"A voice ... for the voiceless "

Immigrating to Canada, from Jamaica, at the tender age of four, suffering through the impact of childhood sexual abuse, and living in the child welfare system provided, Ingrid D.Johnson, with a lot of inspiration for writing poems about her journey. These poems would later become her first, published, local, bestselling book in 2005 that would eventually inspire her original songs that she would record and perform live with the help of her band, of over 10 years, The Funky Fresh Crew.

Committed to being an artist that  helps to inspire positive social change, in October 2011, Ingrid D.Johnson, was chosen by The Manitoba Women' s Advisory Council and Mentoring Artist' s for Women's Art (MAWA)  to be honoured in a government publication: Women in The Arts: Artists Working for Social Change. Thus, confirming, Johnson's, vision and mission for her small production company, In The Closet Productions to be "a voice for the voiceless". 

*Due to Covid-19 our 2020 live show  bookings have been cancelled. 

We were especially sad about losing our main stage gig at Red River Exhibition in June. It was going to be a lot of fun with the full band on stage and an opportunity to sell some of our albums and other merchandise. This live gig would have provided some much needed revenue to help fund our current projects, but being healthy is much more important to us. 

With that said, we are  pleased to offer you the following 9 ways to support our mission to help draw awareness to the impact of childhood sexual abuse, during this time.

1. BOOK US FOR A VIRTUAL OR  live music concert (with social distancing) through Gig Salad.  

https://www.gigsalad.com/ingrid_d_johnson_the_funky_fresh_crew

2. BOOK us for public speaking engagements on learning to overcome the impact of childhood sexual abuse through Gigsalad. https://www.gigsalad.com/ingrid_d_johnson_the_funky_fresh_crew

3. Check out our new podcast "Writing Through The Pain" available on Anchor, Spotify, Apple, Google and other platforms. Subscribe, leave us a tip via paypal, and stay tuned for new episodes, every Wednesday at 9 pm. https://anchor.fm/ingriddjohnson

4. Stream our music on soundcloud 

https://m.soundcloud.com/ingriddjohnson

OR 

SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/artist/3ESQ9ej8ckbLBVi8hh9cUS?nd=1&nd=1

5.  Buy our albums on itunes 

https://music.apple.com/ca/artist/ingrid-d-johnson/208127740

6. License our catalogue of songs for a fee plus royalties through songtradr 

https://www.songtradr.com

7. SPONSOR our mission and upcoming projects in any amount using the link below:

https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/itcsponsorship

8. Read our articles on Vocal Media, leave a TIP, and share the link with your friends. 

https://vocal.media/authors/ingrid-d-johnson

9. Partner with us to help draw more awareness to the impact of childhood sexual abuse. 

Currently, Ingrid D.Johnson, is in the process of developing a new podcast on Anchor, "Writing Through The Pain," that will further help to draw awareness to the impact of childhood sexual abuse. Please, join our Facebook page "Writing through The Pain" and support other women sharing their experiences, living with the impact of childhood sexual abuse. 

Join the conversation.

https://m.facebook.com/findingyourvox/?ref=bookmarks

It is our desire to produce a documentary upcoming album for the documentary film,"Beauty for Ashes," with nine new songs about  life, love, faith, and human relationships, after trauma but we are in need of funding for this project. If this project is something you would like to support please contact us via e mail for more information on how much funding is required. 

Thank you for support.

GIG SALAD ARTIST  BOOKING 

https://www.gigsalad.com/ingrid_d_johnson_the_funky_fresh_crew

Ingrid D. Johnson & The Funky Fresh Crew offers an original mix of uplifting Jazz, Pop, Soul and R&B music that is catchy and socially conscious.

Previously, Johnson, has performed at The 2017 Canada Games (Athlete's Village), and sung the Canadian national anthem at a Piston's hockey game in Steinbach. In addition to performing with her band at The Winnipeg Fringe Festival (2012 & 2015), The Bell Tower Cafe (2015 - 2018), The Steinbach Summer Festival (2015 - 2018 ), The Grant and Wilton Coffee House (2012), Happy Mike's Coffee House (2015), Rock'n for Choices Concert at The Manitoba Youth Centre (2018) and several other events.

 Over the years, Johnson, has also done public speaking engagements with live music concerts and a songwriting workshop for youth at The Manitoba Youth Centre (2015) and VOICES (Manitoba Youth in Care).  In addition to receiving opportunities to showcase her music with her band in Austin Texas (2013), Nashville, TN (2016) , Pennsylvania (2017) and most recently in Brooklyn, New York (2019).