Shiny and the Spoon's Ferris Wheel is another success story for Kickstarter, the project funding website enabled the band to raise the cash to record, mix, master and release their debut full length album whilst rewarding their fans at the same time, Ferris Wheel is the follow up to their self titled EP I had the pleasure of listening and writing a few words about last summer. I'm pleased to say the new release is more of the same from Amber Nash (vocals, ukulele) and Jordan Neff (vocals, guitar) who have added [...]
You might remember a piece about folk artists Shiny and the Spoon we ran in April of last year. With more than a year having passed and a new autumn season upon us I am excited to once again have the opportunity to write about the duo's latest album Ferris Wheel . The two singers/songwriters, also called Amber and Jordan, have with this newest work achieved a fuller sound through the use of more instruments, a variance in vocal ranges and patterns, and a [...]
For those lazy summer evening wind downs may I recommend the combined talents of Amber Nash (vocals, ukulele) and Jordan Neff (vocals, guitar), their seven track release of all original material is a relaxed and mellow folk-pop collection , recorded in a spare room at their home self-titled and released the EP's simple melodies are adorned with some clever touches including brief cameos for harmonica and trumpet. Kick back relax and let the sweet vocals and rinse away the days stress. Shiny and the Spoon - Simple Song I first came across the band through a [...]
Every Wednesday, I feature a brief review of at least one album that has been submitted to me through the ReviewShine website. I have cleverly titled this recurring segment "ReviewShine Wednesday." Our first featured act today is a band from Waycross, GA called Hayshaker . Waycross was the childhood home of Gram Parsons, and the band finds some of his spirit still haunting their hometown on this sophomore release. Steel guitars and iron clad harmonies from the husband and wife pair of Chris and Laurie Rider (Chris goes by [...]
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There is something young and lovely about a ukulele. By its simple and unassuming sound we are taken to images of sun-lit woods and sweet-air beaches. We hear a ukulele and we know something good is bound to happen. Such is the spirit of duo act Shiny & the Spoon . Comprised of Amber Nash and Jordan Neff, the two Americana folksters work whimsically together in creating bare-boned songs of hazy nights and mellow mornings, sounds capable of churning loneliness into solitude. We once again are [...]
Here's how it works: become a brand-name niche-blogger, and people send you stuff. Most of it is way off topic; some of it is decent, but not ready for prime time. A bunch more has saturated the blogmarket so much already, there's little point in posting it again. And a few songs just don't tickle the fancy - after all, if every song worked for every blogger, you'd never know who to trust. But there's wheat in the chaff, if you're willing to listen. And in the interest of serving [...]
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