Cactus Rose NYC Tickets
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New York, NY
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Cactus Rose NYC is a native americana act featuring indigenous/black singer-songwriter Kandia Crazy Horse (Pamunkey), indigenous guitarist Lonnie Harrington (Seminole/Shawnee/Cherokee) & guitarist Jeff McLaughlin. Since the release of her critically acclaimed debut "Stampede," Kandia has graced stages with Cactus Rose NYC including performing at the Brooklyn Americana Music Festival, the Another Country festival, the Grand Ole Echo @ SXSW and beyond. She has organized and performed at benefits for Indian Country. Influenced by Richie Havens, Buffalo Springfield, Brandi Carlile, and Tuscarora/Taino icon Pura Fé, their music focuses on experiences of urban natives and others of Indian Country. Kandia’s songs also mine her unique experiences growing up between various countries in Africa and Washington DC to forge her compelling style of Americana. They perform sounds that unify southeastern roots music and Laurel Canyon styles with indigenous futures. In 2022, Kandia served as a judge of Hamburg, Germany’s Reeperbahn Festival on their ANCHOR Award Board. She performed at Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall in July 2023 as part of the Songs of the Living Choir in the Afrofuturist opera “Parable of the Sower” written by Bernice Johnson Reagon (Sweet Honey in the Rock) & Toshi Reagon. In December 2023, Kandia received the Color Me Country grant from Newport Festivals Foundation. Cactus Rose NYC plays throughout Lenapehoking (NYC) where they’re based. On May 3rd 2024, Cactus Rose NYC headlined the Oberlin Folk Festival in Oberlin, Ohio & they performed again at the Brooklyn Americana Music Festival in September 2024. In October 2024, they performed at the Indigenous Day of Remembrance+Resistance in Columbus Circle, at the 3rd annual National Indigenous Peoples of the Americas Parade in Lenapehoking & Kandia sang at Lincoln Center David Geffen Hall with Toshi Reagon+BIGLovely & the Songs of the Living Choir. Cactus Rose NYC just released their first EP – “Live From Lenapehoking: Field Recordings” – at the end of August 2024.