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And a short bio:

Jason Luckett is a performing songwriter and essayist based in Los Angeles.   His latest album is mMix, a powerful and playful look at the state of affairs in this mixed (up?) millennium.

Jason is the Hawaiian born, California raised son of two psychotherapists introduced at a mental institution in 1960. The boldness of these interracial outlaw lovers* from Mississippi and Maine – and a bit of the crazy – has transferred nicely into the spirit of Jason’s art. His sound combines peace and passion, a bit of rock and folk, mixed with jazz and bossa nova. Imagine Curtis Mayfield crossed with Billy Bragg singing songs inspired by The Beatles, Joao Gilberto and Nina Simone.

In 2009 Jason released, mMix, his sixth full length CD; headlined at the Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival in Los Angeles; toured the US west on the Sing Out For Single Payer Road Show to promote healthcare reform with Labor Singer Anne Feeney, performing 35 concerts in 25 days; and had a new essay included in the ground breaking anthology, The Black Body, alongside such notables as Obama’s inaugural poet, Elizabeth Alexander andSaturday Night Live pioneer, writer Anne Beats, and edited by Meri Nana-Ama Danquah, author of Willow Weep for Me: A Black Woman’s Journey Through Depression.  Despite the busy schedule, he also had time for a three-week trip to India where he collaborated in concert with South Indian classical musicians in Kerala.

Jason keeps an ongoing blog, TheObamanation.com, dedicated to a discussion of “Mulatto Moments in Post-Racial America.”  His work has appeared in the poetry anthology, Voices from Leimert Park among other publications. He has composed the score for several films, including the 2005 short, “PNOK (Primary Next of Kin),” featuring Danny Glover.  In 2004, he established Groovysoul Creative as an umbrella for his creative ventures include web and graphic design.

The epitome of the DIY artist, all of Jason’s creative ventures have sprung from a passion for music and social justice, honed as a street musician in Europe following graduation from a colorful four years at UCLA.  He’s released six discs on his Lucky Masala Head label.

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* They married in 1964, three years before anti-miscegenation laws were deemed unconstitutional on June 12, 1967 in the Loving v. Virginia case.