Yamica Peterson -- Vocals/Percussion Yamica was born in Portsmouth, NH. She is the oldest granddaughter of Jean M. Jones, Portsmouth’s ‘Lady of Song’ and she is great-neice to local jazz legend Sharon "Brown Sugar" Jones. At age 3, she gave her first performance and has been singing ever since. This singer/songwriter can be found performing all over the seacoast with her father, Pete Peterson. Her first album - a collaboration with Don "Sev" Severence can be found at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/themicasevproject. She has shared the stage with many of southern New Hampshire's and some of Tucson, AZ's finest local artists, and has had the distinct pleasure of providing background vocals for Dave Gerard on two of his albums, ‘The Zoomy Trail’and 'Angels & Cowboys'. Her current projects are ‘Groove Train’, and 'Mica Peterson Duo/Trio' that features different artists in the region. Musical influences for Yamica include India Arie, Jill Scott, Hil St. Soul, Anita Baker, Aretha Franklin, Erika Badu and Oleta Adams.