KRDP Jazz (Live)

The Valley's Jazz & Community

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Artist

Current show

AfricaLink from DW

6:00 pm 6:30 pm

Current show

AfricaLink from DW

6:00 pm 6:30 pm

Upcoming show

Divergent Sounds Soul

6:30 pm 7:00 pm

Background

Savitri D.


    Savitri D. shows

    Savitri D is an artist and activist. Born at the Lama Foundation, a commune in Northern New Mexico that was started by her parents, she was raised in community by her  mother and older sisters. She has lived and traveled in many places. She has an extensive background in dance and moved to New York City in 1996.

    Savitri is the director of Reverend Billy and The Church of Stop Shopping and has led direct action and organizing campaigns against corporations, institutions and  injustice all over the world. She is the principal designer of The Church of Stop Shopping’s visual materials and conceptualizes most of their actions with Reverend Billy and the Choir. She is a serious lover of the wild and devotes her life to working for the earth.

    Savitri likes to read, run, ride her bike and make things with her hands. She is the mother of a wonderful ten year old named Lena Nightstar and lives in Brooklyn with William Talen where she enjoys cold water swimming in the Atlantic Ocean all year long.