BIO

Becky White (She/ Her) is a multi-hyphenate artist specializing in music and videography. She grew up between New York City and Berkeley, California. The daughter of a writer father and an activist multi-media producer mother, Granddaughter of emigrants from sweden and eastern europe. She currently resides in Sonoma County on unceded land of the coastal miwok.

She began playing her first instrument, the violin, at age 5.  After years of classical training she saved up to buy her first electric guitar at age 13. With a deep love of language, she has written radical poems since the time she learned to hold a pen. Her poetry began to weave into her music, giving her songs a timeless quality. 

Becky White has published four original CDs and has been performing her whole life. A dedicated student of music from diverse locations such as Berklee College of Music where she received a Master’s in 2015, the Ali Akbar Khan College, where she had the honor to study with Khansab (2006-2009), and gamelan masters in the jungles of Bali Indonesia,   She also studied conservation biology and wildlife ecology, which has been a major Influence in her music and support of social and environmental justice. 

She recently completed a 45 min film BECOMING | REMEMBERING which was installed as a public art installation in 2023 funded from a grant from Creative Sonoma. 

Becky continues to learn and experiment with field recordings, found and created instruments, vintage guitars, pianos & synths, computers, MIDI, sitar and indian classical music, and her own voice.  She Continues to record and produce music and videos for her band FIREKEEPER,  on her label and production company M A K E A R T N O W.

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510.684.0215