SISTER WINGS, the Spoken word CD features poetic word songs & bass lines grooves soaring over bass & beats of Jazz, Latin, Rap, Reggae, R&B, Rock & New Age. Oni grooves on the power of prose, off the page & on the stage, in a fresh, INTERACTIVE & culturally creative experience.

Oni's poem,"Another Woman Thang" is published 

in "For Woman, In Tribute to Nina Simone" edited by

In The Company Of Poets, Debra Powell-Wright.

 
Oni performs excerpts from her Sista' Wings CD

as a part of the "For Woman Collective"

FOR WOMEN: IN TRIBUTE TO NINA SIMONE 

SAY WHAT?

"What Oni does is phenomenal!"

 Nikki Giovanni, Poet, author, Professor of English @ Virginia Tech

 On Lasana rappin' the poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar.

Timi Tanzania, The Dub Warrior (Oni's bass teacher)

"Oni is in the groove!"

Warren Oree, Bassist - Arpeggio Jazz Ensemble

Philadelphia

"Sister Wings! has a intensity that is balanced only by the ease in which Oni marries music with poetry."

Lamont "Napalm" Dixon, Performance Poet & Teaching Artist

PA & NJ Council of the Arts.

"Oni is a star shinning on the Philadelphia area. Her brightness is enough to light up the earth - how fortunate we are that she delights us with her sparkle and shine. I laughed till I cried, and was brought to pensive contemplation. That's what the evening with Sista' Wings was for me. What a talent!" 

V. Schmidt

Downingtown, PA

Is a 1st class flight in Poetry, Storytelling & more! Featuring the one & ONI LASANA! A captivating international Storyteller, powerful Performance Poet, Musician, (bass & percussions), ARTress, Radio Producer, Creative Director, Cultural Enrichment Teaching Artist &  Jewelry Designer. Oni is in top form with this offering of spoken word songs, bass n' beats!

If you experienced the pleasure of witnessing Oni in person over the past 20 years in the Philadelphia area, Los Angeles, Mississippi, North Carolina, Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Trinidad & Tobago or in Germany, you have not forgotten her mesmerizing, dramatic, humorous and dynamic delivery of the poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar, the life of Harriet Tubman, or original prose & soulful storytelling performances.

Moving forward on a solo flight of ultimate creativity...Oni offers SISTER WINGS*!* from a ever expanding educational, entertaining, interactive, enrichment repertoire!

Focused...on point...professional...& in tuned to a positive mission of uplifting spirits! Enlightening souls! & Educating minds!...through a "spirit driven" art form of weaving literature in and out of music!

Oni plays bass guitar & recites poetry in soulful sync!

*!* SISTER WINGS SOARS *!*

SISTER WINGS *!*

Empowers everyone with uplifting spoken word and music. Highlighting the timeless prose of internationally known poets, mixed in with Oni's original Real Tales of Rhymes n' Reasons

 SISTER WINGS *!*

 Flies high and low on a emotionally packed poetic delivery on social issues  effecting woman. From affirmations of real love and respect for ourselves

and others, to the downs on issues of abuse and violence against woman and children.

 SISTER WINGS *!*

 Travels in and out of great American, African, Caribbean, and European literature, landing on the works of contemporary and historic writers.

Offering prose, poetry and word power, in a soulfully, sassy, sensational presentation that sends the literary art of spoken word into higher heights. 

 SISTER WINGS *!*

 Interactively takes everyone into a poetic natural high, grounding audiences in feeling the roots of spoken word. Her stylish, cool n' deadly delivery, navigates and penetrates a passion for bass, drum & poetic expression!

Oni soars in a natural, soulful, intuitive delivery on a Fender Ashbory Bass

ridin' real riddem's over bodacious beats!

 SISTER WINGS  GATHERING FEATURES...

 EGO TRIPPIN' by NIKKI GIOVANNI, thee most published and performed woman empowerment poem in American Literature, raps n' rolls along steady n' strong!

STILL I RISE by MAYA ANGELOU, the unofficial African American woman rights anthem, rises like never before!

RAISED BY WOMAN by KELLY NORMAN ELLIS. Audiences participate in remembrance to the grandmother, mothers, aunts and sisters who raised us. Bass blues beats moves everyone to testify!

INVICTUS...the original survival poem by WILLIAM E. HENLEY, rocks smoothly over the reggae bass line of Bob Marley's Jammin'

DESIDERATA...written in the 1600's, a familiar positive affirmation on life, travels well into the new millennium on the wings of a soulful soca bass line and a new age beat!

SISTER WINGS by DELORES HOOPER DAVIS, a wonderful tribute poem, that will echo in your heart & soul. This poem motivated Oni to create Sista' Wings*!* the ultimate interactive spoken word experience!

ALSO, Oni's original signature poems, ANOTHER WOMAN THING, LOVE MUST, HIGHER EDUCATION, OUT OF THE PHYSICAL, BAN THE KLAN,

A PLACE, & HAIR 4 DAYS..are also on board!

Listen To: OUT OF THE PHYSICAL

 
 WHAT'S OHH SO FLY ABOUT SISTER WINGS?

Sister Wings*!*...debut performance soared at the Cheltenham Mall on the WEST OAK LANE JAZZ FESTIVAL to a joyous crowd!

Dropping in on THE NILE "SOUL SPEAK" venue in Philadelphia, Sister Wings*!* leaving everyone speechless, Oni shared the mic allowing all to give voice & testify!

Audiences howled, whistled, stomped & even clapped at the 1ST ANNUAL MID ATLANTIC SPOKEN WORD FESTIVAL at the Rotunda on University of Pennsylvania campus in Philly!

 Everyone marvels and asks about the powerful grooves coming from such a compact & unusual instrument, Oni declares, "This bass was made for me!"

 See, hear & feel it! 

The phat Ashbory Bass in the hands of Oni Lasana is totally captivating. Together, they create a soothing simplistic signature sound offering a keepin' it real smooth groove that touches your inner soul with the warm, deep melodies of a classic upright bass, fused together with timeless classic prose that everyone will relate, recognize & remember!

BOOK A DATE!...PARTICIPATE!

with

*!* SISTER WINGS*!*

If you are....

Tired of the vanity & want to celebrate humanity?

SISTER WINGS!

 Want more than talking head spoken word?

 SISTER WINGS!

 Need to wake up literature for your English students?

 SISTER WINGS!

 Add sparkling poetry to educational conferences!

 SISTER WINGS!

 Super class n' extra sass for any cultural, corporate or social gathering!

 SISTER WINGS!

 Warm up or chill out with word songs for your next private or public event!

SISTER WINGS!

 A simply divine one of a kind multi-cultural interactive offering!

Time to ignite & take flight to higher heights with SISTER WINGS!

GIVE THANKS TO PRESENTER'S

                                                             MARCH 12, 2016 

For Woman Collective 

in

Tomorrow's Girls & Woman Fundraiser 

"UNSILENCED"

Venice Island Performing Arts Center

 JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI

 "DOWN IN THE DELTA" with Diane Williams, The Storyteller

SISTER WINGS*!*

 Literary Salon, Woodbury, NJ

CARIBBEAN FESTIVAL @ PENNS LANDING, Philly

ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA HIGH TEA BENEFIT

 Rittenhouse Hotel, Philadelphia

20th ANNUAL SHIRLEY CHISHOLM AWARDS BANQUET

 Philadelphia

FRANKLIN MARSHALL COLLEGE

 "Spoken Words, Smokin' Words Event"

 The Underground, Lancaster, PA

PHILADELPHIA NATIONAL CONGRESS OF BLACK WOMEN

 A LITERARY & BOOK SIGNING

 "Empowerment: Telling Our Own Story"

PHILLY, STOP THE VIOLENCE!

 LA ROSE Restaurant & Jazz Club

 With Byard Lancaster & Timi Tanzania Dub Warriors

  TABOR CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES

 African American Celebration

 Philadelphia, PA

 (Hey ladies, did we cut loose or what?)

WOMEN GATHER CONFERENCE

 Temple University, Gladfelder Hall

 Yes!..We were "raised by woman"...

poetic testifying by audience members...goose bump moments!

"Music is the soul of language"....Asian proverb

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