Los Angeles (December 2021): Gritty In Pink is spreading the season’s greetings with a special holiday edition of Gritty Rocks Live on Tuesday, December 14th at 6 p.m. PT/9 p.m. ET via Gritty In Pink’s Instagram (@grittyinpinklife). The livestream is sponsored by Cool Cat Wine, Guitar Girl Magazine, La Par, Drew Martin and benefits charity partner Charity Bomb.
Charity Bomb is a preventative mental health solutions nonprofit organization, using EQ/SEL education for children to instill confidence. empathy, and the emotional resilience to navigate their lives, to avoid the pitfalls of depression, anxiety and addiction. During the show, viewers can participate in the fundraiser by donating directly to Charity Bomb.
The Holiday Special features performances and appearances by rock icon guitarist Nikki
Stringfield (The Iron Maidens/ Heaven Below), Toronto native gritty blues-rock artist SATE, storytelling singer/songwriter Grace Gaustad, vocalist/guitarist Jen Razavi (The Bombpops) pop/electric artist Gabriella Stella, and the soul chanteuse Shea Diamond. Hosted by the Gritty ringleader Shiragirl with house bandmates Rainey P, Alex Nicole Windsor, and special guest Ariel Bellvalaire.
At the top of the month, Gritty In Pink announced Nikki Stringfield as their Bandmate of the Month, who will be making an appearance on the Holiday special. In the December issue, The Iron Maidens and Haven Below guitarist talks about making the transition from being in a band to a solo artist, “I’ve actually learned so much from Heaven Below that I carry over to my solo project.. everything from creating merch, recording, writing. Since everything in the music industry is constantly evolving I feel like you’re always learning something new.”
Shira Yevin, frontwoman of Shiragirl and Gritty In Pink founder says, “We are so stoked to
celebrate a monumental year for Gritty, with our second annual Holiday Special. This year, we proudly created a marketplace and network for women in the music industry, got accepted into the Long Beach Accelerator and gained our first investors, hit 1 Million IG impressions, held our first post-quarantine event as well as 16 live streams with 10,000+ live viewers- there is a lot to celebrate! We are also so happy to continually support Charity Bomb, as mental health is more important than ever throughout the holiday season.”
Gritty In Pink has had an amazing year, hosting 16 virtual live events, raising thousands of
dollars for charities such as Sweet Relief, Keep A Breast, The LA LGBTQ Center,
excursioning around the states on their sophomore summer virtual tour and announcing the beta launch of their network marketplace INPINK. We can’t wait to unleash what 2022 has in store for Gritty!
Tune in on Tuesday, December 14th at 6 p.m. PST/ 9 p.m. EST for a special Holiday edition of Gritty Rocks Live! To stay up to date on Gritty In Pink, visit their Instagram or www.grittyinpink.co for more information on future announcements.