Jess Yoakum: Press

INTERVIEW. After two nights of competition, five bands have risen from the preliminary ashes of the Berklee College of Music’s Battle of the All-Female Bands. The finals are this Saturday at the Middle
East. Among other prizes, the winner will perform at the ROCKRGRL Magazine Women of Valor Awards.

Metro spoke with musician Jessica Yoakum from the Berklee admissions office and the Women of Valor planning committee.

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Music series makes a house a village home

"The idea that we're able to host the series in a house is an important thing," says its founder, Jess Yoakum , a Jamaica Plain resident who spent years booking acts for the Midway Cafe on Washington Street.

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New JP concert series opens with guitar virtuoso

JP Unplugged is a new acoustic music concert series that will be presenting its first concert on Fri., Feb. 23, at the historic Loring-Greenough House at 12 South St. Appearing will be New York’s guitar virtuoso Vicki Genfan, and opening the show will be singer-songwriters Patti DeRosa and Denise Barbarita.

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