For their latest album Head Aglow , the Spinning Leaves recorded with Henry Hirsch (Lenny Kravitz, Madonna) from Waterfront Studios inside a 19th century church in Hudson NY. If you've tuned into the bands website over the past few days, then you've most likely already streamed the soulful acoustic melodies of their latest 7", which is being released today on vinyl (digital May 1) by Drexel's Mad Dragon Records. And when James Michael Baker and Barbara Gettes play at Underground Arts tonight they'll be backed by the likes of Ross Bellenoit , Jonas Osterle , [...]
The Spinning Leaves are releasing a new 7" record entitled Head Aglow on April 27 (digitally May 1) via Mad Dragon Records. You can stream the album HERE . They'll also be celebrating its release this Friday at Underground Arts with Lightninging , Divers and Juliet Hope Wayne .
A psychedelic folk duo full of rich Americana sounds that are reminiscent of Bob Dylan, Vandaveer and The Wailin' Jennys thrown in? That's the Spinning Leaves and they'll be playing tonight at Globehopper Coffee with the amazing Jonathan Vassar and the Speckled Bird at 7 p.m.
Chris Bathgate appeared on NPR's World Cafe today. There he and his band performed several tracks off of one of 20112s best Salt Year . Listen to the show and then watch the Halfway House Session : Watch: Mr Bathgate plays both the Midwest Fest (Mount Pleasant) and the Boiling Pot Festival (Kzoo) later this Summer. But you can catch him before that when [...]
The Spinning Leaves The Philly Folk Parade took over the World Cafe Live stage earlier this afternoon for a special edition of XPN's Free At Noon concert series. The lineup featured four groups from the local folk music collective, including The Great Unknown , Chris Kasper , Hezekiah Jones , and The Spinning Leaves . Though the artists were technically slated to perform just two songs apiece, members from each group joined one another throughout the entire show, keeping the stage alive and packed with up to 15 performers at [...]
Coming up Friday, May 27th: The 2011 "Philly Folk Parade," which features local singer-songwriters taking the stage for individual and collaborative performances. This year's lineup will include members of The Spinning Leaves, Hezekiah Jones, Chris Kasper, and The Great Unknown. As soon as registration for the event opens up, we'll let you know.
From the folks at The Fire : In an attempt to fill the void left by festivals past, and offer a good alternative to flocking to the shore, many of Philadelphia's finest local musicians will participate in the Inaugural Sundrop Music and Arts Festival. The festival includes three great nights of music at the Fire, and an all-day, two stage show and craft fair on Saturday May 28th. Stages will be located at Trios Tratorria and outside of the Fire, with vendors offering fine art, crafts, and food lining the path between the Trios Stage [...]
File under: two great bands performing as one. The Spinning Leaves and Hezekiah Jones have collaborated as Hezekiah Leaves And The Spinning Joneses . They were recently on The 10! Show , which you can watch below. You can also download "The Crab Song" (which we posted here ) for free. Hezekiah Leaves and The Spinning Joneses perform with The Extraordinaires, Nic Esposito, and Joshua Park at 8 p.m. Friday, May 13, at Bookspace .
Two bands that have become a prominent part of the local Philly new folk music scene are The Spinning Leaves and Hezekiah Jones . They recently collaborated on a new album, The Spinning Leaves and Hezekiah Jones Performing As Hezekiah Leaves and The Spinning Joneses on Mad Dragon Records. Download "The Crab Song" below, compliments of the bands and Mad Dragon Records. They're celebrating the release of their new album on Friday, May 13th at Bookspace in Fishtown. Details about the show are here . The [...]
Left to right: Michael Baker, Barbara Geddes and Raphael Cutrufello Hezekiah Jones and The Spinning Leaves collaborated on an album for Drexel's Mad Dragon Records called Hezekiah Leaves & The Spinning Joneses . It was released digitally in March; however, the bands will perform an official release party on Friday, May 13th, at Bookspace in Fishtown. Also playing on the bill are The Extraordinaires , Nic Esposito (of The Savage Detectives ), and [...]
Photo by Christos Schizas Girl Talk performs 2/4 at Electric Factory. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4 Girl Talk + Penguin Prison at Electric Factory (8:30 p.m., SOLD OUT); Sun Airway + Celebration, Golden Ages, CSLSX, Savages at The Ox (7:30 p.m., $10); Langhorne Slim + Bobby Bare Jr., Frontier Ruckus at Johnny Brenda's (9 p.m., 21+, SOLD OUT) SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5 Gang Of Four + Hollerado, Moon Women, DJ Robert Drake at [...]
Photo by Doug Seymour Andrew Lipke performs 11/2 at The Fire Love Andrew Lipke 's "Mindgames," but want to know how the rocking anthem would sound after being given the whimsical treatment by Hezekiah Jones ' Raphael Cutrufello? Curious to hear how Suzie Brown 's yearning vocals can completely change the tone of Ryan Tennis ' road-weary "To The Moon?" Who eventually covers what is anybody's guess, but one thing is for certain: the month-long, five-performance "Philly Sings Philly" series at The Fire features just about every acoustic-guitar-wielding [...]
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 Ever find yourself listening to Black Moth Super Rainbow 's Dave Fridmann-produced, analog-synth-heavy 2009 release Eating Us and think, "This is all fine and dandy, but what this album really needs is more distortion. And even more drugs." If so, BMSR frontman Tobacco 's latest solo release, Maniac Meat , is for you: 16 tracks of synth-saturated, groove-oriented, acid-trip electronica that saunters through the dancier side of psychedelic music. Tobacco performs with Junk Culture and Dreamend at 8 p.m. at First Unitarian Church ; [...]
In celebration of Mason Porter 's scheduled performance at the Philadelphia Folk Festival they are releasing a limited edition (only 50 copies available) album, 'Story of the Rifle' . The new album was recorded live in studio and is a mix of traditional folk and cover songs. You can catch Mason Porter's performance Saturday August 21 st at 1:15pm on the WXPN stage. While you're at the festival you can pick up a copy of 'Story of the Rifle' at the merchandise tent starting Friday (while supplies last). I was very [...]
David Chaitt, part of SoundCtrl , is doing this really cool music series this summer from his Backyard in Bushwick called the Backyard Brunch Sessions. BBS is a series where he invites musicians to his house in Brooklyn to cook with him, eat with his friends, and perform a few songs unplugged. I got to check out the first one where he featured Brooklyn's The Press . Good food, good beer and good times were had with the band and his guests. The 1st official one he threw was with Nicole Atkins and The [...]
Maysie's FarmFest Saturday, May 22, 2010 Location: 15 St. Andrew's Lane, Glenmoore, PA 19343 [ Ludwig's Corner, Chester County, PA] Noon – 10:00PM Tickets: $20 in adv | $25 at the gate All Ages The first annual Maysie's FarmFest will be held Saturday, May 22, 2010 at Maysie's Farm located at: 15 St. Andrew's Lane, Glenmoore, PA 19343 [ Ludwig's Corner, Chester County, PA] . It will be a day of "Great local music, great [...]
Last night (May 11, 2010) was the 2 nd night of The Philly Folk Parade Tuesday nights in May residency at The Fire (412 W Girard Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19123) and as expected with the caliber of talent on the bill it was phenomenal. Johnny Miles and The Waywards opened the show with a great performance that made me realize that I really need to pay more attention to Miles' music – it's that good! Oh my, The Phil D'Agostino Quintet is amazing! Now, you might have seen Phil D'Agostino play bass (or [...]
Sometimes the best of intentions fall to the wayside. I've been meaning to post on the diverse Philly based folk comp - How To Make an Arrow - for about four months now and never put pen to paper. Why? Well, probably because I like to sound like I know what I'm talking about and even though the record is chock-o-block full with artists I love ( Hezekiah Jones and Your Midway Host for example), it's still more of a great cross section of new bands from a scene I know almost nothing about. [...]
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