On Thursday, May 16th at 8pm, Nona Hendryx, along with an all-woman band, pays tribute to the ferocious funk disrupter and agitator Betty Davis, whose influence rippled through the decades. Musical director Etienne Stadwijk.
“Betty Davis was an iconoclast, a shape shifter, and a woman on fire—singing and setting alight everything in her path. With eyes ablaze, heels pounding, strutting across a stage, she was a phantasmagorical peacock, speaking her truth. Like quicksilver, she imagined and defined her own beliefs and visions.”—Nona Hendryx
Learn more at https://www.symphonyspace.org/events/nona-hendryx-betty-davis
Nona Hendryx is a star and an innovator. From La Belle to Material to her ongoing solo work. Some of her shows at places like Danceteria with Ronny Drayton in her band were legendary. Great chance to see her in the local.
And Nona Hendryx is probably one of the few who can offer a worthy tribute to Betty Davis, who was a funk innovator at least a decade ahead of her time.