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Music on the Mountain

jcostello — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 01:04:51 +0000

Music really is the magic! Join me on the magical scenic mountain in the middle of Fayetteville for an intimate and unplugged solo performance Tues. Nov. 1 at 7pm at the Mt. Sequoyah Retreat Center! 150 NW Skyline Dr. I will be playing songs that I don’t usually bring to the Big Bad Gina sets, so here’s your chance to hear some rarities and other magical musical moments. FREE SHOW! Free and accessible parking and light yummy refreshments served! Thanks to Steve Butler for including me in this musical talented line up of local musicians. Every first Tues. of the month, catch a Music on the Mountain performance (Dec. is local poet and songwriter, Geoff Oelsner).
Thanks for your love and energy for the magic of the music!

Jori in the next Women Songwriters Circle

jcostello — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 05:20:51 +0000

Join Jori Costello at The Whole Earth Organic Lounge on Friday, Dec. 10th at 8pm with your host Tiffany Christopher along with Shannon Wurst, Lacy Morris, and Carter Sampson. Only $5 for 5 women performers. Join us as we trade songs, add rhythm, and share harmonies!

Then mark your calendars for holiday celebrations with Big Bad Gina Friday, Friday, Dec. 17 * 6:30pm at New Delhi Indian Cafe in Eureka Springs
and Sunday, Dec. 19 * 6pm at Teatro Scarpino in Fayetteville with special guests from the monthly HOWL women’s poetry readings and students from BBG Studios show us their stuff they’ve learned this semester.

Thanks for your love of the music!

Big Bad Gina CD Release Party 10-1-10

jcostello — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 22:00:44 +0000

Ta da! It’s finally here! Big Bad Gina’s CD, “Amazon Warrior Princess”!!!! After a few rough starts and a few missed release dates, BBG is proud to announce a CD Release Party at Teatro Scarpino on Friday, Oct. 1 at 8pm. It’s a FREE SHOW! with special guest drummer, Michael Adkins. Thanks for all your support and encouragement during this year and a half. We are so grateful. Check out the video promo at www.bigbadgina.com

Jorian Oxygen with GBmojo 8-28-10

jcostello — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 20:18:28 +0000

Jorian Oxygen *www.jorianoxygen.com* starts off the evening at 8pm at the Whole Earth Organic Lounge – 40 E. Center St. (formerly Flames and Opal Fly’s venue – now with new club owners and new swanky look). Jorian Oxygen rocks out with their flair of indie, folky, punky, folkin’ rockin’ original tunes! And that’s only the first set…..Welcome back GBmojo! *www.gbmojo.com* Ginger Doss and Bekah Kelso return to Fayetteville after 2 sell out local house concerts this year and bringing in 2010 right here in our town on New Year’s Eve and Day at the same location. GBmojo will woo you with their rootsy soul-folk & piano rock moxie, urban wit, and ancient wisdom.
Whole Earth offers organic beer and wine and other tasty treats and an amazing dance floor! www.WholeEarthOrganicLounge.com
$5 at the door (or more if you can!)
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. Aug. 29 at New Delhi Cafe. It’s worth the drive! Check out www.gbmojo.com for sound bytes, video, pictures, blogs, and much more! Bring on the mojo! Thanks for supporting live music, local biz. and traveling gypsy girls!

Diversity -Eureka Springs

jcostello — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 17:11:14 +0000

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

Divine Femmes – March 26 at the 2010 Goddess Festival

jcostello — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:25:11 +0000

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

3 Days of BIG BAD GINA

jcostello — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:46:40 +0000

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 -

Bring on GB MoJo & BBG House Concert

jcostello — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:06:11 +0000

WOW I mean WOW!!!!!

The first Prima Diva Productions concert in the Dojo was a stark raving success! We had over 50 people at the GB Mojo/BBG/Oxygen House Concert! Unbelievably fun! And with room to dance even ~ which we did plenty of. GB Mojo themselves called it one of their top 3 gigs ever! And again I say WOW! We are so honored and thrilled to have them as our new friends in music, mission, and mojo! You can read their blog about it and more at www.gbmojo.com

That night we did some guest performing with them which only made us want more so we became mini stalkers of each other and followed each other’s gigs the whole week, including Opal Fly’s Feel Good Lounge and even to Eureka Springs. We’ll sure miss them when they get back on the road.

Even Still on the Hill had a chance to jam with these gals and there’s video coming of the impromptu jam session we all had at Kelly and Donna’s. Be looking for it on CAT TV and excerpts will surely appear on each other’s websites.

This is some serious mojo happening here folks! They have reinspired this musician for sure not to mention all whose lives they touch with their music and their message. I encourage you to check out their website and I bet you’ll be just as enthralled as we all are. Special Thanks to Esyule “the Cool” for insisting we all meet and make music together! She was instrumental in bringing on the MOJO and made sure the girls were warm, fed, and got to where they needed to be to make it all happen! THANKS Esyule!

“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.

Big Bad Thursdays at Scarpino’s

jcostello — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 05:18:54 +0000

Big Bad Gina is proud to announce the 2010 Winter/Spring Season Big Bad Thursday Performances at Teatro Scarpino. Teatro Scarpino is located at 329 N. West St. in Fayetteville, AR. (right off Dickson beside the “train bank”). The establishment offers Italian ice cream, a tapas menu, and a full bar. Scarpino’s is also available for rent for private parties and catering and can accommodate up to 300 people. Check out www.scarpino.com for more details.

The 2010 Big Bad Thursday dates:

January 14
January 28
February 11
February 25
March 11
March 25
April 1
April 22
May 6
May 13
June 3
and FRIDAY, June 25 – CD Release PARTY

and heads up folks, in July, Big Bad Gina will switch to Saturday nights at Scarpino’s and play til 11pm!! Woohooo~!

All shows are 7-9pm and are $5 Please and Thank You!

See you on the dance floor! Check out www.bigbadgina.com for pictures, more news, and soon to be merchandise!