Swoop’s World Live at April First Fridays Bixby Knolls

Michelle Mangione Photo by Catheryn & Exene Cervenka

On Friday April 5, 2013 at 7pm, we’ll be heading out to join our friends of Michelle Mangione headquarters live from First Fridays Bixby Knolls. Join us as we broadcast from The Mirage Cafe Mediterranean Grill. We will have the opportunity to chat with Michelle and Exene Cervenka and learn about their recent collaboration as well as what they are up to individually. Tune in and get in on all the fun, ask questions, and give us your thoughts by logging into the chat line or calling in. Tune in at Swoopsworld.com.

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Michelle Mangione

A familiar face in the Los Angeles music scene, Mangione first polished her chops playing drums for such greats as saxophonist Buddy Collette and guitarist Robben Ford. An accomplished drummer by age 16, Mangione taught herself to play guitar, bass and piano while growing up in Los Angeles. She studied under legendary jazz drummer Kay Carlson before going on to graduate at a young age from Percussion Institute of Technology in Hollywood. She later taught at PIT and then became a successful road musician.

Songwriter and acclaimed drummer Michelle Mangione recently released “The Edge of Madness.” The single, which is her second collaboration with rock icon Grace Slick (formerly of Jefferson Airplane) was chosen as one of Rolling Stone Magazine’s “Top Singles” in November, and can be downloaded from iTunes, where proceeds will be donated to victims of the latest Gulf Coast disaster. Slick, who describes Mangione as “…a gifted artist and poetic songwriter” also contributed lyrics to two of the songs on Michelle’s second CD “What is a Saint”, and in 2007 the rock legend-turned-painter provided the cover art for Mangione’s critically acclaimed debut CD Life Beneath the Sun after hearing a demo version of the album.

Exene Cervenka

A true renaissance woman, Exene is a singer, artist and poet whose work traverses virtually every aspect of those disciplines. She is known for her work as singer for the legendary punk band X as well as The Knitters and The Original Sinners.

Best known as the singer for X, one of the leaders of the late-’70s/early-’80s California punk explosion, Exene Cervenka has also issued solo albums, launched several side bands, and penned books. Although Cervenka has been closely associated with California, she grew up primarily in Tallahassee, FL, before relocating to Santa Monica, CA, during the summer of 1976. Through a local poetry workshop, Cervenka met John Doe, and the seeds of what would eventually become X were planted. With both sharing vocal duties (and Doe doubling on bass), Doe’s friend Billy Zoom supplied guitar in a Duane Eddy style and was soon followed by the arrival of drummer D.J. Bonebrake, resulting in the birth of X in 1977.

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