VIVA DECONCINI

Viva DeConcini plays guitar like a flaming sword, screaming train, ringing bell, and scratching chicken; she sings like if Freddy Mercury had been a woman, and she writes songs eclectically. Viva has played all over the world, from holes in the wall to the Monterey Jazz Fest. She has written and produced four full-length rock albums, four original music videos, a ten-episode podcast, and a poetry video for the Guggenheim’s Works and Process. She musically directed works at the Guggenheim Theater and the WP. Her work has charted on CMJ and been featured in No Depression Magazine and she is one of the few females to be profiled in Guitar Player Magazine. She is currently working on an original web series queer feminist spaghetti western operetta with sock puppets. “Crushable” (Art Forum), “Virtuosic guitar shredding” (The New York Times), “A beautiful voice” (KUNM).