Blancah Black (AKA Hillary Fielding) sat next to Papa, Composer
Jerry Fielding (RIP) in his Hollywood studio. She was 15. He spun a few albums for her; the music of Bela Bartok and Karlheinz Stockhausen, and discussed with her the advent of 20th century modern composition. From that moment on a fire ignited and she began a love affair with the avant garde. The Written Word and Sound Produced have led her on a lifetime journey.
Blancah plays guitar, electronics, and voice; creates and performs songs. She was a founding member of one of the most unusual Women’s Punk/New wave bands in the 1980’s, The Holy Sisters of the GAGADADA, as well as a member of The Philosophers, BCO, Feathered Edge, The Eddie Gale Ensemble, Ovaryaction, Venus Envy, Female Noise, Dangerous Mother, ololo, blacklava, bleeding fields and presently performing Americana in the duo Rivas & Black.
She has performed in well-known venues in the Bay Area, CA and Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Santa Cruz: UCSC, Cha Cha’s, Studio 80, The Sanctified Monkey, The Verteran’s Hall, Cabrillo College Theatre, and Macy’s Department Store.
Bay Area: Project Artaud, Mabuhay Gardens, Club Foot, Sound of Music, The Women’s Building, The Marsh, The Lab, The Exploratorium, 455, Olive’s, Brainwash, The Chameleon, Paradise Lounge, The Sound Factory, Koncepts Cultural Gallery, Roots Dance Studio, ATA, North Beach Public Library, SJSU, Mills College and The Berkeley Art Museum.
Las Cruces, NM: Valley Pizza, Amaro Winery, Downtown Blues Coffee, Grounded and The Doña Ana Arts Council Gallery.
Collaborators:
Maryjean Shaffer, Heidi Ethridge, Big City Orchestra, Tom Djll, Brian Fergus, Todd Barker, Thea Farhadian, Sarah Bernstien, Eddie Gale, Drew Dobbs, Sayaka Yabuki, Amy X, Amanda Chaudhry, Lob Instagon, Craig Latta, Miguel Garcia, Chrissie Caulfield, Sonya Fe, Federico Almarez and Benjy Rivas.
For fans of Patti Smith, Wanda Jackson, Laurie Anderson and PJ Harvey.
Contact Information:
(915) 247-6675