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Triumphant Debut
Liv Warfield
takes the stage
for upcoming
peformances
photos by S ean O ’C onnor /T he
P ortland O bserver
Liv Warfield is a Portland singer who is reviving the local R & B
scene with her soul, alternative and rock music.
Survivor
Story
L. Y. Marlow
is the third gen­
e r a tio n
of
w o m e n in h e r
family to survive
d o m e s tic v io ­
lence. In her new
book “C olor Me
Butterfly” she unleashes the truth
about dom estic violence in her
family and launches a cam paign
to raise dom estic violence aw are­
ness and education.
“ 1 was 16 years old the first
time my left eye was blackened,
my lip split," M arlow writes. “The
culprit: my 17-year-old boyfriend
in a je a lo u s rage because he
thought that I was seeing another
boy. Not true, but by the time he
folded me in his arms and begged
P ortland's Liv W arfield has
emerged as one of the most prom­
ising voices in soul, alternative and
rock music today.
Her debut album "Embrace Me,"
released late last year, has done
great things for Portland’s soul
scene. The album is a mixture of
music celebrating love, life, vulner­
ability and timelessness and the
power o f simplicity and flawless
harmonizing.
Warfield continues to celebrate
her debut with two local concerts
on Saturday, April 2 1 at the Doug
Fir Lounge and Friday, April 27 at
the Northwest Music Millennium
Store. It’s on to New York for after
that, before she returns to Oregon,
performing with jazz artist Patrick
Lamb at Salem 's Convention Cen­
ter on Friday, June 1.
It has been said that Liv’s great-
ness lies in her simplicity. She still ary comedian Richard Pryor, but
has that demure midwestern charm didn’t inherit her love of music by
about herself (as a native of Peoria, way of genetics. Raised in Peoria by
III.) and a unique vulnerability that a family of prideful, standout ath­
paints a picture of a young woman letes, Liv kept her emotions, talents
with an old soul.
and dreams to herself and lived vi­
Warfield has also been called cariously through her musical hero’s
R&B’s purest new musician since suchasJill Scott, Nina Simone, Tina
Sade. She’s a singer who organi­ Turner, Sade and Mary J. Blige.
cally blends classic soul, electric
“All of these women have strong
rock, sultry rhythm and straight-up voices and there is something in
sexy blues like Tina Turner— and each of them that I see in myself," she
that’s only the beginning.
said. "They were not afraid to be
Warfield is the cousin of legend­ vulnerable and didn't put on fronts."
Color Me
CHRYSALIS M INISTRIES AND POR I LAN D CENTER STAGE PRESENT
It's About You:
PORTLAND
sta T e
S E L F -C A R E T H R O U G H S E L F -D ISC O V E R Y
A benefit f o r African - American Wfomrn /o r Breast Cancer Attiareness, Prevention f, Education
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
6:00 pm Reception
7:30 pm Performance of Fences
Portland Center Stage, 128 NW Eleventh Avenue
for forgiveness, the swelling was
already rising.”
M. Scott C arter o f the Norman
Transcript says it’s a com pelling
story and powerful book about a
subject that all too often goes
undisclosed.
Tickets are $50 and can be purchased through the
Portland Center Stage Box Office at (503) 445-3700
For more information, contact Rev. Reneé Ward
at (503) 548-7537 or email chrysalisministries1@hotmail.com
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