Tina Haase Findlay and husband Brandon Findlay’s newest musical manifestation comes in the form of Diva & The Deacons (formerly Bella Soul). Tina is a local blues and jazz vocalist legend, and she brings her signature stage presence and swag to Diva & the Deacons.
The band’s freewheelin’ style means you’ll never know which direction they’ll go. Diva & the Deacons are lucky in that they are skilled enough to pull off the fluidity of genres. On the band’s Facebook page Tina describes their sound as ”Blues, rock and soul meets jazz, jam and gospel — theatre, jingles, ragtime and whatever the heck we feel like throwing in!” Combined with the band’s propensity to invite different musicians to play a show with them, each performance is unique. Whichever direction the band goes, it’s a good one as long as Tina’s wielding the microphone.
By Cady Colosimo
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Don’t miss Diva & The Deacons at Little BIG Fest on Saturday, Nov. 4 – 7:00pm at the Des Moines Social Club (900 Mulberry St. in Downtown Des Moines)
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Little BIG Fest is organized by the nonprofit Greater Des Moines Music Coalition. Little BIG Fest 2017 is made possible with generous support from Meredith Inc., Atlantic Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Bankers Trust, Iowa Taproom, Peace Tree Brewing Co., Iowa Beverage Systems, Yelp DSM, Malo, Bravo Greater Des Moines, Saturday Mfg., Vital Signs Display Graphics, VolunteerLocal, and Des Moines Social Club.
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Little BIG Fest is an annual festival featuring roots, country, singer-songwriter, bluegrass, blues, jazz, and soul music. The goal of Little BIG Fest 2017 is to showcase female-identified and non-binary musicians successful in the music industry and to spark the imagination of talented performers of all ages in Des Moines. Little BIG Fest’s vision is to grow the number of women and non-binary artists playing music in Iowa and for the music industry to embrace a wider variety of musicians as festival headliners.