The
Lascivious Biddies, an all female cocktail pop quartet based in NYC, have
earned a reputation for having an energetic & tightly woven live show,
full of laughter, expert musicianship, & a dash of sentimentality.
At SXSW 2005, the Biddies made a splash with the media & fans alike.
'If the Donnas are rock's answer to girl power, then the Lascivious Biddies
are jazz's answer to female singularity.' -The Austin American-Statesman.
The Washington Post calls them 'Manhattan's Hippest Girl Group.'
According to Time Out New York, the Biddies' second
album, Get Lucky, overflows with 'angelic vocal harmonies, wordy
humor, jazz chops, & pop moxie.' CBS Evening News confirms: 'The Lascivious
Biddies could teach us all a thing or two.'
The name existed before the band. Deidre Rodman, pianist & composer
mentioned it in passing one fine spring day to her friend Amanda Monaco,
guitarist & jazz fiend. 'I’ve always wanted to be in a band
called The Lascivious Biddies.' The girls were high in the mountains,
participating in an intensive jazz workshop near Banff, Canada. Someone
in the clouds (closer than usual to wishing souls) must have perked up
her ears that afternoon.
Upon her return to NY, where all the Biddies live still, Amanda repeated
Deidres words to the notoriously proactive jazz & swing singer, LeeAnn
Westover. The two had been seriously considering the formation of a Go-Gos
cover band that needed a name. 'That’s it. That’s the name
& we are that band,' stated LeeAnn, simply yet full of resolve. 'Who’s
this ‘Deidre?' The rest is history. Add Juilliard-educated Saskia
Sunshine Lane, Amanda’s upstairs neighbor, on the upright bass-
as well as 4+ years worth of rehearsing & good luck, minus most of
the 80s cover tunes- & there you have The Lascivious Biddies as reality:
equal parts pluck, innovation, talent, & fun.