{"id":18864,"date":"2020-12-29T16:35:21","date_gmt":"2020-12-29T21:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/?p=18864"},"modified":"2021-07-09T16:54:27","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T20:54:27","slug":"nova-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/2020\/12\/29\/nova-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Spend New Year\u2019s Eve Eve With Nova One And FirstWorks\u2019 \u2018Urban Carnevale\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cProvidence is my home and I plan to live and die here at the moment,\u201d Roz Raskin, who fronts the \u201ccosmic pop\u201d band <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilovenovaone.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nova One<\/a>, told me via email in May. \u201cI feel very connected to a special community of people here and I feel grateful to have met so many wonderful musicians during my time at RIC [Rhode Island College]. I wasn\u2019t sure how I\u2019d feel about staying in Providence after high school, but now I think it\u2019s one of the best decisions I ever made.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nova One is one of the featured performers of <a href=\"http:\/\/first-works.org\/events\/urban-carnevale-a-musical-celebration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cUrban Carnevale,\u201d a free online night of music and dance on Wednesday, Dec. 30, from 5 to 8 p.m.<\/a> Organized by FirstWorks, the Providence nonprofit performing arts presenter, the evening concludes with trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Septet performing their \u201cDemocracy! Suite.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nova One \u201cexplores youth, femininity, and gender through a moody 60\u2019s pop lens,\u201d FirstWorks writes. \u201cTheir most recent album, \u2018lovable,\u2019 is an album that explores the necessity of honoring the slowness of healing. It examines the importance of self-acceptance and the process of seeing and understanding one\u2019s sexuality and gender presentation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3709754363\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/novaonenovaone.bandcamp.com\/album\/lovable\">lovable by NOVA ONE<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_4bDfaD-DqA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been an exhausting, but also rewarding journey to talk about pieces of my personal life,\u201d Raskin writes. \u201cI think it\u2019s important to share some of this sometimes so people going through similar things can hopefully feel less alone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before launching Nova One, Raskin played \u201ca form of art rock\u201d while fronting Roz and the Rice Cakes. \u201cNova One is entirely my vision whereas the Rice Cakes was a collaborative writing experience,\u201d Raskin writes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNova is my mom\u2019s dog\u2019s name,\u201d Raskin writes. \u201cNova One represents a lot of things for me. One worth mentioning is that I think the name sounds like a spaceship or a space mission.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VmodbLQ3jcY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Raskin grew up in Providence and studied at Rhode Island College. \u201cMy years at RIC studying feminism and queer studies,\u201d Raskin writes, \u201cabsolutely altered the way I view the world and sometimes it does feel like this project is a kind of activism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NbLVTZWRou8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For Nova One, Raskin has adopted a distinctive \u201chyper feminine\u201d version of themself\u2014peach wigs, black dresses, Leggs tights, heels. \u201cI have been playing with wigs for a long time and the Nova One costume came out of doing costuming for my song \u2018your girl,\u2019\u201d Raskin writes. \u201cI think there is a certain level of escape that goes along with wearing costumes. There is something cathartic about performing in a sort of femme drag.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18869\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18869\" style=\"width: 683px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/novaone-brittannytaylor-55w.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-18869\" src=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/novaone-brittannytaylor-55w-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Roz Raskin of the \u201ccosmic pop\u201d band Nova One. (Photos by Brittany Taylor)\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/novaone-brittannytaylor-55w-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/novaone-brittannytaylor-55w-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/novaone-brittannytaylor-55w-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/novaone-brittannytaylor-55w-370x555.jpg 370w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/novaone-brittannytaylor-55w.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18869\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roz Raskin of the \u201ccosmic pop\u201d band Nova One. (Photos by Brittany Taylor)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Raskin also finds inspiration in teaching piano and songwriting, as well as their work with Girls Rock\/RIOT RI. \u201cWhen I first started volunteering with RIOT, I was completely unaware of how many awesome women, trans, and non-binary folks were making music in Providence,\u201d Raskin writes. \u201cAlso, working with youth had been such an enriching part of my life the past 10 years or so. I like to think that I draw inspiration from my friends, their lives, their music, the scene we create together. I think I have learned a lot from being a part of the RIOT community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Coronavirus had shaken up plans. \u201cThe world has been twisted upside down,\u201d Raskin wrote in May. \u201cIt\u2019s a hard time indeed, tours cancelled, not able to play out in general. 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