page_title: Becky Stark
section_title: Music
hierarchical_section_title: Becky Stark / Music
caption_attribution_description: English: Becky Stark [1] [Rebecca Stark], founder of the musical group Lavender Diamond. Picture taken during her supporting role of The Decemberists [2] "Hazards of Love" concert set. Shara Worden [3] of My Brightest Diamond, in the background on keyboards
context_page_description: Becky Stark is an artist, singer, songwriter and entertainer from Los Angeles, California. She is the voice of the band Lavender Diamond. In an article about Stark in The New York Times called "North American Songbird," Zoe Wolf wrote "Picture Lucille Ball and Tinkerbell engaged in a duet and you have an apt metaphor for the neo-folk singer Becky Stark, who suggests an impish fairy from a faraway land. "
context_section_description: Stark is considered a luminary of the new folk movement and the LA underground punk/noise scene.  She has performed extensively as a solo artist and leader of the Lavender Diamond band.  She has shared a bill with Miranda July, Jenny Lewis, David Byrne, John Waters, Dave Eggers,  Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Decemberists, Beck, The New Pornographers, Devendra Banhart and hundreds of others.   She has received  widespread critical acclaim, appearing in the November 2007 Vanity Fair  "Folk Music Heroes" portfolio by Annie Leibovitz on the page between Joni Mitchell and Judy Collins.  In addition to her work with Lavender Diamond she sings with The Living Sisters, a folk trio with Eleni Mandell and Inara George from the Bird and the Bee.
  The 2007 Lavender Diamond album Imagine Our Love was released on Matador and Rough Trade Records.  A film to accompany the album is currently in production in IMAX format with director Maximilla Lukacs and art director Alia Penner.  The film is an extravaganza featuring Busby Berkeley- style dance numbers, animation and interplanetary ballet.
  
  Becky Stark appeared with Lavender Diamond performing "You" in the cult 2007 movie "One Day Like Rain". In 2008 she wrote the Songs of the Believers for the film City of Ember starring Bill Murray, directed by Gil Kenan and produced by Tom Hanks.  The film is a post-apocalyptic-action-adventure story for children.  In the film Becky plays the Songmaster.  She also stars in an upcoming short film version of a short story from Miranda July's book "No one Belongs Here More Than You."  Based on the story, "Birthmark", the short is called "White Light". Kim Gordon and Liz Goldwyn also star in the film directed by Alia Raza.
  Stark appeared onstage as the musical guest in The Daily Show creator Ben Karlin's new variety show, singing with Zooey Deschanel and accompanied by OK Go. In 2009 she wrote, directed and starred in the web series Califunya!.
  She is co-author of the Peace Comics with cartoonist Ron Rege, Jr., the drummer in Lavender Diamond.  She and Ron Rege have a band together, The Mystical Unionists.
  She appears as a character/vocalist on The Decemberists' 2009 concept album The Hazards of Love.  She and the band performed the official live debut of the album at the 2009 South by Southwest Festival.
  She sings as the character Margaret and sings on the tracks "Won't Want for Love (Margaret in the Taiga)","Isn't It a Lovely Night?", "The Abduction of Margaret", and "The Hazards of Love 4 (The Drowned)."
caption: Stark in 2009 concert with The Decemberists.
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