Uncasville,CT (Top40 Charts/ Antigone Rising Official Website) Antigone Rising, the all female Country/ Rock band, will be performing at The Wolf Den at Mohegan Sun on Monday, July 9, 2012 at 8 pm. The band most recently returned from Israe l and The West Bank as Arts Envoys, a cultural initiative sponsored by the U.S. Department of State. During the trip, Antigone Rising performed in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Ramallah and other regional cities, leading community outreach workshops and making music with Israeli and Palestinian musicians. A truly inspiring trip, Antigone Rising demonstrated that all cultures appreciate and connect to the language of music.
Antigone Rising exploded into the spotlight in 2005 becoming the first band on Starbuck's Hear
Music (Lava Records) with their best selling debut LP. A lineup change brought Nini Camps to the band, whose voice blends perfectly with the signature style soaring three part harmonies of founding sisters Kristen Henderson (bass /vocals), Cathy Henderson (lead guitar /vocals) and Dena Tauriello (drums), that Antigone Rising has become known and loved for. The band's latest CD, "23 Red" continues to turn heads as their themes abound with songs that speak to the full range of emotions and life. The band has opened for such acts as The Rolling Stones, Aerosmith,
Joan Jett and The Blackhearts,
Rob Thomas and The Bangles, and are favorites in festivals around the country.
Talking about Mohegan Sun and the naming of their CD, "23 Red," Kristen Henderson, bassist and founding member, says "we were playing a show at Mohegan Sun Casino," and after it was over, Nini Camps,( lead vocalist] said we could find her at the blackjack table losing money, and that her good-luck color and number were 23 red." As it turned out, that was also the favored combination of the band's guitar tech. The coincidences didn't end there: "I went to Glen Cove High School," Henderson explained, "the sports team there is the Big Reds, and my number was 23. Now, any time we play a show, we all put our hands in a circle and say '23 red' - it's become kind of our band mantra for rebirth and staying together." Antigone Rising was able to make "23 Red" by raising over $40,000 from their devoted fanbase through Kickstarter.
