Paige Bryan

Photo gallery include Paige Byran performance with a link to AXS.com article here. http://www.examiner.com/article/san-diego-indiefest-showcasing-independent-music-for-over-a-decade

"...New York based group, Bear Hands headlined the night, and local Latin Alternative Rock group, Todo Mundo had the crowd up and dancing. With a fresh urban pop sound, Paige Bryan attracted a new fan base. A Mayfield Affair lead vocalists Erin Lancaster and Ryan Woosley were turning up the folk country charm. The crowd favorite of the night seemed to be local alternative Country rock group, Dead Feather Moon. Dead Feather Moon is a two time winner for Best Alternative Album in 2012 and Best Alternative Band in 2014 at the San Diego Music Awards." - Examiner.com

A photo of Paige Bryan's performance is included in the article highlighting some of the Day 2 performances. - DMagazine - Front Row Blog - Dallas Arts from the Best Seat in the House

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Another great San Diego Indiefest for the books. San Diego Indiefest 9 was held on Saturday March 28, 2015 in its new home in the San Diego community of City Heights. The City Heights Community Park and Recreation Center Lawn was host to this year’s event.

SanDiego Indiefest features and celebrates national and local independent musicians, artists, and visual artists. It is always a family friendly and eclectic environment showcasing music, film, art, comedy and local businesses.

An active leader in the San Diego Indie music scene and founder of Say it Records, Danielle LoPresti founded San Diego indie fest over 10 years ago. With a passion for social causes, Alicia Champion teamed up with Danielle Lopresti to create what is now the revolutionary and history making San Diego Indiefest. Over the years the pair has given many artists a platform in which to challenge the belief that music and art must avoid socially conscious topics to be accepted and entertaining.

San Diego Indiefest has grown since its debut in 2004 in the San Diego Community of Bankers Hill. After a few more moves through North Park and Liberty Station this year it settled down in City Heights.

This new location in City Heights offered a more intimate atmosphere and diverse crowd then previous years. A major drawback to this location was the limited number of stages 3 from 4 stages of previous years. That extra stage would allow more experience to new local independent artists and equally more exposure to new fans. Another negative was parking, it was always difficult to find. Bigger visible signs to available Indiefest parking would have assisted in this matter. Just some things to think about for San Diego Indiefest 10.

Can’t wait to see the lineup for next year.

San Diego Indiefest is sponsored by Durga Sound, San Diego’s Local Independent Radio 91X , Today’s Hit Music on Z90.3, MSI Production Services, Rock to Stop Violence and many more.

There were many artists performing through the day. The Durga Sound Main Stage featured many great independent artists whether you like R&B, reggae, electronica, alternative, rock, country even a little latin. There was a little bit for everyone.

New York based group, Bear Hands headlined the night, and local Latin Alternative Rock group, Todo Mundo had the crowd up and dancing. With a fresh urban pop sound, Paige Bryan attracted a new fan base. A Mayfield Affair lead vocalists Erin Lancaster and Ryan Woosley were turning up the folk country charm. The crowd favorite of the night seemed to be local alternative Country rock group, Dead Feather Moon. Dead Feather Moon is a two time winner for Best Alternative Album in 2012 and Best Alternative Band in 2014 at the San Diego Music Awards. - AXS.com

Some Different good San Diego Indiefest for the books. San Diego Indiefest NINE was as soon as held on Saturday March 28, 2015 in its new residence inside the San Diego group of City Heights. The City Heights Neighborhood Park and Sport Center Garden was host to this 12 months ’s journey.

SanDiego Indiefest options and celebrates nationwide and native unbiased musicians, artists, and visual artists. it’s all the time a household pleasant and eclectic setting showcasing tune, movie, artwork, comedy and native companies.

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The Massive Apple based mostly completely group, Bear Arms headlined the night time time, and native Latin Selection Rock group, Todo Mundo had the gang up and dancing. With a current metropolis pop sound, Paige Bryan attracted a model new fan base. A Mayfield Affair lead vocalists Erin Lancaster and Ryan Woosley had been turning up the parents u.s.a. of america attraction. the gang favourite of the night time time appeared to be native choice Usa rock employees, Lifeless Feather Moon. Lifeless Feather Moon is a time winner for Absolute Greatest Various Album in 2012 and Absolute Greatest Choice Band in 2014 on the San Diego Track Awards. - VOICE

#50 - Photo of Artist performing - NBC7 San Diego

Artist Photo with caption in an article highlighting performers at 35Denton 2015 music festival. - WE DENTON DO IT

"After Ded Kra-Z & Princess Eud were off the main stage at Dan’s, the patio quickly filled for Paige Bryan’s set. The R&B-pop singer has an amazing vocal range, catchy lyrics, and an amazing overall vibe. Her songs had us happily swaying back and forth to the beat. Her back up dancers were a nice addition to the laid-back patio vibe. Bryan is a natural born performer, and boy did we enjoy her show!"

Photo included in article. - 35 Denton Blog

Group 1 Crew released their new EP #Stronger online and on iTunes today, and is the second album out of a series of three.

"Today my second of 3 EP's is out! Go and pick up #STRONGER on iTunes and everywhere online. If you haven't checked out #FASTER yet you still can, and this spring will come #POWER. Thank you Jesus for the journey. It's been amazing!#WeAreTheCrew," wrote frontman, Manwell Reyes on Facebook.

Track Listing:

Keep Goin' (feat. Capital Kings) (3:34)
Star Track (feat. Josh Zegan) (3:29)
Rise From the Ashes (3:20)
Award (feat. Paige Bryan) (3:58)
Elevator Doors (3:53)
G1C's previous release, #Faster, featured Moriah Peters, Glory, Jonathan Thulin, and Racheal Lampa along with replacement singer Sarah Sandz. Reyes, the face of the group has said that G1C supporters and fellow Christian singers now make up the crew.

Group 1 Crew went from a three piece singing rap group, to a two, and now a one. Reyes as of now is listed as the only member left in the group, but has a couple of supporting members in the background.

Read more: http://www.breathecast.com/articles/group-1-crew-releases-stronger-ep-featuring-capital-kings-josh-21410/#ixzz3Q39Vujpg - Breathecast

Last Thursday evening the VPAC was treated to a double feature of comedy stand-up by legendary actor and comedian Sinbad and concert singer Paige Bryan, a former CSUN student and daughter of Sinbad.

The show opened with Bryan, who gave an upbeat and energetic concert, performing songs from her upcoming album “A Mile In Stilettos.” As a former CSUN student, she expressed her excitement to be back on campus and gave a shout-out to former professors.
Bryan performed for an hour with her band and hosted a dance competition between two audience members. The singer made sure both participants were awarded with a copy of her EP.

Following her performance, was renowned stand-up comedian, Sinbad.

Ranked as one of the top 100 stand-up comedians of all time by Comedy Central, Sinbad is a legend both on the stage and on screen. He is known for his appearances in hit films such as “Jingle all the Way”, opposite of Arnold Schwarzenegger, “Good Burger”, and his debut film, “Necessary Roughness.”

Sinbad lives by the mantra “funny is funny” and says a good act doesn’t have to be dirty. He is known for telling stories and throwing a comedic twist onto day-to-day life.

His performance at the VPAC lived up to his reputation. Keeping to his clean standards, he was able to keep the entire theatre laughing while avoiding vulgarity.

Sinbad has a strong love for audience interaction, calling on them to participate in his stories and answer questions.

Throughout his performance, Sinbad took the opportunity to poke fun at “third year freshman” and “fifth year seniors.” He continued with the university theme by questioning audience members’ choice in majors. He asked one student, a political science major, if he wanted to be president. The student had answered that a mayor will do. “Oh! So you want to be good, just not great,” joked Sinbad. “Only the best at CSUN.”

Sinbad clearly enjoyed performing at the VPAC and continued to answer audience relationship questions and gave parental advice an hour longer than scheduled. - The Sundial - California State University Northridge , September 22, 2014

Sinbad, daughter Paige and wife Meredith talk with Rick Dees about their new reality TV show on WE. - Rick Dees Radio Show

Check out this single ‘London Bridges’ by Los Angeles, California urban pop artist Paige Bryan. - Music Crowns

In this episode of the Indie RnB/NeoSoul Videos of the Day, we have the official music video of London Bridges by Paige Bryan. We also have The Big Bang performing their new single Not Good Enough live at Sea Horse Studios in downtown Los Angeles CA. We’ve also included Bashiri Asad with Love Revolution which is the 2nd single from Bashiri Asad’s “Living the Dream” album released by Sound Thought Recordings. - Vibes & Vino - June 5, 2014

Video Interview featuring Paige Bryan. - Discover Hit Music

Video interview featuring Paige Bryan - Discover Hit Music

Did you all know that Sinbad's daughter is a singer? Well, she is and she is the real deal. Her name is Paige Bryan. This girl has some chops and the personality to go with it. I am one for supporting great talent so join me in supporting this young lady in your entertainment career. You can also check her out on Sinbad and his reality show called "Sinbad: It's Just Family" on the WE Network. - Black Folkz Think!

If you’re Black and over, say, 49, then one of your favorite comics has to be Sinbad. And if you are a fan, you probably don’t need to ask, “Sinbad, where u been,” because you know that that happens to be the title of one of his latest projects, a 90-minute Comedy Central special that was broadcast earlier this year. (Available on DVD. Hmmmm . . . the perfect stocking stuffer). Filmed at downtown’s Club Nokia Theatre, it represents his first stand-up special in 13 years. You probably also know about his “Celebrity Apprentice” stint.

But what you may not have known is that since that over the last 26 years, he’s been married to Meredith for 8 years; divorced for 10; and then remarried to her for the last 8; and that he’s continued to do stand-up on the road, including this past weekend at The Canyon Club in Agoura Hills.

Perhaps most importantly, though, he’s been supporting his daughter’s budding singing career. In fact, at The Canyon, Paige Bryan, strikingly gorgeous and statuesque, opened for dear old dad. Performing tunes from her November-released “IMPERFECT ME,” which Sinbad “Funkmaster” produced, she tells the sold-out crowd that it took her over 4 years—and a breakup—to complete. Her lyrics and song titles bear this out: She and her producer, Chaka Blackmon, co-wrote all the songs, which she deems “very personal.” “Sick ‘N Tired,” a tight funk groove, “Yesterday’s News” and the title track surely acted as catharsis for her youthful angst.

Her set is a mix of hip-hop and ballads, with a stellar finale of Marvin Gaye’s sex cry “I Want You,” which, in Bryan’s angelic voice, is a slower groove, equal parts soul and jazz. Her stage persona is sexy and playful and, like dad’s, punctuated by a little comedy; no doubt, compliments of Sinbad, who, she says, was “[her] biggest influence. [I have] a lot of his humor . . . his sarcasm!”

Bryan’s solo CD (another great stuffer) is not, however, her first foray into singing. She was a member of a touring gospel group, Press Play, which was founded by The Dream Center, a nonprofit outreach organization near downtown L.A. dedicated to helping inner-residents. Proceeds from their outings went to that organization.

Raised in Calabasas with her mother Meredith, her younger brother Royce and Sinbad, her father had won the “Star Search” competition two years before she was born. She grew up deeply steeped in the business, with dad’s stand-up career, his soul music festivals and movies now looming large in her musical career. Keeping it in the family like her dad (his brother and sister variously managed him), she has her mother to manage and guide her).
About being raised by this particular man, she laughs as she recalls the family joke that if he hadn’t been a comedian, Sinbad would have been a Black Panther!

Thankfully, Sinbad, looking much younger (and leaner) than his 54 years and sporting a close-cropped hair style (no longer carrot top in color), remains one of the funniest, silliest, cleanest, most quick-witted comics—of any race—the kind you’d want as your tall, big brother. Despite the fact that audience is predominantly White, everybody’s cracking up—some Whites harder and louder than the Blacks.

But that’s perfectly understandable: Sinbad’s material, which addresses President Obama, marriage and traffic, is, after all, baby-boomer focused; not (seriously) down-putting; somewhere between PG13 and R-rated (“Drivers give you the finger . . . like they can fight. . .!”); race-less (for the most part); and, therefore, easily digestible by all.

When asked an audience member what his next ventures are, he first explains that reality television’s kinda killed the kinds of comedy shows [that he used to be on], then adds, “. . . and Denzel keeps getting my parts!” And in a funny schtick with the women in the crowd, of whom he inquires, ‘What do you really want,’ for every complaint women in the audience voice,’ he’s quickly able to turn the reply on its head so that it ends up being a pro-male rejoinder. Replying to a woman’s complaint that her husband drops his dirty clothes drawers anywhere and everywhere in their house, Sinbad’s solution: “Put the hamper between the couch and the front door”—i.e., the two spots he can most easily deposit his dirty laundry. His remedy for men who won’t put their dirty dishes in the dishwasher or wash their own dishes: ‘That’s your fault: Use paper plates.”

His remedy for us: Don’t miss him the next time he’s in town. - The Los Angeles Sentinel

Paige Bryan is coming into her own with a music career that’s already well on its way, and a reality show all about her funny father, Sinbad, and their family.
When related to somebody who has been in the entertainment industry as long as Sinbad has been, sometimes it’s hard to be a star in your own right. That’s not the case for Paige, who at 25 already has a CD out with the extreme support of her father.
Sinbad acted as the executive producer of Paige’s album, Imperfect Me, and has been exposing his baby girl to the musical side of the industry since a very young age. Featured in the May issue of Sister 2 Sister magazine, Paige talks about her memories of attending her father’s annual Soul Music Festival and being in the presence of musical greatness such as Chaka Khan, Al Green and Prince.
Now, with her music out there for the world to hear, available on a two-year project that she refers to as “her baby,” Paige is gathering momentum for a career of her own, with performances such as one on “The Mo’Nique Show,” this Thursday, April 14.
And if that wasn’t enough, Paige and her whole family can be seen every week on WE tv, starring in the brand-new, bound-to-be-funny reality show “Sinbad: It’s Just Family.” The show premieres tonight at 10 p.m., and it promises to show just what makes this hilarious family work, love and laugh.
You’ll get to see Paige as she makes her way with her parents’ support, and you’ll see what Sinbad has been up to since paving the way for many comedians to come.
Want more? Check out the trailer below before tuning in tonight for the season premiere on WE tv. - S2Smagazine

A review of debut album 'Imperfect Me" - top-40 charts.com

Eunice Moseley, Lee Bailey's EURweb.com writes: "Paige Bryan wins over the crowd at Club Nokia performance.
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*I admit, like most, I went to Club Nokia in Los Angeles to see Sinbad – though I was to review the opening act, Paige Bryan. I tell you by the time Paige finished her set, we all where giving her a standing ovation. She didn’t let on, like I knew, that she was Sinbad’s daughter. She announced it at the end of her set, which resulted in another overwhelming applause.
I remember interviewing a younger Paige Bryan when she was part of a Christian Rock/Urban group, Press Play. Her Urban/R&B sound enhanced greatly the Rock group, which I thought had a fresh Contemporary Christian Music sound.
Now that she is going solo, and older, her sound is much more mature. She sang of triumph over love lost and the joy of love found. Her songwriting, even when she was with the group, is unbelievable. I love the way she gives you visual images with her words as she sings her story. Even though it was a bit too much “love lost” songs for me, her delivery, band and backup singers still had me (and the crowd) egging her on, “you go girl!”
The songs performed by Paige Bryan are on her debut solo project “Imperfect Me” produced by Chaka Blackmon (Christina Aguilera). She has also starred in a docu-series, “Sinbad: It’s Just Family,” that aired for six weeks on WE tv – along with her father Sinbad, mother/manager Meredith Adkins and brother Royce Atkins.
This talented lady has opened for Sean Kingston, Erykah Badu and Macy Gray. - Lee Bailey's EURweb (Electronic Urban Report)

Page 16 & 17 - An interview with Amalgamation magazine discussing my music and WEtv reality show, Sinbad: It's Just Family - Amalgamation magazine - Spring 2011 edition

An album review for my debut album "Imperfect Me" - About.com

Paige Bryan is a talented singer/songwriter who has opened for and/or shared the stage with great artists such as Erykah Badu, Sean Kingston, Macy Gray, Jennifer Hudson, Eric Benet, Brian Culbertson, Eric Darius, Ray Parker Jr., and many others. Her solo live shows include a variety of genres that appeal to audiences of all ages, ranging from Top 40 hits to her own original works. With two albums under her belt, Paige continues to grow and evolve musically. Her newest project, “A Mile in Stilettos,” is her best work to date and incorporates Pop/R&B/Urban styles. - Mocha Man Style (MMS)