![]() **Bring a chair just in case The Valentine Garden has a limited amount. (Opens reason our artists have sounded phenomonal all season is the Ear Master Vincent Wynn! (Pro Team Productions, Tip Jar RVA)įor the last time in 2021, welcome to.The Oasis!□⛲□ Now allow me to RE-introduce to The Oasis, our GRAND Finale, THE FUNK MASTERS featuring the indomitable combined skills of Chico Lester on guitar & vocals(MD), Marcus EShadd Parker on drums, EJ Shaw on bass, JL Harris on keys, & Corey El on lead vocals!Īs always, Brandi Battle-Brown's ms.beesjuicebar & cafe is serving up all you need to feed. Chico's narration was right on time! The whole garden was two-stepping & singing along to The Godfather, Parliament, Cameo & whatever else they tossed off the stage! This year I wanted to bring them back to our new Sunday Series Edition so we expanded to include keys & lead vocals. We're The Funk Masters." So it stuck! Next we knew Carl, Marcus Eshadd Parker & EJ Shaw had funked us right on up out of our seats with a journey through the era & evolution of funk music. I immediately made the calls & told each of them what I wanted kinda like, "I need three of my funk master friends to play The Oasis - yada yada yada - so who can do it & whatchall wanna be called?" I landed on last year's absolutely amazing trio (first comment), & the infamous Carl "Chico" Lester El said, "You already said it Nick. Several exceptional musicians who represent this music well popped in my head. "Hey, wait.□□ There is no funk here.□" So I'm developing my roster & had this thought process: When we began The Oasis in 2020, my two main goals were to elevate female artists & present truly diverse musical experiences where every concert was it's own genre & none were duplicated. :: TOMORROW!! Our 2021 GRAND Finale is.The Funk Masters! Her inspirational messages translate clearly through an energetical stage presence in a way that invites and even compels her audience to enthusiastically enter her world while reflecting upon their own. Employing a varied and dynamic visual performance style, Nickey uses her powerful voice combined with passionate expression to infuse love, inspire, uplift, comfort, admonish and instruct the public, her peers, mentees, the youth and community at large. This Richmond, Virginia native’s heritage is one steeped in a family of talented singers and musicians so the natural vibrancy she inherited was evident from a very young age and has grown and matured into a captivating gift. For Nickey McMullen - the Vocal Entertainer, Instructor and Community Advocate - music is her identity. And through her voice, she is doing just that. Nickey’s charge is to change lives one song at a time. Her inspirational messages translate clearly through her energetic stage presence in a way that invites and even compels her audience to enthusiastically enter her world while reflecting upon their own. ![]() Amic visual performance style and diverse musical genres, she uses her powerful voice combined with passionate expression to infuse love, inspire, uplift, comfort, admonish and instruct.
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