her first solo album, “Seeking Peace,” in her senior year. After her B.A. at US Berkeley, she worked in a township music school outside Cape Town, South Africa, which  deeply shaped her musical creativity She returned to the S.F. Bay Area in 2011, took up the electric harp and helped form a dynamic trio, “StringQuake,”  and never looked back. She has been performing, recording and touring with her unique Latin flair, soulful lyrics and world rhythms for 15 years.  She formed the All That Bad Trio in Fall 2016 and will release her second full length album, “New Perspectives,” featuring the electric harp and local talent, which combines Latin rhythms, blues and nostalgic storytelling to re-imagine the role of the harp in today's musical landscape.

Jessica Perry's all female, electronic/experimental band, Vanilla Sugar brings high energy to the stage and delivers an eclectic mix of genres in  their songwriting and music in the studio and live.. Compsed of LA-based singer guitarist/keyboard artist Jessica Perry (JP) and Texas-based bassist Vanessa V, they fill the stage with intense beats and hot guitar licks. Vanilla Sugar was the brainchild of JP who wanted to form an all-female band and found Vanessa V who fit perfectly with JP’s sound. The have won The Buzz Indie/Punk Band Of The Year 2014,  the Buzz Best Live Performance 2015 and  JP was named  Best Female Keyboradist in Texas in 2015  by MTV.<br><br>Amelia Romano began her lessons on a lever harp at the age of 9 with famed Diana Stork, who inspired early compositions and  improvisation. Romano played in a variety of youth ensembles, graduated from the San Francisco School of the Arts High School, performing Laura Zaerr’s “Celtic Concerto,” and released her first solo album, “Seeking Peace,” in her senior year. After her B.A. at US Berkeley, she worked in a township music school outside Cape Town, South Africa, which  deeply shaped her musical creativity She returned to the S.F. Bay Area in 2011, took up the electric harp and helped form a dynamic trio, “StringQuake,”  and never looked back. She has been performing, recording and touring with her unique Latin flair, soulful lyrics and world rhythms for 15 years.  She formed the All That Bad Trio in Fall 2016 and will release her second full length album, “New Perspectives,” featuring the electric harp and local talent, which combines Latin rhythms, blues and nostalgic storytelling to re-imagine the role of the harp in today's musical landscape.

Two women who hit two parts of our music minds: Amelia Romano & Jessica Perry