Announcing new comedy album: 'CALISE HAWKINS IS 40 AF' out Aug 14 on Blonde Medicine

Updated: Jan 17, 2021

ANNOUNCING A NEW COMEDY ALBUM FROM CALISE HAWKINS

'CALISE HAWKINS IS 40 AF'

OUT AUGUST 14, 2020 ON BLONDE MEDICINE

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*Advance album stream available by request*

*Listen to “I’m 40 AF”, available as an instant download along with album pre-order starting July 24th.*

Blonde Medicine is pleased to announce the August 14, 2020 release of Calise Hawkins is 40 AF, the debut full-length comedy album from Calise Hawkins.

In 2019 Calise performed at the Black Women In Comedy Festival at the Brooklyn House of Comedy. It was her 39th birthday, and she spent it surrounded by dozens of hilarious black women telling their stories onstage. For Calise, this moment was truly inspirational. Over the course of her more than 15 years in comedy, Calise had been told the reason there weren't more women sharing bills (let alone black women) was because audiences didn't want to hear the same jokes repeated. During the BWIC Festival, Calise saw comedian after comedian take the stage to tell their own original, hilarious stories from endlessly different perspectives. That's why one year later Calise celebrated her 40th birthday by recording her debut comedy album at the Brooklyn House of Comedy. Even today she feels encouraged to keep telling her own story.

On Calise Hawkins is 40 AF, Calise shares stories of raising her daughter in Jersey City as a single mom with roommates, finding her footing as a black woman in the entertainment industry, and the pitfalls of dating dudes.

ABOUT CALISE HAWKINS: Calise Hawkins is a comedian and writer who hails from Springfield, Illinois and currently resides in Jersey City, New Jersey with her daughter Asha. She has performed her standup on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (NBC), Russell Simmons Presents Live At The El Rey (Comedy Central), Gotham Live (Fox), Stand Up in Stilettos (TV Guide Channel), Nick Mom’s Night Out (Nickelodeon), among others. She was a cast member of Oxygen's Funny Girls and has written for Disney's Walk The Prank, Disney's Just Roll With It, Adult Swim's Soft Focus, Comedy Central’s @midnight, Comedy Central's Hood Adjacent, MTV’s Totally Clueless, Girl Code, Charlemagne’s Uncommon Sense and most recently she's worked on Phoebe Robinson's Comedy Central Talk Show. Calise’s style of comedy is painfully revealing and has been called “refreshingly honest.” ABOUT BLONDE MEDICINE: Blonde Medicine is a record label and production company based out of Petaluma, California in the SF Bay Area. Owner and Founder Dominic Del Bene spent his 20s producing and releasing rap records and his 30s producing and releasing stand-up comedy albums, specials and live events. Founded in 2018, Blonde Medicine specializes in producing original content and helping artists see their vision through, from conception to release. Comedy albums, festivals, podcasts, audiobooks and video production make up a lot of what they do but they aim to produce content in whatever format is most suitable for each project. Calise Hawkins is 40 AF track listing: