RYKARDA * PARASOL

MIXED MEDIA *Lyrics & Album Art Writing * Visual Art & Illustration * Music Collaboration Multi-talented artist, Rykarda Parasol, is best known for her songwriting and performance, but some may be pleased to discover she's involved in a wide range of artistic endeavors. Below is just a sampling of projects she's involved in. Lyrics & Album Art:** Parasol has been respectively noted for her words and symbolic album design, which she creates herself. Each are significant to her work. Click on an album to view details.
For Blood and Wine, 2009	Our Hearts First Meet, 2006	Here She Comes... , EP 2004
Writing Samples: Ever the wordsmith, Parasol finds language, meaning, and personal story to be an essential part of her work and enjoys writing of all kinds. Below is a sample of recently published reviews and essays. Contemporary Jewish Museum: Rykarda takes a look at the timeless work of artist, Charlotte Salomon. Adequacy.net: Artists-On-Albums #15. Rykarda Parasol on The Afghan Whigs' Black Love. Swampland Zine: Rykarda Parasol on musical discovery, lost highways, the weight of memory, and Jeff Zentner's "The Dying Days of Summer". DebutLit/LitCrawl: "Backstage Pass": an essay into the behind the scenes life of a rock-n-roll widow.

Music Collaboration:
Guest vocal and songwriting collaboration...

Heart & Soul featuring Rykarda Parasol
The formation of HEART & SOUL began with special support from Adam Mickiewicz Institute (IAM) in Warsaw. The band features members from Agressiva 69, Made in Poland, Cool Kids of Death, and of course, Rykarda. This past November the team recorded in Lodz. Available here >

Made in Poland featuring Rykarda Parasol:
"Enjoy the Solitude"
From MiP's Enjoy the Solitude Album 2011

Rykarda will also be featured on the next Jeff
Zentner album in 2012. Zentner is also noted for his work
with Creech and Holler (Nashville).
Song clip (work in progress)

Kabanjak (Ancient Astronauts) featuring Rykarda Parasol:
"Baby, Don't You Know?"
From Kabanjak's Tree of Mystery 2010.

Visual Art & Illustration:
In addition to her album art, Parasol is also a painter and illustrator. Coming soon...

Fashion, Humour, The Weird and Offbeat:

Rykarda has a cameo role in theforthcoming graphic novel "Die Chroniken von Zone B"
(by Thomas Maria Malangeri, Germany) to find out more visit here >

Above: Rykarda "acting/modeling" for fashion designer, Domonique Echeverria.
A short silent film by Domonique/fashion promo.

Above: Rykarda sings backup for Kevin Junior's SF show, summer 2010.

Above: Rykarda joins YouTube series, TodZone, for short episodes on local Bay Area travel and adventure complete with writing the theme song. You can view more TodZone here and Rykarda even gives some more travel tips here.