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- Shilpa_Ray_and_Her_Happy_Hookers abstract "Shilpa Ray and her Happy Hookers was an American rock band from Brooklyn, New York with a blues punk sound led by singer-songwriter Shilpa Ray. Her music has been compared to Blondie and The Cramps flavored with the \"Goth burlesque\" of the Dresden Dolls, and her singing has been compared to the style ofPatti Smith, Nick Cave, and Ella Fitzgerald. Ray is notable for combining an Indian harmonium with a \"big-voiced blues-rock howler\" vocal approach. The band signed a record contract with Knitting Factory Records and has toured internationally.A report in the San Francisco Examiner describes Ray's New Jersey upbringing as an Indian American from an immigrant family as contributing to her having a \"scrappy\" demeanor. As a youth, she was mistaken for an Iraqi and \"pelted with beer cans\" by hooligans. She dealt with restrictive parents who banned Western-themed music and learned to play the harmonium and piano beginning at age six. In her high school years, she became a stealth Goth and listened to music by punk rock bands such as The Cramps, Stooges and Joy Division. In her twenties, she moved to New York City and worked as a solo artist, singing a capella at first and later accompanying herself on the harmonium.Ray formed a band which she named Beat the Devil, combining punk rock music with Indian time signatures in a new format.[1] The group disbanded soon after releasing their first and only album.Ray formed another band entitled Shilpa Ray and Her Happy Hookers which Boston Globe critic Jonathan Perry described as the \"best-named band\" in a lineup of numerous indie bands in July 2010.[2]Ray was the songwriter and band leader, and described her role in her band to being similar to being in a \"democracy under a dictatorship\".[3] She has performed with Patti Smith and Lenny Kaye.[4] They also toured extensively with Man Man and Acid Mothers Temple. In an interview, she commented about being a female artist: \"I think Feminism in America went through a huge backlash during the W. Bush years. We are now going through a cool Renaissance. There are tons of amazing female musicians and artists on the scene with something to contribute and it's not cheesy, kitschy, or female centric. It's universal.\"Ray's band performed at the SXSW festival in 2011 in Austin, Texas and was invited to the Billboard event at the Buffalo Billiards venue.[5] She offered advice to struggling artists: \"The hardship of being an artist in this country is gender neutral. Own yourself, what you do, how you live and don't worry about the end results.\"After splitting with Her Happy Hookers in 2011, Shilpa toured Europe and North America with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds as a backup singer and their supporting act. She recorded a version of \"Pirate Jenny\" featuring Nick Cave and Warren Ellis for \"Son of Rogue Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys released February, 2013 by Anti/Epitaph.Shilpa Ray now performs with pedal steel guitarist Jon Catfish DeLorme, drummer Russ Lemkin and guitarist Alistair Paxton. Nick Cave released her EP, \"It's All Self Fellatio, Shilpa Ray\" in 2013 on his Bad Seed LTD label after touring in Europe and North America with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Grinderman. As well as performing with Cave, Ray's current band has performed with Sharon Van Etten, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and Nicole Atkins. They are touring North America with She Keeps Bees in Fall 2014.She lives in Brooklyn, NY.[3] A new album entitled \"Last Year's Savage\" it has been released in 2015 on Northern Spy Records.".
- Shilpa_Ray_and_Her_Happy_Hookers activeYearsEndYear "2011".
- Shilpa_Ray_and_Her_Happy_Hookers activeYearsStartYear "2004".
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- Shilpa_Ray_and_Her_Happy_Hookers associatedMusicalArtist Sharon_Van_Etten.
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- Shilpa_Ray_and_Her_Happy_Hookers hometown Brooklyn.
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- Shilpa_Ray_and_Her_Happy_Hookers associatedActs Acid_Mothers_Temple.
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- Shilpa_Ray_and_Her_Happy_Hookers caption "Shilpa Ray And Her Happy Hookers".
- Shilpa_Ray_and_Her_Happy_Hookers genre Blues.
- Shilpa_Ray_and_Her_Happy_Hookers genre Garage_rock.