A Night of R&B
Mercy Lounge
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Nashville
Thursday, July 25 at 8 pm CDT
Concert Venue
Thursday, July 25 at 8 pm CDT
Concert Venue
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Hailing from Birmingham, Alabama, Gina Tollese has always had a love for a wide variety of music. From a young age, she was exposed to everything from Sade to Pearl Jam to Too $hort to Jamiroquai by her dad and his extensive collection. A combination of her father’s influence as well as her growing appreciation for various art and music scenes across the nation fueled her interest in DJing over time.
In spring 2015, she began investing in DJ equipment and learned the fundamentals of the art form from a well-respected DJ in the Birmingham community. In summer 2016, she began making mixes and uploading them to Soundcloud for others to get a taste of her sound andrelocated to Atlanta in 2017 to expand her artistic horizon.
Since then, Gina Tollese has spun at festivals such as Afropunk, Art Basel and A3C and events fueled by brands such as Reebok, Cantu Beauty, Jack Daniels, Malibu andAbsolut. She can also be seen frequently at the W Hotelsthroughout the Atlanta metro area. Her favorite genres to spin are deep house, hip hop, Afrobeat and Eurolounge.