• Lisa Loeb & Sinem Saniye
• 8:30pm

STAGE TIMES:

Sinem Saniye: 8:30pm

Lisa Loeb: 9pm 

ABOUT LISA LOEB

Grammy® nominated singer/songwriter Lisa Loeb started her career with the platinum-selling Number 1 hit song "Stay (I Missed You)" from the film "Reality Bites". To this day, she remains the only artist to ever have a Number 1 single before she was ever signed to a recording contract. Although this is a remarkable and unparalleled feat for an unsigned artist, it is perhaps not all that surprising for an artist like Lisa, who had already made her indelible mark in New York’s burgeoning singer-songwriter scene. That “Stay” became a Number 1 single in 1994 and still resonates with people today is a testament to Loeb’s gift as a songwriter and storyteller.

Over a decade later, the story of Loeb’s early success is still well known. One equally significant, but perhaps lesser-known factor in Lisa’s enduring success has been the degree to which she has always been incredibly involved, proactive and in control of her own career.

A native of Dallas, Texas, Loeb earned her degree in comparative literature from Brown University, where she experienced her first taste of real musical success with the duo, Liz and Lisa. The pair built a substantial following on campus and booked shows in New York on the weekends. When Loeb moved to the City after graduation, she continued to develop her vision and hone her artistic talents while carefully managing the business side of her career.

She deftly parlayed her early success into a multi-dimensional career encompassing music, film, television, voice-over work and children’s recordings. Her five acclaimed studio CDs include her major label debut, the Gold-selling "Tails" (Geffen, 1995) and its follow-up, the Grammy-nominated, Gold-selling "Firecracker " (Geffen, 1997). In 2002, Loeb issued a pair of CDs, "Cake And Pie" and "Hello Lisa". She released "The Way It Really Is" on Zoë/Rounder in 2004 and starred in the first of two television series, "Dweezil and Lisa", a weekly culinary adventure for Food Network. Later that year Loeb reunited with her college music partner, Elizabeth Mitchell on the award-winning children’s CD and companion book "Catch The Moon. The Very Best of Lisa Loeb" was released through Universal in 2006, shortly before Loeb returned to television with an inspired look at finding love on her show "No. 1 Single" for E! Entertainment.

In January, 2008 Loeb released the long-awaited CD version of the "Purple Tape", the aptly titled, violet-hued cassette that Loeb used as a sonic calling card to industry gatekeepers and that fans could buy at her gigs. The original Purple Tape, produced by Juan Patiño and recorded at his apartment on 52nd Street in 1992, includes the earliest recordings of several Loeb favorites including, “Do You Sleep,” “Snow Day,” “Train Songs,” and “It’s Over.”  

Her most recent success was the release of her summer camp songs album titled, "Camp Lisa", in June 2008. "Camp Lisa" was released on Loeb’s own Furious Rose Productions with distribution through Redeye, though Loeb had also formed a partnership with Barnes and Nobel, who pre-released the album earlier that year. In conjunction with the release of "Camp Lisa", Loeb launched her own non-profit, The Camp Lisa Foundation, to help raise funds to send underprivileged kids to camp through its partnership with Summer Camp Opportunities Provide an Edge, Inc. (S.C.O.P.E.), a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide children in need the edge to succeed in life through the summer camp experience. S.C.O.P.E. was founded in 1991 by camp directors from the American Camp Association’s New York Section (ACA-NY) who were motivated by their belief in the educational and developmental benefits of camp. Since its inception in 1992, S.C.O.P.E. has provided more than 6,500 underserved children with a two-week summer camp experience.

Loeb continues to grow as an artist and to push herself and her career forward with a creative zeal and an inner drive not often seen. After her recent marriage in January 2009, she is currently touring in support of The Camp Lisa Foundation while writing songs for another studio CD aimed at her “grown-up” audience. In 2010 the girl with the cat-eyed glasses will release her own line of eyewear. The artist is constantly looking for different ways to explore her creativity and tell new stories, whether writing a book, producing a TV show, or furthering her acting career.
 

ABOUT SINEM SANIYE

Sinem Saniye  (pronounced "see-nem" "sahh-knee-yeh,") is an award-winning singer/songwriter from New York City, who channels a sound that skirts Nelly Furtado, Norah Jones, and Shakira.  Sinem  has worked with Grammy-Award winning producers on her debut album "When I Don't Sleep..".  Born in Germany, raised in New York, and of Turkish background, she began writing songs on the piano at age 5, and expanded to guitar by the age of 20.  She's won several songwriting awards, including the *Grand Prize* in the prestigious John Lennon Songwriting Competition in 2006. One of nearly 20,000 other songwriters, she was able to impress the judges, who included Tom Waits, Jesse Harris, and Fergie from the Black-Eyed Peas.

Other awards include 2009 Indi Music TV Music Video/Artist of the Season, 2008 Song of the Year (supporter of VH-1 Save the Music) Finalist, 2008 Billboard World Song Contest Winner, 2008 Mountain Stage New Song Contest Finalist (Northeast region), and 2008 UK Songwriting Contest Finalist.
Sinem has been featured in magazines including TimeOUT NY, Global Rhythm Magazine, The Village Voice, The Los Angeles Times, and television programs across the US such as Indi Music TV, Music Mix USA, Swept Away TV, The Rhythms of NY, The Directors Chair, and Metro Unplugged (a program that recently aired to over 100,000 commuters on the entire Los Angeles bus systems' TV screens in April of 2010.)

Sinem has also appeared on national television networks overseas including CNN, MTV, Fox TV, Kanal D, TGRT-Haber, TRT-INT, Flash TV Haber, and ATV.  Fresh off SXSW 2010 and an expansive US Tour, Sinem's music can be heard on Delta Airlines' flights and her music video on MTV Europe.