Photos: Knowledge Lives Forever CD Release Party @ The Underground

Knowledge Lives Forever CD Release Party @ The Underground 2012-02-03

Reno’s finest female-fronted hip-hop / rock / soul / funk / acoustic crossover band, Knowledge Lives Forever, hosted a CD Release Party yesterday evening entitled The Trilogy … and I Shoot Reno was there to capture the magic.  At a little past 10:30 PM, Chari Smith and the first incarnation of her accompanying performers took the stage at The Underground for a no holds barred, dance floor filling, featured artist extravaganza with guests including, but not limited to local favorites Whitney Myer, Gia Torcaso and Mark Sexton with numerous others joining the stage throughout the evening.

This was definitely a fun show to attend, with a solid hour and a half long mix of genres spanning hip-hop, rock, acoustic and reggae with a super-special LED-lit beach ball accompaniment to “Warriors”, as seen in the video we shot from amid the dance floor posted below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnt0imBgguU

This was the first live music performance I had the opportunity to try out my newest piece of glass, and boy oh boy does the legendary AF-S Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED live up to the reviews seen on Amazon and B&H Photo Video.  As The Underground is usually pretty dark when it comes to stage lighting, I was prepared with a wide-open aperture of 2.8 and ISO boosted to 6400 for the evening, along with my standard shutter speed of 1/250th of a second, which IMHO, produced some beautiful in-the-moment shots to commemorate this once-in-a-lifetime performance.

 

VIEW THE FULL KNOWLEDGE LIVES FOREVER GALLERY HERE

 

Knowledge Lives Forever CD Release Party @ The Underground 2012-02-03

Knowledge Lives Forever CD Release Party @ The Underground 2012-02-03

Knowledge Lives Forever CD Party @ The Underground, Reno, NV 2012-02-03

Knowledge Lives Forever CD Release Party @ The Underground 2012-02-03

Knowledge Lives Forever CD Party @ The Underground, Reno, NV 2012-02-03

Knowledge Lives Forever CD Party @ The Underground, Reno, NV 2012-02-03

Knowledge Lives Forever CD Party @ The Underground, Reno, NV 2012-02-03

Knowledge Lives Forever CD Party @ The Underground, Reno, NV 2012-02-03

Knowledge Lives Forever CD Party @ The Underground, Reno, NV 2012-02-03

Knowledge Lives Forever CD Party @ The Underground, Reno, NV 2012-02-03

Knowledge Lives Forever CD Party @ The Underground, Reno, NV 2012-02-03

Knowledge Lives Forever CD Party @ The Underground, Reno, NV 2012-02-03

Camera(s) Used:

Nikon D7000

Lens(es) Used:

AF-S Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED


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Knowledge Lives Forever CD Party @ The Underground, Reno, NV 2012-02-03

Knowledge Lives Forever CD Party @ The Underground, Reno, NV 2012-02-03

Knowledge Lives Forever CD Party @ The Underground, Reno, NV 2012-02-03

Knowledge Lives Forever @ The Alley, Sparks, NV 2011

Chari Knowledge Smith of Knowledge Lives Forever
Chari "Knowledge" Smith of Knowledge Lives Forever performing @ The Alley, Sparks, NV...

As the lights dimmed and the stage announcer introduced ‘the best live hip-hop band in Reno’, we had no idea what exactly to expect from Chari “Knowledge” Smith and her band Knowledge Lives Forever, which includes guitarist/bassist Gia Torcaso, Kris Stosic on drums and newcomer Kim Radzik on guitars.

The group played an energetic opening set for an audience steadily growing in size in anticipation of seeing the legendary DJ Quik take the stage as the headlining act later in the evening.  The band’s performance was full of thick, live hip-hop beats, dripping sweat beads and the guy behind me yelling, “you’re the s—” after every song.  In short, it was amazing.

There was also a memorable cover/reinvention of “Seven Nation Army” by The White Stripes played near the end of the set that really got the crowd movin’ out on the dancefloor.  We would *highly recommend* checking this band out next time they’ve got a live show here in Reno … or in your town when they roll through!

Scroll down for a couple of our favorite shots and a link to the full gallery.  Also make sure to follow Knowledge Lives Forever on Twitter and give ’em the ‘ol thumb’s up on Facebook while you’re at it!

Gia Torcaso of Knowledge Lives Forever performing @ The Alley, Sparks, NV
Gia Torcaso getting her fretboard strum on...
Kris Stosic of Knowledge Lives Forever performing @ The Alley, Sparks, NV
Kris Stosic banging out the drums...
Kim Radzik of Knowledge Lives Forever performing @ The Alley, Sparks, NV
Kim Radzik busting out the grungy licks...

VIEW THE FULL KNOWLEDGE LIVES FOREVER GALLERY HERE


Camera(s) Used:

Nikon D7000

Lens(es) Used:

Nikon 50mm f/1.8D



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