Welcome back GBmojo! Ginger Doss and Bekah Kelso return to Fayetteville for an intimate house concert set in the urban woods at Lion’s Den House Concerts, Saturday, July 24 at 8pm. For more information or to make a reservation, please email me at: jori@joricostello.com or our hostess at: mandolyndy@yahoo.com. Tickets are $10-15 sliding scale. Be looking for Ginger’s new release, Hand and Hammer available on their website and at the evening’s performance. GBmojo will also be in Eureka Springs, AR the next day, Sun. July 25 at New Delhi Cafe from 4:30-7pm. It’s worth the drive! Check out www.gbmojo.com for sound bytes, video, pictures, blogs, and much more! Bring on the mojo!
Tix also available by calling 479-251-7809.

Woooooohoooooo! Thank you wonder-full music lovers, fans, friends, and family! It’s because of YOU and your love, energy, and support, not to mention all the dancing, that’s made us the best new band! We couldn’t do it without you and we couldn’t be prouder!
But in the moment of accepting the award and the surprise, the adrenalin, the throng of people staring at us, I couldn’t get all the thanks out at once. So I’d like to shout out extra special thanks to Oxygen Edge for sharing her songs and bass prowess with us, Susan Porter, editor of the Free Weekly, for making sure this happens every year for 15 years now, and the Free Health Clinic for being available for all the low income patients they serve – including me! I’d also like to thank Angela Peace for setting us up with the most awesome professional photo shoots; many of them you will find on our bigbadgina.com website. And Kirk Lanier for many, many a gorgeous photo at gigs and out on the town and even double billing with us at Scarpino’s with his band.
There’s probably still more, oh yeah like Sky Dancer and Leona for making us the most fabulous video that’s had hundreds of views, Daniel Gold for his many years of DJing his KXUA radio show, Honest Tunes, and having us as one of his studio interviews and then videotaping us and helping us gain notice from Ingrid.
Yeah, there’s alot of people to thank and I’m thrilled beyond belief to receive this honor with my bandmates (that includes you too, Oxygen) who work their tails off always trying to keep it fresh, keep it real, and keep it good!
More music coming soon!!!
Thanks Fayetteville. And Thanks for voting everyone!

Title: Diversity -Eureka Springs
Location: Lumberyard 9pm-1am
Description: Big Bad Gina with regular featured guest, Oxygen Edge bringing you danceable, soulful original tunes and select scintillating covers! Special Opening Guests: Social Indiscretion
Start Date: 2010-04-10
Start Time: 9pm
End Date: 2010-04-11

Check out the March 18, 2010 issue of Fayetteville’s Free Weekly to read our first feature article, “Band of the Week”! Of course we give props to our regular featured element, er I mean musical guest, Oxygen Edge! www.freeweekly.com

Wonderful Music Lovers – The 2010 Goddess Festival has been the most A-MA-ZING in town, all month long, totally public, welcoming festival of all time. Right in the heart of downtown Fayetteville. Celebrating the Feminine Divine with art, music, poetry, theater, workshops, dance, and even a local version of the newlywed game. If you haven’t experienced the Goddess Festival, take it from me, DON’T MISS OUT!!! Here’s a little about what I’ve been up to with my bands, Big Bad Gina and Jorian Oxygen! Check out more including a detailed events calendar at www.goddessfestival.com

The Feminine Divine in the form of “The Divine Femmes”!!!
Friday, March 26 * 7pm at the 2010 Goddess Festival

Starring:
Pearl Brick
Emily Kaitz
Jules Taylor
Oxygen Edge
Big Bad Gina

But First, Thursday, March 25, 7pm we’ll be at Scarpino’s for our Big Bad Thursday! Same place, same time, same great music + always something new, lots of awesome people, such as YOU!

THEN… Big Bad Gina will be presenting “The Divine Femmes” at the Goddess Festival Friday, March 26! This Divine Event will begin at 7pm and is $5 benefitting the festival. This is a WONDERFUL venue, beautiful people, and on the East side of the Fayetteville Downtown Square in the old Bank of America Building! Come hear us play our set as well as play with some of Fayetteville’s other bright, shining stars – a magical, unforgettable evening! Were any of you there last year? BBG certainly has evolved over the past year – but this Festival as a whole is our ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY
of the first time Mel, Jori and I made music together on stage!

And don’t forget to get yourself and your friends a copy of this year’s Goddess Festival CD! A whole range of music from classical to spoken word, jazz to chant, folk, rock, ballads and then some…produced locally by Prima Diva Productions. This year’s CD features the works of Big Bad Gina (but of course), Oxygen Edge, Jules Taylor, Mary Kay Williams and the Deviled Eggs, Geoff Oelsner, Opal Fly, Bekah Kelso & Ginger Doss of GB Mojo, Jori Costello, Rob Pressman, Lori Herman, Claire Detels, Adele Fournet, and Christy Lindsay – Winner of this year’s theme song contest! Congrats Christy!

Friends, let’s PLAY!!!

For the Love of Music, Community, and the Feminine Divine -

NéeNée, Jori, and Mel

Written by my rockin’ awesome Big Bad Gina bandmate, Renée Janski….

Wonderful Music Lovers –

CAN YOU HANDLE BIG BAD GINA THREE DAYS IN A ROW???!!!

First of all, this Thursday, March 11, we’ll be at Scarpino’s for our Big Bad Thursday! Same place, same time, same great music + always something new, lots of awesome people, such as YOU!

THEN… Big Bad Gina will be playing at the Goddess Festival THIS Friday, March 12! This CD RELEASE PARTY and show will begin at 7p. This is a WONDERFUL venue, beautiful people, and on the East side of the Fayetteville Downtown Square in the old Bank of America Building! This year’s Goddess Fest CD is an amazing mix of beautiful pieces and rockin’ tunes – bring your $15 for a CD – supplies are limited and when they’re gone, they’re gone! Come hear us play our set as well as play with some of Fayetteville’s other bright, shining stars – a magical, unforgettable evening! Were any of you there last year? BBG certainly has evolved over the past year – but this event will be our ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY of the first time Mel, Jori and I made music together on stage!

THEN… Another wonderful thing is that there will be a COMMUNITY DANCE this coming Saturday, March 13 at 7pm also at the Goddess Festival, where you can see Big Bad Gina’s own sexy ‘DJ Jo Jo’ ripping the records and throwing the tunes so that we can ALL have a great time and party our patooties off!!

Friends, let’s PLAY!!!

For the Love of Music and Community -

WOW! What a year for BBG! Thanks to YOU ALL of course!! We’re still not even a year old yet! And thanks to the folks at Scarpino’s for hosting Big Bad Thursdays. Be looking for more starting in Jan. Full schedule coming!

Peace thru Music!

WOW I mean WOW!!!!!

“GB MOJO is the Austin based, harmony-driven duo comprised of dynamic singer/songwriters Ginger Doss and Bekah Kelso. Together they combine soul-folk rhythms and piano rock moxie, braiding their voices into a seamless tapestry of harmony to leave the listener breathless” ……….it’s true! I was totally in awe when I heard them for the first time.

That’s a mouthful! I hope you all are enjoying Big Bad Thursdays as much as Big Bad Gina is!! This Thursday, Nov. 5th would indeed be the next one as well as in two weeks, Nov. 19th. They start at 7pm so grab a date, wear your dancing shoes, and twirl on up to the bar for a Big Bad Buttery Gina. They’re tasty!

So what’s GB Mojo you ask?!?! Well folks, add a .com and see for yourselves!! A duo hailing from Austin gone gypsy and traveling around the country with the most amazing sultry, lilting, stop you still in your tracks kind of sound. Speaking of sound, even though there’s only 2, the quality of sound they put out is most amazing. I was in awe. And then I had the privilege of jamming with them along with Still on the Hill. And I had the foresight to bring a video camera so do be looking for some amazing impromptu footage.

And PD Productions, if you guessed, would be Prima Diva Productions (mmrrrroooww) and home to Big Bad Gina’s first professional recording project! Woooohoooooo!! Prima Diva also produced the first annual Goddess Festival CD in 2009. If you don’t have a copy, I highly recommend you acquire one soon as there are only 40 left! So yeah, recording! All original BBG songs! Keep your fingers crossed and your dollars set aside for a CD release party coming early spring 2010. We’re super stoked!

And that’s just some of the news in the life of a “folkin’ rocker chic”!
Seeya around town or in your neighborhood!

P.S. Just a reminder, you can book Big Bad Gina (or Jori solo) for your holiday party, Birthday party, or any other reason to celebrate with live music!

Thanks for the love and musical support! Jori

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Rockin' the kitty!

Martha’s Marauders took to their feet to walk in honor of Martha Lindsay who passed away from ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease). Martha’s troop had 10 people and 3 four-leggeds among the hundreds and hundreds of other people who joined in solidarity to find a cure for this crippling and fatal disease. Thank you to all who donated to the cause. Please continue to check the website for updates and other events: www.marthasmarauders.com and find out more about the debilitating disease that is ALS.
Please consider donating to this worthy cause and help in the search to find a cure. Sponsors for the the Marauders are Big Bad Gina, Jori Costello, and the Confused Shop.