L.I.F.E at East Meets Words
It’s already April, one-third of 2008 has gone in memories and this month’s open mic featured a familiar friend in L.I.F.E. This month’s open mic contained a short but entertaining list of performers. We had a wide range of genres in music from singing to poetry to rapping to beatboxing. We also had old friends and two new faces on the mic. Our resident doctor Victor emceed the night, and Ash opened up with a little song. That was followed by first timer Bill who came to the mic with his guitar and serenaded us with a song. Andy returned to the Open Mic accompanied by Dave and Joey B of L.I.F.E on the beatbox and performed an old song. The host of the night Victor ended the Open Mic with another entertaining freestyle with the help of Dave.
The feature of the night, as mentioned before, was L.I.F.E. which stands for Lyricists in Full Emancipation. L.I.F.E. is spoken word trio comprised of Joey B, Masada Jones, and Febo, who incidentally all happen to be long time friends from Lowell, Massachusetts. East Meets Words had the pleasure of seeing the trio grow from their start in September 2007. The trio performed some old pieces as well as new pieces and Joey B displayed his hidden talent by playing the guitar. Self-proclaimed as “the soldiers of truth”, their set was a mixture of singing and spoken word that told stories of culture, love and politics. Even though the group was formed not too long ago, the three had great chemistry on stage and captivated the audience with their presence.
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Tags: Open Mic, Recaps, spoken word.