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Oh my, how time flies!!

jcostello — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 19:29:01 +0000

I realized it’s been over half a year since I’ve added anything here. Of course I have been very busy with tons of music and music related projects……for instance, Big Bad Gina, Jorian Oxygen, teaching music to my new fabulous students, and just recently I’ve purchased a pretty swanky video camera….so ya never know what’s on the horizon.

I would like to thank everyone who attended my last minute solo gig in Eureka Springs, AR just recently. I sure had a great time with you folks! I was just beginning to miss singing solo and all those songs that I don’t do that much while playing in bands, esp. when I’m playing drums. And so I hope to be doing more of that!

So thanks for visiting me here. Hope to see you out and around town and in your neighborhood. Keep on keeping on with good music, good vibe, and good food!!

Many Blessings!

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!

Big Bad GINA voted Best New Band!

jcostello — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:08:53 +0000

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!

Big Bad Thursdays continue in 2010

jcostello — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:42:20 +0000

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!

Alot has happened in our 8 months together. Along with performing with Oxygen Edge, Tiffany Christopher, and (coming soon) GB Mojo from Austin, we’ve also begun recording our first CD, have been selected by the Free Weekly for a band of the week feature article, been on KXUA 88.3FM for Honest Tunes and for a special Pride radio show, and have been noticed by the THE Ingrid Michaelson who brings us “The Chain” and “You and I” (…let’s get rich and buy our parents homes in the south of France……” that one!)

We are so thrilled with the support and love each of you give! Unending gratitude to you all! This town is full of many many artists and musicians, so there’s alot to choose from when going to be entertained. Thanks for choosing us!!! It’s full circle energy!!!

See you at Teatro Scarpino’s for Big Bad Thursdays and around Fayetteville and onward!!

Peace thru Music!

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.