Swoop’s World Live at February First Fridays

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On Friday February 7, 2014 at 7pm/PST (9pm/CT, 10pm/ET) we are back together with our friends of Mangione headquarters for another Swoop’s World live broadcast from First Fridays. We’ll join Michelle Mangione and Friends at the Mirage Mediterranean Grill for a fun night of music and interviews. Join us as we get a chance to catch up with Michelle and find out about new music, lawsuits, and what’s in store for 2014. Tune in at Swoopsworld.com.

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.

Mangione was well-known in the rock world as the drummer and driving force behind the band Sideswipe, named one of the ten Greatest Orange County Bands Ever by the OC Weekly and winner of two Orange County Music Awards. Mangione toured nationally and abroad as singer, songwriter and drummer for the band. Audiences were drawn to the rich, alto textures of Mangione’s voice, and they connected to her lyrics. Sideswipe’s high-energy performances, lauded by music reviewers and fans alike, became synonymous with Mangione’s explosive drumming style.

Delivered with a powerful voice and bold lyrics, Mangione’s songs connect the dots between personal experience and the big picture. She then sets that picture into motion through hypnotic melodies. “What is a Saint?” challenges our ability to give love freely, while “Man With a Gun,” written after she was held-up at gunpoint, examines the cycle of hate, poverty and crime.

With her band, box drum and acoustic guitar, Mangione challenges the world of live music to rise to a very intimate and honest level. Her signature blend of percussion-infused acoustic music has been featured on KLOS with Jim Ladd, 100.3 The Sound F.M., WWOZ (New Orleans) CBS Radio Night Views (New York), Canada’s CUIT radio, and The Early Show with Matt McAllister on Santa Barbaras’ KTYD f.m. Mangione’s music and likeness has appeared in film and on television, including: Skins (BBC), New Now Next Music Awards (MTV, Logo), Witchblade, Time of Your Life (Sony/TriStar), Army Wives, The Travel Channel, Secret at Arrow Lake and the award-winning film True Rights.