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Sista Monica Parker releases a tribute to the mothers of her blues, Katie Webster, Koko Taylor and Ruth Brown. An award-winning female blues and soul singer. She captivates the listener with her passionate phrasing and heart-felt lyrical content. ''I dedicate this Soul Blues & Ballads CD to the life of the great blues women that have influenced my writing and singing - Koko Taylor, Katie Webster, and Ruth Brown. I have always been inspired by their strong, sassy, often tortured, storytelling blues. These women paved the way for me to open up and write about my heartaches and expose my wounds.''

Sista Monica Parker is an award winning soul, blues and gospel singer, songwriter, speaker, recording artist and producer. She is known as the "blues lioness" at major festivals internationally. She is a force of nature with a deep, rich contralto vocal range, dynamic and showstopping stage performances. She connects with her audiences and pulls them in to her emotional space. Now residing on the west coast, Monica was born in Gary, Indiana. Her musical influences growing up in the mid west between Chicago and Detroit were artists such as Mavis Staples, Sam Cooke, Aretha, James Brown and Buddy Guy. At the age of seven, she like so many others, started her singing career in the Baptist and C.O.G.I.C Churchs.

The Trio 'Sista Maj' (Swedish for the last day of May, ever) are an interesting prospect; made up of Jonathan Segal of Camper Van Beetoven, drummer Andreas Axelssson (experimental jazz artist Lisa Ullén's band) and Mikael Tuominen of the brilliant Kungens Män. The last day of May 2015 happened to be the first time that these three musicians played together. Record Label Space Rock Productions explain "they had played in other constellations before, but this started a new group: Sista Maj". Their debut album "Series of Nested Universes" was recorded in Stockholm after they met again to record in October 2015…

The Trio 'Sista Maj' (Swedish for the last day of May, ever) are an interesting prospect; made up of Jonathan Segal of Camper Van Beetoven, drummer Andreas Axelssson (experimental jazz artist Lisa Ullén's band) and Mikael Tuominen of the brilliant Kungens Män. The last day of May 2015 happened to be the first time that these three musicians played together. Record Label Space Rock Productions explain "they had played in other constellations before, but this started a new group: Sista Maj".