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Monica Dillon Holiday Greetings And A Special Request mndill 147 views http://www.MonicaDillonMusic.com/happy-holidays Seasons Greetings to everyone. It's been a great year...I just didn't know it would move so fast. Have a wonderful time wit...
Soultime At The Apollo Musical Director Monica Dillon Greeting mndill 98 views http://www.monicadillonmusic.com Monica Dillon discusses her involvement as the musical director and musician of Kevin Ramsey's Soultime At The Apollo in 2009 at the Milwau...
A Snow Day In New Orleans With Monica Dillon mndill 503 views http://www.monicadillonmusic.com It's snowing in New Orleans today.......and everyone is staying home. In the video I talk about Christmas 2005 being the last time it sno...
Relaxation Music Giveaway Monica Dillon Music mndill 512 views http://www.monicadillonmusic.com I'm giving away relaxation music for a limited time to help with this uncertain period we're in. It's a great time to institute some stress...
African American Speaker On Embracing Change mndill 219 views http://www.monicadillon.com The one that is constant is change. As a self proclaimed African American Speaker and student of life, it is important to embrace change and re...
Monica Dillon's Pet Frog mndill 82 views http://www.monicadillon.com On a recent trip I was surprised to find a frog stow-away in my car. It shocked the heck out of me frankly. Check this out.
New Orleans Musician When The Levee Broke mndill 376 views http://www.monicadillonmusic.com. Listen as New Orleans musician, Monica Dillon discusses Hurricane Katrina and it's impact on her and her music with Dianne Mack of New Orl...
Crescent City Classic Easter Weekend With Monica Dillon mndill 522 views What are you doing this Easter weekend. Monica Dillon is running the Crescent City Classic in New Orleans and would love to see you there. Drop by http://www.monicadillonm...
Monica Dillon Music Site Launch 2008 mndill 89 views http://www.monicadillonmusic. Hi everyone. Monica Dillon Music is finally up. I'll be sharing lots of news, information, and hopefully entertaining you. New Orleans Artis,...
Monica Dillon - My Baby - New Orleans Female Musician mndill 1,084 views Monica Dillon, New Orleans female musician, jazz musician, composer, film scorer, performing her orinigal song, "My Baby" with Kwest from Memphis, TN. Monica also wrote th...

About Monica Dillon, New Orleans Female Musician & Performer

Monica Dillon is a New Orleans based musician, artist, performer, indie film composer & scorer.

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Monica Dillon is a New Orleans native and based jazz/blues/funk singer/pianist, composer, and producer. Her music merges various genres of music in her repertoire including jazz, gospel, R & B, and adult contemporary. Monica's CD, "All I Have is a Moment" has gotten worldwide attention reaching those in the USA, Germany, London, Japan, Spain, Greece, France, Hungary, and Croatia.

Often compared to the soulful political influence of Nina Simone, the sultry balladry of Cassandra Wilson, the songwriting poise of Brenda Russell & Patrice Rushen, and the chops of Joe Sample, Monica's sound blends jazz, blues, funk, and folk. Telling stories and painting pictures is Monica's claim to fame through her heartfelt and powerful original compositions and performances.

With her music composition, Monica Dillon uses her cultural work to advocate for women's rights, freedom, justice, and equality, with a particular focus on Black
women and girls. A survivor of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, like many Gulf Coast residents, she lost everything she owned. Monica was able to return to New Orleans to rebuild and start again post-Katrina.

Sparked by her experience returning to New Orleans as Hurricane Rita approached, Monica was moved to produced/directed/edited "And The Living Is Easy," a two-hour documentary video, recounting her personal meditation on life in New Orleans, six months after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita hit the Gulf Coast.

Since Katrina, Monica has been a featured artist in the Nikolaisaal "The Voice" Concert in Potsdam, Germany, opened for legendary blues/folk singer Massachusetts, and performed as an honored guest at Odetta as part of the Hilltown Folk Concert Series in Shelburne Falls, Bennett College For Women as part of the President's Academic Cultural Enrichment Series.

Additionally, Monica has performed as a featured artist with national community based organizations such as SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective, INCITE! Woman of Color Against Violence, A Long Walk Home (SOARS Program), and Ruby Sales' Spirit House in the SisterAll ™ Concert Series featuring women of color artists.

Monica has performed as a featured artist in the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation Women in Jazz Concert Series, the City of New Orleans Mo'Fest, the New Orleans Jazz Historic Park, the Ogden Southern Museum of Art, the Black Lily Women's Film & Music Festival, the Black Women's Arts Festival, and the University of the Arts.

Monica has also had the pleasure and privilege of opening for vocalist Lalah Hathaway, the legendary blues and folk singer Odetta, and Grammy Award winning New Orleans artist Irma Thomas.

Monica Dillon continues to nurture the task of thought provoking songwriting. Creating a space for herself as an original song writer, her original song "No," a powerful call to action to end all forms of violence perpetuated against women in girls now appears in the feature length documentary "NO!" Produced and directed by award winning documentary filmmaker Aishah Shahidah Simmons, NO! is the ground breaking documentary on intra-racial rape, sexual assault, and healing in the African-American community. Additionally, Bennett College Africana Women's Center selected "All I Have Is A Moment" as the featured music for the 2007 spring semester. Her soon to be released cd "A Beautiful Life," features the long awaited and often requested original song "When The Levee Broke."

She composed the score for the documentary Belly of the Basin, produced and directed by Tina Morton and Roxana Walker-Canton of A Sister's Eye On Media Productions, which deals with the retention of New Orleans culture, from the perspectives of those most marginalized in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

Additionally she both composed the score for and edited the NO! Supplemental Educational Video, which will feature selected in-depth excerpts from the thirty-plus hours of footage that didn't make it into the final version of NO!

Monica is a member of the American Society of Composers and Performers (ASCAP), Women Who Jam, and The National Association of Black Female Executives in Music & Entertainment.