Marcella & Her Lovers launches Indiegogo campaign for new LP of all original material. Fully embraced by one of the most significant music cities in the world, Memphis has proven to be fertile creative ground for Simien to express herself, carving her own path within its rich history and dynamic present. This album is a testament to her experience of being warmly welcomed into a new home, drawing strength from and taking refuge in the songs and stories of Memphis. The indomitable force she is, with this new music Marcella Simien confidently leads her band into the next phase of an already accomplished career
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Video still by: Phoebe Driscoll.
This video was shot in the historical Clayborn Temple....click the title of this post to read more....
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The Lovers & I are overjoyed to be playing Beale Street Music Fest 2017! It will be Marcella & Her Lovers first time performing at the BSMF. Buy your tickets here. See you there!
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Marcella is honored to be joining the Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise #28 traveling to the Eastern Carribean January 22-29 2017. She will be playing in the Billboard Piano Lounge on the MS Koningsdam, Holland America Line ship multiple nights throughout the 7 day voyage and sitting in with her father and his ensemble Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience.
The lineup is stellar this trip as always featuring Irma Thomas, Taj Mahal, The Lowrider Band, and so many more. There will be 36 acts in total and special guests. The ship will have 6 venues. See the lineup in it's entirety and more about the cruise here
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Monday Dec. 19, 2016 StyleBlueprint Memphis FACES of Memphis, featured Marcella as the FACE of Memphis this week. StyleBlueprint is the ultimate resource to modern Southern lifestyle for Women. Read more here
It's a great read! Many thanks to Lizzie Apple for doing the story and to Micki Martin for the beautiful photos.
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Memphis music scene embraces out of town talent. Read the story by JD Reager here
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Tonight we play IKEA & Southern Living magazine's Meet Me in Memphis: Battle of the Bands event at Lafayette's Music Room. The event is from 6-9PM and will feature (in order of performances) The Band Camino, Marcella & Her Lovers and J Buck. We are really excited to perform and meet and listen to the other performers tonight! Here's the original link to the Southern Living post on their site.
This video has received over 850,000 views on Southern Living's Facebook page! A huge accomplishment for us! All thanks to the producers at Time Inc., Southern Living and IKEA for providing us with this opportunity!
Click the title of this NEWS post (in white text) to be directed to the featured video interview Southern Living & IKEA did with Marcella at one of our favorite spots Mollie Fontaine Lounge in Memphis,TN.
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Here is our friend Craig's cousin's office in NYC with an MRS original Get It Girl piece. Click the title of this blog post to read more about Art of MRS and where to view my work right here on the site. The holidays are coming up! Contact us at swampsoulbooking@gmail.com
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In March of this year (2016), Marcella was nominated for a United States Artists Fellowship which (if selected) awards $50,000 to each individual nominated artist to use as they see fit for their career. Only 500 professional artists in the United States of America were nominated. Nominees submitted applications in Spring 2016 and the recipients were announced in early November.
45 artists ranging across all disciplines (music, visual art, dance, literature, etc.) were each awarded the $50,000 grant. Marcella was extremely honored to be nominated and considered.
We want to congratulate all the recipients in all fields; what a wonderful opportunity and experience! Marcella was so honored to just be a part of it and be nominated. Read more about USArtists here
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It was such a huge honor to be a part of this amazing day of music making and songwriting with new friends in Boulder, CO. All ages welcome. What a wonderful experience it was!! Click the heading of this NEWS post in white text to find out more!
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We are so flattered to be recognized in this year's Indie Memphis Film Festival, and nominated for the Hometowner Award. The production team we worked with Edward Valibus at Courdoroy Wednesday Films had a few selections in the film fest this year! We are so happy for them and their success. Read more about Edward's work here. Read more about our nomination here
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Marcella's trio will be featured at River Arts on Saturday Oct. 22. For more info on the festival and schedule click here
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Here's a picture taken by Andria Lisle, (author, DJ and Associate Curator at Memphis Brooks Museum of Art) of Marcella, Al Kapone, and Terrence Bishop on the main stage at Loflin Yard. October 8th. WEVL 89.9 40Fest, WEVL celebrated 40 years of existing as the Mid- South's only listener supported independent, volunteer radio station. Read more about the evening in this News post, click the title. Read more about about WEVL here. Read more about Al Kapone here.
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Marcella and the band are very excited to be playing Bona Fide Blues Fest 2016! The lineup is a plethora of Memphis' most illustrious Blues artists. So excited to be a part of this diverse roster of artists! We play at 6:45PM Friday Sept. 30 at the main Tower Courtyard stage. See y'all there!
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On Sunday, September 26 we played on the grounds of Rowan Oak, home of William Faulkner on what happened to be the great author’s 119th birthday. The weather and crowd were exemplary as the audience set up lawn chairs around our stage in front of the stable, under festive strings of Edison lights. The effect was magical. The grounds, a former pasture where Faulkner kept his horses, was the perfect setting. The evening was part of Sarafest, a week of events sponsored by the Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies. The Thacker Mountain Radio house band the Yalobushwhackers played first getting the audience ready for the night, Maggie Koerner's hauntingly, beautiful voice filled the air, and Marcella did a powerful, stripped down trio set; singing and alternating between keys and accordion, with saxophonist Jim Spake and percussionist Rory Mills Sullivan closed the night out in a most magical way.
For more photos from the evening click here.
Music is Memphis' greatest export. But for the musicians, taking it on the road means long drives, long nights, and a lot of weirdness. It can be a hard life, full of ups and downs, but it sure makes for good stories. So we asked some of Memphis' finest musicians to tell us about their Worst Gigs Ever.
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