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Lavender Diamond
is a Los Angeles-based Folk/country-pop quartet known for its light-hearted, often winsome sound, its simple, romantic lyrics, and the charismatic, whimsical stage presence and ethereal vocals of frontwoman Becky Stark.
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History
While living in
Providence, Rhode Island, Stark began performing as Lavender Diamond in a play that she and
puppeteer Xander Marro wrote, created and toured with called
Birdsongs of the Bauharoque
inspired by the work of artist
Paul Laffoley.
[1] A self-produced CD of Stark's songs accompanied the tour in a hand-sewn,
silkscreened sleeve. Lavender Diamond grew into a four-piece band after Stark relocated to Los Angeles. With the help of local patrons Brian Kaneda and Josh Scuteri, Lavender Diamond self-released a four-song
EP and performed at L.A.'s
ArthurFest, at
South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, and at the
CMJ New Music Seminar in
New York City. In
2006 Lavender Diamond signed to
Rough Trade Records in
Europe, and
Matador Records in the U.S., and toured and performed with
The Decemberists for three weeks.
Becky Stark performs solo and has a band called The Mystical Unionists with
drummer/
cartoonist Ron Regé Jr. Regé draws and Stark writes a Lavender Diamond
comic strip entitled
Peace Comics.
Rege furnishes the band with all of its artwork.
In November 2007, they released a cover of
Madonna's song
"Like A Prayer" on a charity/tribute record,
Through the Wilderness
In July 2009, SPIN magazine released "Purplish Rain", a 25th Anniversary Tribute to
Prince's "Purple Rain", with Lavender Diamond covering
"Purple Rain".
Members
- Becky Stark — vocals
- Steve Gregoropoulos — piano, vocals
- Ron Regé Jr. — drums
- Devon Williams — guitar, vocals
Former Members
- Jeffrey Rosenberg — guitar, vocals
Elvis Perkins also played guitar on the band's first single.
Discography
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- Artifacts Of The Winged
12-song solo CD (2003, self-released)
- When Are You Coming Home?
b/w "Wild" (2003, self-released)
- Cavalry of Light
EP (2005, self-released)
- Split 7" with Queens of Sheeba, Devendra Banhart (2005, Cold Sweat records)
- Imagine Our Love
full-length album (2007)
- Through the Wilderness a tribute to Madonna on Manimal Vinyl Records performing Like A Prayer
(2007)
See also
References
- http://www.dustedmagazine.com/features/462