Becky Stark

The Living Sisters @ Topanga Days, 5/24/08

LAist - Found Jun. 4, 2008
... s Inara George ( MySpace ), Eleni Mandell ( MySpace ), and Lavender Diamond ( MySpace )'s Becky Stark, performed at the 35th Annual...

Posted on June 4, 2008, 5:30 am

Tonight in Rock: The Beautiful Girls, George Michael

LAist - Found Jun. 25, 2008
The Forum The Beautiful Girls @ Troubadour Fiction Plane, Saint Motel @ Viper Room Cryptacize, Becky Stark, Palms @ The Echo Oslo, The...

Posted on June 25, 2008, 2:00 am

Tonight & This Week in Rock: Jessie Baylin, The Mae Shi

LAist - Found Jun. 24, 2008
June 25, 2008 George Michael @ The Forum Fiction Plane, Saint Motel @ Viper Room Cryptacize, Becky Stark, Palms @ The Echo Oslo, The...

Posted on June 24, 2008, 2:00 am

Tonight & This Week in Rock: Sunset Strip Music Festival

LAist - Found Jun. 23, 2008
June 25, 2008 George Michael @ The Forum Fiction Plane, Saint Motel @ Viper Room Cryptacize, Becky Stark, Palms @ The Echo Oslo, The...

Posted on June 23, 2008, 2:00 am

She & Him At The Newport Folk Festival

NPR - Found Aug. 2, 2008
But that didn't stop them either, especially when back-up vocalist and songstress Becky Stark (of Lavender Diamond) joined on stage for her...
She & Him: Volume One (Double Six) - Sunday Business Post
She & Him's happy ending - Minneapolis Star Tribune
She & Him are happily anonymous - Chicago Sun-Times
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Posted on August 2, 2008, 5:20 am

From screen to stage

Columbus Alive - Found Aug. 4, 2008
... band will play selections from the album Monday at the Wexner Center after Lavender Diamond's Becky Stark provides the opening entertainment.

Posted on August 4, 2008, 10:30 am

She & Him Bring Country Charm to Toronto to Start Tour

Rolling Stone - Found Jul. 24, 2008
Black Hole and Change Is Hard boasted a rootsy, alt-country flavor, relayed by an experienced band that includes Lavender Diamonds Becky Stark.

Posted on July 24, 2008, 10:28 am

Deschanel and friends deliver

Philadelphia Inquirer - Found Jul. 28, 2008
As a bonus, Becky Stark from the band Lavender Diamond sang spirited backup throughout the sprightly set.
She & Him: Simple, Beautiful, and to the Point - Filter
Deschanel and friends deliver - Philly.com
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Posted on July 28, 2008, 12:37 pm

We Held Our Tongues Throughout It (Siren Music Festival 2007, That's ...

Latest entries from heartonastick.blog-city.com - Found Jul. 19, 2008
The Black Lips pretend to blow up chickens to a packed pit on one stage, I settled for listening to Becky Stark talk and talk and talk and...

Posted on July 19, 2008, 2:33 am

She & Him serenade Philadelphia

The Intelligencer - Found Jul. 29, 2008
Becky Stark, from the band Lavender Diamond, bopped in the background and showcased her own strong set of pipes, fleshing out songs such as...

Posted on July 29, 2008, 1:33 pm

Becky Stark Biography

Becky Stark
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Becky Stark
Birth name Rebecca Ann Stark
Born
Flag of the United States Culver City, California
Origin California, U.S.
Genre(s) indie rock, folk, punk
Instrument(s) Vocals
Years active 2004 - present (Lavender Diamond)
Label(s) Matador, Rough Trade, Cold Sweat
Associated acts Mystical Unionists
Living Sisters

Becky Stark is an artist, singer, songwriter and entertainer from Los Angeles, California. She is the voice of the band Lavender Diamond. She was raised in Maryland where she began performing as a child. At the age of 13 she travelled to the former Soviet Union as part of a U.S. State Department- Sponsored Peace Mission, a travelling musical about peaceful ecology. For four years in junior high school she was the co-host and head reporter for the weekly children's television news magazine KIds' Point of View Television-KPOV'TV - a half hour show broadcast weekly between the WWF and the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling. At 18 she starred in the feature film Willa, An American Snow White for PBS. Throughout high school she studied classical singing and learned an extensive repertoire of classical, popular and jazz songs.

She studied Comparative Literature (English and Russian) and Art/Semiotics at Brown University. In Providence she was part of the Fort Thunder art movement and formed a theater troupe with artist and filmmaker Xander Marro. The two created a travelling operetta called Birdsongs of the Bauharoque, a fairytale fable about peace coming to planet Earth. They toured the U.S. and Canada for two months with their punk puppet opera.

After college she became a full-time student at the Merce Cunningham Dance Conservatory in Manhattan where she studied modern dance. Seeking a warmer climate she moved to Los Angeles and became immersed in the music, comedy, film and cabaret scenes. She performed a comical variety of jobs including magician's assistant. She appeared in High School Record- an underground favorite at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. In the film she plays the teacher of students from the LA bands No Age, Mika Miko, Silver Daggers and others. She has created and performed numerous folk story operettas, including an adaptation of the Little Match Girl. She appeared in the original production of acclaimed New Wave opera visionary Ruth Margraff's The Cry Pitch Carols.

She is considered a luminary of the new folk movement and the LA underground punk/noise scene. She has performed extensively as a solo artist and leader of the Lavender Diamond band. She has shared a bill with Miranda July, Jenny Lewis, David Byrne, John Waters, Dave Eggers, yeah yeah yeah's, Decemberists, Beck, The New Pornographers, Devendra Banhart and hundreds of others. She has been compared to Linda Rondstadt, Joni Mitchell, Karen Carpenter, Julie Andrews, Kate Bush and Lucille Ball. She has received widespread critical acclaim, appearing in the November Vanity Fair "Folk Music Heroes" portfolio by Annie Leibovitz on the page between Joni Mitchell and Judy Collins. In addition to her work with Lavender Diamond she sings with The Living Sisters, a folk trio with Eleni Mandell and Inara George from Blue Note Records artist the Bird and the Bee.

The 2007 Lavender Diamond album Imagine Our Love was released on Matador and Rough Trade Records. A film to accompany the album is currently in production in IMAX format with director Maximilla Lukacs and art director Alia Penner. The film is an extravaganza featuring Busby Berkeley- style dance numbers, animation and interplanetary ballet.

This summer Becky wrote the Songs of the Believers for the upcoming film City of Ember starring Bill Murray, directed by Gil Kenan and produced by Tom Hanks. The film is a post-apocalyptic-action-adventure story for children. In the film Becky plays the Songmaster. She also stars in an upcoming short film version of a short story from Miranda July's book "No one Belongs Here More Than You." Kim Gordon and Liz Goldwyn also star in the film directed by Alia Raza. Most recently she appeared onstage as the musical guest in Daily Show creator Ben Karlin's new variety show, singing with Zooey Deschanel and accompanied by okgo. She is creating a new musical comedy variety show with Jim Drain, Miranda July, Jennifer Johnson, Paper Rad, Tunde Adebimpe from TV on the Radio and many other artists.

She is co-author of the Peace Comics with cartoonist Ron Rege, Jr., the drummer in Lavender Diamond. She and Ron Rege have a band together, The Mystical Unionists.

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Becky Stark video An interview with Becky Stark of Lavender Diamond by Hen House Studios.

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Title: Interview with Becky Stark of Lavender Diamond
Description: An interview with Becky Stark of Lavender Diamond by Hen House Studios. video from: http://www.henhousestudios.com/artists/mkpgartist.php?artistID=1...
Becky Stark video I Love Zooey!
She is terrible acting
but
Beautiful singing clip
Title: Zooey Deschanel & Becky Stark
Description: I Love Zooey! She is terrible acting but Beautiful singing
Becky Stark video The Garden Rose   August 26,  06 clip
Title: Becky Stark and Lavender Diamond at Sunset Junction
Description: The Garden Rose August 26, 06
Becky Stark video Becky Stark of LAvender Diamond and Heather Porcaro performed live  as Willy Wonka and the CHARLIE Chaplin Factory at New Image art GAllery opening f... clip
Title: Best Night Of Your LIFE with Becky STARK!
Description: Becky Stark of LAvender Diamond and Heather Porcaro performed live as Willy Wonka and the CHARLIE Chaplin Factory at New Image art GAllery opening f...
Becky Stark video Lavender Diamond (headed by Becky Stark, whom the LA Times describes as "fey but odd"), opening for The New Pornographers, perform "You Broke My Hear... clip
Title: Lavender Diamond You Broke My Heart live Henry Fonda 9/ /07
Description: Lavender Diamond (headed by Becky Stark, whom the LA Times describes as "fey but odd"), opening for The New Pornographers, perform "You Broke My Hear...
Becky Stark video Lavender Diamond (headed by Becky Stark, whom the LA Times describes as "fey but odd"), opening for The New Pornographers, perform "Oh No" from their... clip
Title: Lavender Diamond Oh No live Henry Fonda Music Box 9/ /07
Description: Lavender Diamond (headed by Becky Stark, whom the LA Times describes as "fey but odd"), opening for The New Pornographers, perform "Oh No" from their...
Becky Stark video The Living Sisters(Inara George, Eleni Mandell, Becky Stark)   "Dont Let The Sun Go Down"   Live at Topanga Days   Topanga, CA   May 24,  08.  Reco... clip
Title: The Living Sisters "Dont Let The Sun Go Down" Live
Description: The Living Sisters(Inara George, Eleni Mandell, Becky Stark) "Dont Let The Sun Go Down" Live at Topanga Days Topanga, CA May 24, 08. Reco...
Becky Stark video Lavender Diamond (headed by Becky Stark, whom the LA Times describes as "fey but odd"), opening for The New Pornographers, perform "Garden Rose" from... clip
Title: Lavender Diamond Garden Rose live Henry Fonda 9/ /07
Description: Lavender Diamond (headed by Becky Stark, whom the LA Times describes as "fey but odd"), opening for The New Pornographers, perform "Garden Rose" from...