Ava Mendoza & Dogsweater at The Vault Cafe

Tzadik recording artist from Brooklyn Ava Mendoza graces the Vault stage for an intimate evening of powerful guitar music

AVA MENDOZA is a Brooklyn-based guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer. Best known for her solo guitar and vocal performances, and as the leader of the experimental rock band Unnatural Ways, she has received critical acclaim for her guitar work's compelling combination of technical virtuosity and visceral impact. In any context she is committed to bringing expressivity, energy and a wide sonic range to the music. 

Mendoza has toured throughout the U.S. and Europe and recorded/performed
with musicians including Carla Bozulich, Malcolm Mooney (CAN), Bill Orcutt, Abiodun Oyewole (Last Poets), Mike Watt, Adele Bertei, Mick Barr, William Hooker, Nels Cline,
Matana Roberts, John Zorn, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Fred Frith, William Parker, Hamid
Drake, John Zorn, ROVA, Negativland, the Violent Femmes, and members of Caroliner.
Recordings are available on labels Tzadik, Astral