Lavender Diamond
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Lavender Diamond is a Los Angeles-based folk/country-pop quartet known for its light-hearted, often winsome sound, its simple, romantic lyrics, and the charismatic, whimsical stage presence, and ethereal vocals of frontwoman Becky Stark.
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[edit] History
While living in Providence, Rhode Island, Stark began performing as Lavender Diamond in a play that she and a friend wrote, created and toured with called Bird Songs of the Bauharoque, [1] inspired by the work of artist Paul Laffoley. A self-produced CD of Stark's songs accompanied the tour in a hand-sewn, silkscreened sleeve. Lavender Diamond grew into a four-piece band after Stark relocated to Los Angeles. They self-released a four-song EP and have performed at L.A.'s ArthurFest, at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, and at the CMJ New Music Seminar in New York City. In 2006 Lavender Diamond signed to Rough Trade Records in Europe, and Matador Records in the U.S., and toured and performed with The Decemberists for three weeks.
Becky Stark performs solo on occasion and has a side-project called The Mystical Unionists with drummer/cartoonist Ron Regé Jr. Regé draws and publishes a Lavender Diamond comic strip entitled Peace Comics and furnishes the band with all of its artwork.
[edit] Members
- Steve Gregoropoulos — piano
- Ron Regé Jr. — drums
- Jeff Rosenberg — guitar
- Becky Stark — vocals
[edit] Discography
- Artefacts Of The Winged 12-song solo CD (2003, self-released)
- Cavalry of Light EP (2005, self-released)
- Split 7" with Queens of Sheeba (2005, Cold Sweat records)
