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Pop Tarts Suck Toasted - Found Sep. 15, 2008 Monday: Human Highway + Becky Stark @ Cake Shop 8pm $8 The names of these two performers may not be immediately familiar to most of you but I assure |
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NME - Found Sep. 26, 2008 ... shouted to the crowd, which included fellow Stroke Nik Valensi and his wife Amanda de Cadenet, Becky Stark from Lavender Diamond and Natasha... |
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NPR - Found Aug. 2, 2008 But that didn't stop them either, especially when back-up vocalist and songstress Becky Stark (of Lavender Diamond) joined on stage for her... She & Him: Volume One (Double Six) - Sunday Business Post She & Him's happy ending - Minneapolis Star Tribune She & Him are happily anonymous - Chicago Sun-Times Explore All |
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Rolling Stone - Found Jul. 24, 2008 Black Hole and Change Is Hard boasted a rootsy, alt-country flavor, relayed by an experienced band that includes Lavender Diamonds Becky Stark. |
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Philadelphia Inquirer - Found Jul. 28, 2008 As a bonus, Becky Stark from the band Lavender Diamond sang spirited backup throughout the sprightly set. She & Him: Simple, Beautiful, and to the Point - Filter Deschanel and friends deliver - Philly.com Explore All |
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Latest entries from heartonastick.blog-city.com - Found Jul. 19, 2008 The Black Lips pretend to blow up chickens to a packed pit on one stage, I settled for listening to Becky Stark talk and talk and talk and... |
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Columbus Alive - Found Aug. 4, 2008 ... band will play selections from the album Monday at the Wexner Center after Lavender Diamond's Becky Stark provides the opening entertainment. |
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The Intelligencer - Found Jul. 29, 2008 Becky Stark, from the band Lavender Diamond, bopped in the background and showcased her own strong set of pipes, fleshing out songs such as... |
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Wisconsin State Journal - Found Aug. 5, 2008 3, 100 block of State Street near Capitol Square, www.jazzat5.org.SHE & HIM (Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward) w/ Becky Stark, 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 8... |
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Columbus Dispatch - Found Aug. 5, 2008 It was a quality singer Becky Stark, who opened the show, had in the extreme. |
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Becky Stark
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| Birth name | Rebecca Ann Stark
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| Origin | California, U.S. | |
| Genre(s) | indie rock, folk, punk | |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals | |
| Years active | 2004 - present (Lavender Diamond) | |
| Label(s) | Matador, Rough Trade, Cold Sweat | |
| Associated acts | Mystical Unionists Living Sisters |
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Becky Stark is an artist, singer, songwriter and entertainer from Los Angeles, California. She is the voice of the band Lavender Diamond. She was raised in Maryland where she began performing as a child. At the age of 13 she travelled to the former Soviet Union as part of a U.S. State Department- Sponsored Peace Mission, a travelling musical about peaceful ecology. For four years in junior high school she was the co-host and head reporter for the weekly children's television news magazine KIds' Point of View Television-KPOV'TV - a half hour show broadcast weekly between the WWF and the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling. At 18 she starred in the feature film Willa, An American Snow White for PBS. Throughout high school she studied classical singing and learned an extensive repertoire of classical, popular and jazz songs.
She studied Comparative Literature (English and Russian) and Art/Semiotics at Brown University. In Providence she was part of the Fort Thunder art movement and formed a theater troupe with artist and filmmaker Xander Marro. The two created a travelling operetta called Birdsongs of the Bauharoque, a fairytale fable about peace coming to planet Earth. They toured the U.S. and Canada for two months with their punk puppet opera.
After college she became a full-time student at the Merce Cunningham Dance Conservatory in Manhattan where she studied modern dance. Seeking a warmer climate she moved to Los Angeles and became immersed in the music, comedy, film and cabaret scenes. She performed a comical variety of jobs including magician's assistant. She appeared in High School Record- an underground favorite at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. In the film she plays the teacher of students from the LA bands No Age, Mika Miko, Silver Daggers and others. She has created and performed numerous folk story operettas, including an adaptation of the Little Match Girl. She appeared in the original production of acclaimed New Wave opera visionary Ruth Margraff's The Cry Pitch Carols.
She is considered a luminary of the new folk movement and the LA underground punk/noise scene. She has performed extensively as a solo artist and leader of the Lavender Diamond band. She has shared a bill with Miranda July, Jenny Lewis, David Byrne, John Waters, Dave Eggers, yeah yeah yeah's, Decemberists, Beck, The New Pornographers, Devendra Banhart and hundreds of others. She has been compared to Linda Rondstadt, Joni Mitchell, Karen Carpenter, Julie Andrews, Kate Bush and Lucille Ball. She has received widespread critical acclaim, appearing in the November Vanity Fair "Folk Music Heroes" portfolio by Annie Leibovitz on the page between Joni Mitchell and Judy Collins. In addition to her work with Lavender Diamond she sings with The Living Sisters, a folk trio with Eleni Mandell and Inara George from Blue Note Records artist the Bird and the Bee.
The 2007 Lavender Diamond album Imagine Our Love was released on Matador and Rough Trade Records. A film to accompany the album is currently in production in IMAX format with director Maximilla Lukacs and art director Alia Penner. The film is an extravaganza featuring Busby Berkeley- style dance numbers, animation and interplanetary ballet.
This summer Becky wrote the Songs of the Believers for the upcoming film City of Ember starring Bill Murray, directed by Gil Kenan and produced by Tom Hanks. The film is a post-apocalyptic-action-adventure story for children. In the film Becky plays the Songmaster. She also stars in an upcoming short film version of a short story from Miranda July's book "No one Belongs Here More Than You." Kim Gordon and Liz Goldwyn also star in the film directed by Alia Raza. Most recently she appeared onstage as the musical guest in Daily Show creator Ben Karlin's new variety show, singing with Zooey Deschanel and accompanied by okgo. She is creating a new musical comedy variety show with Jim Drain, Miranda July, Jennifer Johnson, Paper Rad, Tunde Adebimpe from TV on the Radio and many other artists.
She is co-author of the Peace Comics with cartoonist Ron Rege, Jr., the drummer in Lavender Diamond. She and Ron Rege have a band together, The Mystical Unionists.
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Title: Interview with Becky Stark of Lavender Diamond
Description: An interview with Becky Stark of Lavender Diamond by Hen House Studios.
video from: http://www.henhousestudios.com/artists/mkpgartist.php?artistID=1...

Title: Becky Stark and Lavender Diamond at Sunset Junction
Description: The Garden Rose August 26, 06

Title: Zooey Deschanel & Becky Stark
Description: I Love Zooey!
She is terrible acting
but
Beautiful singing

Title: Best Night Of Your LIFE with Becky STARK!
Description: Becky Stark of LAvender Diamond and Heather Porcaro performed live as Willy Wonka and the CHARLIE Chaplin Factory at New Image art GAllery opening f...

Title: Lavender Diamond You Broke My Heart live Henry Fonda Music Box 9/ /07
Description: Lavender Diamond (headed by Becky Stark, whom the LA Times describes as "fey but odd"), opening for The New Pornographers, perform "You Broke My Hear...

Title: Lavender Diamond Oh No live Henry Fonda Music Box 9/ /07
Description: Lavender Diamond (headed by Becky Stark, whom the LA Times describes as "fey but odd"), opening for The New Pornographers, perform "Oh No" from their...