Manny’s Living Room Sets - Songwriter Night II

Living Room Sets are intimate electro-acoustic performances held in the cozy back room at Manny’s.

- Looking for local music, but also like to be in bed by 10 PM watching Jason Momoa’s new show on Apple TV+, or similar activities?

- On the hunt for the sleekest new songwriters in town, with an aux perc entourage, sipping double espresso at 8 PM?

This is the place! It’s music in the round; a boxing match of sorts. I play some songs, you play some songs. Don’t overthink it, just show up.

About The Hosts:

OONA GARTHWAITE…

Grew up on a dirt road in rural Northern California, writing songs as a way to make sense of the world, then moved to Los Angeles at 17 to attend UCLA on a mix of scholarships and student loans. After graduating, Oona paid her bills working in documentary film and public access TV while she continued to write and produce her own music.

She spent her 20s performing up and down the West Coast, building a reputation as a standout songwriter and performer — and navigating the often predatory churn of the commercial entertainment business. Along the way, she experienced what she would later realize was textbook sexual and intimate partner violence.

Oona sought treatment for PTSD in 2021, and came out of it with newfound strength, self-compassion — and a desire to tell the stories she needed to hear as a younger person. She began writing and producing her own films later that year. She is currently producing a record, co-writing with other musicians, and building new pathways to support Bay Area creative leaders of underrepresented genders.

LINKS

https://artist.link/oona

oona.bandcamp.com

instagram.com/oonalandia

COLE BETTLES…

Is kind of obsessed with San Francisco; obsessed with the history, what’s hip-and-in, what’s out-and-never-to-be-back-on-the-rebound, the political landscape, avocados, what jazz tunes are being played on the circuit, zoning maps, produce markets, new coffee shops, Chinatown, burritos, wanna-be techy techs, bringing the high-speed rail into North Beach; the whole deal kind of fascinates him dearly. So much so that he’s willing to go crazy over the whole matter, and often does, but don’t fear, he also tries to keep it clean and organized through hard work, commitment, etc., etc. He reads the fine print, and meditates over things (jacuzzi at least twice a week at the country club… doesn’t even feel the need for a cold plunge). He doesn’t do social media (except radio interviews) and divulges government secrets for bitcoin and is bullish about the future of sports gambling. It’s all confusing, but come find out some more at his live show where he plays songs…

LINKS

Colebettles.comMusicians to include -

Cole Bettles

Oona Garthwaite

Benjamin Andrews

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