{image1}Antigone Rising has been rising, if you will, for years and on Saturday night they showcased their drive, desire and belief to a very receptive Summerfest crowd at the U.S. Cellular/Leinies stage. They also showed Milwaukee what Lilith Fair and others already know: these girls rock.
The Greenwich Village-based, all-female rock band features sisters Kristen Henderson (rhythm guitar/percussion/vocals) and Cathy Henderson (lead guitar/vocals), Dena Tauriello (drums), Jen Zielenbach (bass) and lead vocalist Cassidy. Starbucks is exclusively selling the bands major label debut on its Hear Music label and their single Dont Look Back is poised to launch these ladies into stardom.
Their nearly 50-minute set on Saturday featured several tunes from their debut, From the Ground Up." What rocked with a blistering guitar solos while tunes like Dont Look Back and Broken showed the softer, acoustic side of Cassidy and her friends. They ended their set with a sing-a-long "Fat Bottom Girls."
Make no mistake about it, Cassidy has star written all over her. Her stage presence and spunk were infectious and her voice, powerful. You could see how the entire band feeds off her energy, her sass and her confidence.
With Cassidys moxy and the musical prowess of the rest of Antigone Rising, you can expect to see and hear big things from them in the future. They play a special Starbucks Ultimate Coffee Break show on Thursday at Chicago's Riverside Plaza and are rumored to be coming back through Milwaukee later this summer. If you missed them on Saturday, buy the disc and catch these rising stars sooner than later.
A life-long and passionate community leader and Milwaukeean, Jeff Sherman is a co-founder of OnMilwaukee.
He grew up in Wauwatosa and graduated from Marquette University, as a Warrior. He holds an MBA from Cardinal Stritch University, and is the founding president of Young Professionals of Milwaukee (YPM)/Fuel Milwaukee.
Early in his career, Sherman was one of youngest members of the Greater Milwaukee Committee, and currently is involved in numerous civic and community groups - including board positions at The Wisconsin Center District, Wisconsin Club and Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. He's honored to have been named to The Business Journal's "30 under 30" and Milwaukee Magazine's "35 under 35" lists.
He owns a condo in Downtown and lives in greater Milwaukee with his wife Stephanie, his son, Jake, and daughter Pierce. He's a political, music, sports and news junkie and thinks, for what it's worth, that all new movies should be released in theaters, on demand, online and on DVD simultaneously.
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