Juha

A night of Anarchist Disco! Irish/English trad! Spoken Word, Storytelling, Comedy, and More! With Stephanie Blossom - Tom & Jane - Kemi Lofinmakin - JUHA ‘Tis the season where all across the globe, folks come together in holiday celebrations. Maybe you're celebrating Hanukka, Christmas, Kwanzaa, or Eid. Maybe you're celebrating the winter solstice, or maybe it's that time of year where you sacrifice small children to your demon god. But with ROCK THE MANGER we celebrate one thing that we all have in common: so far, we have all survived this thing called life. Thank you for sticking around on this planet - it's no small feat! Come celebrate your survival. KEMI LOFINMAKIN Kemi is mad about music! And dancing! And acting! And just generally running around the place performing for whoever would watch her! Growing up in Nigeria to middle class parents, she wasn’t encouraged to develop her creative and artistic side; it took Kemi another 30 years before she summoned up the courage to follow her dreams. Since 2012, Kemi has been creating amazing work and being her authentic self! Kemi is real, Kemi is deep, Kemi is a lot of fun. Get ready for some excitement! Check Kemi out in: - Hot Pepper, the lighthearted revenge guide web series! http://youtu.be/zUo-YCSDES0 - And also on ARTS NIGHT, as aired on BBC 2!:. http://bbc.in/1XCMejp TOM AND JANE Thomas Alexis-Webb of rap-metal outfit BENZOKAYN joins Juha's keyboardist Jane Hall to create a very different sound to what they do with their usual band! Jane picks up her fiddle and joins Tom's guitar for trad Irish/English folk with an electric twist! - Check out Benzokayn here: https://soundcloud.com/benzokayn - and Jane's Red Sorrel project: https://soundcloud.com/redsorrelmusic STEPHANIE BLOSSOM Your Compere for Rock The Manger! Performance Story Teller Stephanie Blossom: the imagined love child of Pam Ayres & Ghostface Killah. A force of nature, shining light on personal, social, and age old affairs. Performs with a gentle charm and humility thought-provoking and forthright poetry. Since starting to perfect her craft on the open mic scene last summer, Stephanie has begun to feature at and host events. Writing for herself, Stephanie shares her poems as an extension of their creation and a love of performing. JUHA Every Step You Take Is A Migration! Juha began as a hip hop crew in Hawaii and is now a London-based anarchist disco - or, "the sound of Prince and Manu Chao kissing." Songs cover human rights, the refugee crisis, mental health, and good ol' fashioned sexy goofy sleaze. Juha is party music for the Brexit blues, yo! - Check out “Every Step You Take Is A Migration” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnAJ1xqDt1E - www.JuhaMusic.com AND SPECIAL GUESTS! You could be one!