Mica’s Groove Train

Yamica Peterson — Vocals/Percussion Yamica was born in Portsmouth, NH. She is the oldest granddaughter of Jean M. Jones, Portsmouth’s ‘Lady of Song’ and she is great-neice to local jazz legend Sharon “Brown Sugar” Jones. At age 3, she gave her first performance and has been singing ever since. This singer/songwriter can be found performing all over the seacoast with her father, Pete Peterson. Her first album – a collaboration with Don “Sev” Severence can be found at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/themicasevproject. She has shared the stage with many of southern New Hampshire’s and some of Tuscon, AZ’s finest local artists, and has had the distinct pleasure of providing background vocals for Dave Gerard on his album, ‘The Zoomy Trail’. Her current projects are ‘Groove Train’, ‘Family Affair’ and ‘The Mica-Sev Project’. Musical influences for Yamica include India Arie, Jill Scott, Hil St. Soul, Anita Baker, Aretha Franklin, Erika Badu and Oleta Adams.
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