{"id":29476,"date":"2016-05-14T09:30:27","date_gmt":"2016-05-14T13:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=29476"},"modified":"2016-05-14T09:30:51","modified_gmt":"2016-05-14T13:30:51","slug":"on-stage-extra-whitechapel-hits-road-to-promote-new-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=29476","title":{"rendered":"On Stage (Extra): Whitechapel hits road to promote new album"},"content":{"rendered":"

Veteran rockers The Zombies rise again<\/em><\/h2>\n

By Denny Dyroff,<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Staff Writer, The Times<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\"Whitechapel\"<\/a>

Whitechapel<\/p><\/div>\n

Whitechapel has a new album ready to be released this summer and has plans for a massive tour to accompany the release of the disc, which is titled \u201cMark of the Blade.\u201d But, that doesn\u2019t mean the metal band from Knoxville, Tennessee is sitting home waiting.<\/span><\/p>\n

Instead, Whitechapel — Phil Bozeman – Vocals; Ben Savage – Guitar; Zach Householder – Guitar; Alex Wade – Guitar; Ben Harclerode – Drums; Gabe Crisp – Bass — is on the road with its \u201cDecade of the Blade Tour\u201d featuring Fit For a King, The Plot In You, and Enterprise Earth.<\/span><\/p>\n

The tour visits the area on May 14 for a show at Reverb (1402 North Ninth Street, Reading, 610-743-3069, www.reverbconcerts.com<\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are kind of pre-promoting the new album — trying to get a little taste of it out there before the big tour,\u201d said Bozeman, during a phone interview Wednesday afternoon from a tour stop in Iowa City, Iowa.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe recorded everything last year in January, February and March and finished it at the end of March. We used Marc Lewis as our producer again. He did our last two albums. We work really well with him. He understands the band and knows what we want to sound like.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe did the drums at Audio Hammer Studio in Sanford, Florida and the rest of the recording at our guitarist Alex\u2019s studio in Louisville, Kentucky. We did the drums first and then layered in guitar, bass and vocals. We talked about recording live sessions but then stuck to the old-fashioned way.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Whitechapel\u2019s previous album was \u201cOur Endless War,\u201d which was released in April 2014 on Metal Blade Records, the same label as the new one.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe last tour was the final tour for \u2018Our Endless War,\u2019\u201d said Bozeman. \u201cOn this tour, we\u2019re doing some songs from that album, some older stuff and two tracks from the new album — \u2018Trimmers\u2019 and \u2018Mark of the Blade.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe new album is probably our most different album to date. There are even two songs that have actual singing vocals on them. That\u2019s new territory for us. We\u2019re all very pleased with it. A lot of it is very groove-oriented — not just blast, smash and try to go as fast as possible.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBut, we still have stuff on the new album that\u2019s going to please older fans. Every song sounds like it could be from a different CD. As artists, you should never limit yourselves. Just because you have a genre stapled to your name, you don\u2019t want to stay there.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cPeople argue and fight over genres. That\u2019s all they care about. I say — why don\u2019t you just say you like it if you like it. We get called death metal, black metal, deathcore. If it were my way, I\u2019d say we are just a hard metal band.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Video link for Whitechapel — https:\/\/youtu.be\/Bx4157TlEBE<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The show at Reverb, which starts at noon, also features Rivers Of Nihil, Throdl, Departed, With No Regard, Encoder, Regressor, Tomorrow Awaits, Cranely Gardens, Violence In Ascension, Shadows Among Us, One Day Waiting, Until We Fall, Inevitable Revolutions, Into the Infinite, Irrita, Harbinger, King Kong Hates The Wolfman, Vitruvia and When Tides Fall. Tickets are $20.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Mountain<\/a>

Mountain Heart<\/p><\/div>\n

The chart-topping British band Traffic did it at a country cottage in the late 1960s. American roots legend The Band did it a few years later. Now, Mountain Heart, which has a show on May 14 at the Sellersville Theater (24 West Temple Avenue, Sellersville, 215-257-5808,\u00a0www.st94.com<\/span><\/a>), \u00a0has done it.<\/span><\/p>\n

What did they all do?<\/span><\/p>\n

These bands all left home and temporarily relocated to a different location to work and live together while they focused on making an album.<\/span><\/p>\n

For Mountain Heart, the result was \u201cBlue Skies.\u201d It was the first studio album in five years for the Americana band, which features Josh Shilling: guitar, piano, lead vocals; Molly Cherryholmes: fiddle, vocals; Seth Taylor: lead guitar, banjo; Aaron Ramsey: mandolin, vocals; and Jeff Partin: bass, vocals.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe started recording a little over a year ago,\u201d said Shilling, during a phone interview Wednesday afternoon from Nashville.\u00a0 \u201cThen, we signed a deal with Compass Records in Nashville and they pushed the album\u2019s release back to this May.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe decided to record it ourselves. We went to a home studio in Asheville, North Carolina.\u00a0 Our sound man Eric Wilson has a studio there so we recorded it at this place. He also has different properties there so we just stayed with him in Asheville.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe just all got together and made a record like The Band did with \u2018Big Pink.\u2019 Some days, we\u2019d start in the studio at 5 p.m. Other days, we might start at 2 a.m. We just recorded whenever we wanted to. We wanted to do the album on our own — to go ahead with it without any outside pressure.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Prior to heading to the mountains in North Carolina, the veteran musicians knew what worked for them in the studio.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe had recorded previous albums live in the studio,\u201d said Shilling. \u201cWe realized how special this band was when we played live. Our approach to this record was totally organic. We wrote, recorded, produced and engineered everything ourselves — no over dubs, no click tracks.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe all work in different studios as producers, engineers and session musicians so we know how to do it. We went about this very old-school. If there were imperfections, that was O.K.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt had been five years since our last recording process, so that gave us time to get a great bunch of songs together. When our label heard it, they didn\u2019t try to manipulate it — didn\u2019t ask us to change anything. That\u2019s proof that it\u2019s got some mojo to it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Mountain Hearts\u2019 evolving sound also has some mojo to it.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe started as a bluegrass band 10 years ago,\u201d said Shilling. \u201cNow, we could open for the Dead. People have referred to our music as jam grass and soul grass.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Video link for Mountain Heart — https:\/\/youtu.be\/uw7SVjoPyM4<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The show at the Sellersville Theater will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $25 and $39.50.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"The

The Zombies<\/p><\/div>\n

The Zombies have been building their fan base for more than 50 years and that fan base still continues to grow. One reason that it grows is because the band\u2019s catalog of great songs continues to grow.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Zombies released a new album back in October titled \u201cStill Got That Hunger\u201d and then went on tour for two months performing its classic \u201cOdessey and Oracle\u201d album for the first time ever in the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now, the Zombies are back in America for another stateside tour — a tour that brings them to the area on May 15 for a show at Colonial Theatre (Bridge Street, Phoenixville, 610-<\/span> <\/i>917-1228, www.thecolonialtheatre.com<\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n

The concert will showcase the acclaimed current Zombies\u2019 line-up featuring founding members keyboardist Rod Argent and vocalist Colin Blunstone along with bassist Jim Rodford (formerly of Argent and The Kinks), Rodford\u2019s son Steve Rodford on drums, and renowned session guitarist Tom Toomey.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe recorded the new album early last year,\u201d said Blunstone, during a phone interview Tuesday morning from his hotel room in Weehawken, New Jersey. \u201cWe did it with producer Chris Potter. He has worked with the Stones, Verve and a lot of other big artists.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe decided to do it a slightly different way. We did it similar to the way we did \u2018Odessey and Oracle.\u2019 When the songs were written, we rehearsed them a lot — first acoustically and later with more instruments.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThen, we went into a studio where we could all record in the same room together. When you record live in the studio, it\u2019s a whole different feeling. It really enhances the performances. Band members play off one another and that\u2019s something you don\u2019t get when you\u2019re layering tracks.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe used two really nice studios in England — State of the Ark Studio in Richmond and Sugar Factory in Warmsworth. The album actually got into the Billboard Top 100. It was our first time to chart on Billboard in 50 years.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In the mid-1960s, the Zombies scored a number of hit singles including \u201cTell Her No\u201d and \u201cShe\u2019s Not There\u201d and then went four years without a song in the charts. In 1968, the Zombies rose from the dead and had a Top Five hit with \u201cTime of the Season.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In the early 1970s, the group disbanded and headed off to the rock-and-roll graveyard. Then, the Zombies found new life in the 1990s when Argent and Blunstone reunited for a series of dates in the U.K. They continued to tour and released an album of all-new material called \u201cBreathe Out, Breathe In\u201d (Absolute Records) in 2011.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWith regard to our initial reunion 12 years ago, Rod was doing a charity with his band Argent,\u201d said Blunstone.\u00a0 \u201cI was in the audience and he called me up to sing a few songs with him. I had some solo dates not long after that so Rod came and played those dates.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe only expected to play together for those shows. But, it went great so we decided to keep it going. Halfway through the first show, it felt as though we had never stopped playing. In reality, it was a 30-year gap.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, we enjoy playing classic hits from the past. A lot of Zombies tracks have a timeless feel. They still sound fresh. We are also doing some tracks from my solo albums and we revisit some Argent songs such as \u2018Hold Your Head Up\u2019 and \u2018God Gave Rock and Roll to You\u2019. We\u2019re also doing four or five tracks from the new album.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a good band. It\u2019s a thrill for me every night to get up and sing in front of a line-up like this. They give it their all every night. And, I\u2019m eternally grateful for the place the Zombies have had in people\u2019s affection.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Video link for the Zombies \u2014 https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=g4wpHjAkY-I&list=PL818E8A6FA5AFCDB2<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Bruce<\/a>

Bruce Sudano<\/p><\/div>\n

The opener for the Zombies at the Colonial is another act that has been active on the music scene for more than 50 years — Bruce Sudano.<\/span><\/p>\n

By the mid-1960s, Sudano was playing bass guitar in his first band Silent Souls. He spent much of his time rehearsing and was soon playing live shows at popular New York nightclubs. While playing at the The Cheetah, Sudano met Tommy James of Tommy James and the Shondells and became his prot\u00e9g\u00e9.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI came from a musical family,\u201d said Sudano, during a phone interview Tuesday morning from his home in Los Angeles. \u201cMy father sang and my uncles would come over with guitars and accordions. My grandfather brought me back an accordion from his visit to Italy when I was four.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I was eight, my father was taking me to the Brooklyn Fox to see the Murray The K shows with all kinds of bands. I always wanted to be a songwriter like Goffin and King or Mann and Weil.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn my early teens, I put a band together and started playing clubs. I had a band through high school and college that played in clubs in the city (New York City). I was playing at The Cheetah and that\u2019s where Tommy James saw the band. We got to be friends. I\u2019d go to his apartment and we\u2019d write songs together including the hit \u2018Ball of Fire.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In 1968, Sudano became the keyboard player in the pop band Alive N Kickin\u2019, which he co-founded with Pepe Cardona.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tommy James along with Bob King wrote a song for the band called \u201cTighter, Tighter\u201d. James also produced the track and sang backing vocals. The song was released on Roulette Records in 1970 and went to Number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI was playing a Hammond B3 with Alive N Kickin\u2019,\u201d said Sudano. \u201cAt some point in the early 70s, I left Alive N Kickin\u2019. I hit a rough spot, spiraled down and moved back to my parents\u2019 place in Brooklyn. I taught myself to play guitar and write songs. I went to L.A. with a bunch of songs and that\u2019s when Brooklyn Dreams happened.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Sudano formed the band Brooklyn Dreams and signed a recording deal with Millennium Records. The trio scored a hit with the single \u201cMusic, Harmony and Rhythm.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In March 1977, Sudano met Donna Summer. The Brooklyn Dreams and Summer immediately began writing songs together and within a few months Sudano and Summer were dating. In 1979, Brooklyn Dreams and Summer wrote the title track \u201cBad Girls\u201d for the best selling album of Summers\u2019 career.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBrooklyn Dreams broke up in 1980 after four albums,\u201d said Sudano. \u201cThat same year, Donna and I got married. I toured with her as a backup singer for a long time. I was also writing songs for her and for films. It wasn\u2019t until 2007 that I made my first solo album. It wasn\u2019t until Donna passed away that I committed to being a solo act.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Sudano has released four solo albums — the most recent of which is \u201cThe Burbank Sessions\u201d in 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m still inspired — still being challenged,\u201d said Sudano. \u201cI feel very vital and in the moment. I carry history but it\u2019s about being new in addition to being old. It\u2019s the same as the Zombies — as long as you can make music that can move the listener, that\u2019s the trick.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Video link for Bruce Sudano — https:\/\/youtu.be\/GQCM9aqagss<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The show at the Colonial will start at 8 p.m. Ticket prices are — Gold Circle: $49.50; Orchestra: $44.50; Front Balcony: $39.50; Rear Balcony: $32.50.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The Rides<\/p><\/div>\n

Another band with roots going back more than a half-century will be in the area for a show on May 15 when The Rides perform at Sands Bethlehem Event Center (77 Sands Boulevard, Bethlehem, 610-297-7400,\u00a0http:\/\/sandseventcenter.com<\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n

Separated in age by a musical generation but bonded by a mutual love of classic cars and the blues, two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Famer\u00a0Stephen Stills\u00a0and five-time Grammy-nominated singer, guitarist and songwriter\u00a0Kenny Wayne Shepherd joined with famed Chicago rock\/blues keyboardist Barry Goldberg to form a very fresh and vital blues-rock band — The Rides.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cElliot Roberts manages Stephen and also manages Barry,\u201d said Shepherd, during a phone interview last week. \u201cHe realized that they had both played on the \u2018Super Session\u2019 album even though they were never in the studio together. Elliot put them together and they started writing songs<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cI knew Stephen from our association with the Indianapolis Colts. We\u2019re both friends of Jim Irsay, the Colts\u2019 owner. We used to jam together at parties Jim put on. Then, Stephen, Barry and I decided to get together.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think any of us knew what to expect — maybe just jamming on blues tuned. When we got together, the chemistry became instantly apparent. We decided that we wanted to write songs and we were really excited to play together.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSo, we committed to making a band. The only difficult thing is that with all our individual schedules, it\u2019s difficult to find the time to record and tour. Barry works with a lot of artists. It\u2019s easier if there is only one window — we have three.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Rides toured in support of their debut album \u201cCan\u2019t Get Enough\u201d in 2013. Now, they are on the road in support of their new album \u201cPierced Arrow,\u201d which came out on May 6 on 429 Records.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe had been writing in 2014 and then went in the studio in January 2015,\u201d said Shepherd, a Louisiana native who has released eight albums since 1995. \u201cAfter the first tour, we wrote throughout the year. We developed our material over the course of many months.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe started recording in January and finished in March. It took a long time. Stephen had to go to Japan with Crosby, Stills & Young and I did a tour of the states with Van Halen. On the first tour with the Rides, we started building some ideas that worked their way onto the new album.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFor our live shows, it\u2019s nice having two albums worth of material. On our first tour with just records, we did our songs and songs from our individual careers — like Stephen\u2019s \u2018Love the One You\u2019re With.\u2019 And, we did a psych jam with \u2018Bluebird,\u2019 a Buffalo Springfield song. Now, it\u2019s a Rides tour with a completely different approach.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Video link for The Rides — https:\/\/youtu.be\/c1iwFuHp9VE<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The show in Bethlehem will start at 8 p.m. Ticket prices are $29.50, $45 and $55.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"rogueRogue Wave\u2019s fans have had to wait awhile for a new album from the band — and they have had to wait equally patiently for a tour by the band from California\u2019s Bay Area.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now, the wait is over — and it\u2019s been worth it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rogue Wave — Zach Rogue – vocals, guitar, Wurlitzer; Pat Spurgeon – drums, keyboard, samples, vocals; Jon Monahan – guitar; Masanori Christianson – bass and gentle bells — released its new album \u201cDelusions of Grand Fur\u201d on April 29 via Easy Sound Recordings.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now, the Oakland-based group is on tour and will visit Philly for a show on May 15 at Johnny Brenda\u2019s (1201 North Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, 215-739-9684, www.johnnybrendas.com<\/span><\/a>). \u201cDelusions of Grand Fur\u201d is the band\u2019s first record in more than three years and their sixth studio album overall.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe haven\u2019t toured in three years,\u201d said Zach Rogue, during a phone interview Wednesday as the band travelled to Buffalo for a show. \u201cI had a kid and I wanted to be with my son in the first year especially. I wanted to be there for bonding time. So, we\u2019ve just been recording.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Recorded at the band\u2019s home studio in Oakland without a producer, all of the songs on \u201cDelusions of Grand Fur\u201d are actually the demo versions of each track. This D.I.Y. approach allowed Rogue to focus on creating the band\u2019s strongest album in terms of storytelling.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe wanted to make a record and we did it by ourselves,\u201d said Rogue. \u201cSelf recording takes a lot of time. We finished the album and then found a label that wanted to put it out. It\u2019s not easy because there aren\u2019t many good labels out there. We thought about self-releasing the album and then we connected with Easy Sound.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOver the last few years, I did a lot of writing and a lot of recording. I didn\u2019t get much sunshine on my skin. I\u2019m always kind of writing. I was writing when we were touring our last album \u2018Nightingale Floors.\u2019 When we got off the road, I was ready to work on new stuff.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Rogue and his mates spent plenty of time working on the new album.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOn this record, we didn\u2019t want to do demos and then work off them,\u201d said Rogue. \u201cWe just wanted to start recording. We got the first song and the last song and that made a rough framework.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI just wanted to go with my gut instincts. I\u2019d play songs for Pat and then we\u2019d start layering. Everything was built from the bottom. We were arranging on the fly. I was kind of terrified when we started mixing. We did one song at a time. I was worried that there would be no cohesion — that it would be too disjointed.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe mixed it lo-fI and hi-fi with digital recording and we got that certain depth that we like. We were going to do a double album. Then, we cut it to one and found the cohesion. The result was good headphone music with stereo imaging. I was shocked — and pleased.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Video link for Rogue Wave — https:\/\/youtu.be\/TU-RB00FoBQ<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The show at Johnny Brenda\u2019s, which also features Hey Marseilles, will start at 9 p.m. Tickets are $19.<\/span><\/p>\n

V\u00c9RIT\u00c9 is a singer from Orange County who has released three EPs and a number of singles over the last three years.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"verite\"

V\u00c9RIT\u00c9<\/p><\/div>\n

But, her music isn\u2019t the ska\/reggae\/pop\/punk music usually associated with Orange County — wrong Orange County.<\/span><\/p>\n

V\u00c9RIT\u00c9 is an alternative-pop singer from Warwick — a town in Orange County, New York. Her music is familiar and comfortable and, at the same time, refreshing and new. Her recently-released EP \u201cLiving\u201d features five tracks that are each different from the other yet come together to form a cohesive project.<\/span><\/p>\n

V\u00c9RIT\u00c9 will be performing those tracks along with tunes from her previous releases when she plays a show on May 16 at Boot and Saddle (1131 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, 215-639-4528, www.bootandsaddlephilly.com<\/span><\/a>).<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI wrote the songs on \u2018Living\u2019 last summer,\u201d said V\u00c9RIT\u00c9, during a phone interview Wednesday afternoon from her home in Brooklyn. \u201cWe finished making the EP in November.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

According to V\u00c9RIT\u00c9, \u201cThe \u2018Living<\/i>\u2019 EP was written in the wake of (her 2015 EP) \u2018Sentiment\u2019 and after the first tour. It was the first time I had been able to dedicate all of my time to the project and writing.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIf I\u2019m being honest, it was really uncomfortable and oddly exhausting and forced me to over analyze my writing and process in a way I wasn\u2019t used to. The EP takes these tiny moments and magnifies and\u00a0over analyzes\u00a0them until they are unrecognizable. The idea was to present an unadulterated look into how my mind works.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

V\u00c9RIT\u00c9 evolved her sound on <\/i>\u2018Living<\/i>\u2019 by collaborating with a group of prominent producers, including Stefan Graslund (Charli XCX), Tim Anderson (BANKS) and Peter Thomas (Betty Who). The EP features recently released track \u201cUnderdressed,\u201d which in less than two weeks has racked up over one million streams on Spotify<\/i> and hit Number 1 on Hype Machine<\/i>\u2019s Popular Chart its debut week.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI cut the EP with different producers at their spaces,\u201d said V\u00c9RIT\u00c9. \u201cWith producers, I think it\u2019s important to experiment. I always want to elevate the sound and try something different. Sonically, we really pushed ourselves with the production.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAfter doing electro-pop on my previous recordings, I wanted something more organic — more mature — and lyrically more literal. It\u2019s all about gaining experience. I\u2019m definitely doing a lot of writing but there are no solid plans for an album yet.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Even though she is just in her mid-20s, V\u00c9RIT\u00c9 has been making music for a long time.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI started music when I was young,\u201d said V\u00c9RIT\u00c9. \u201cIt was a natural thing to do. I had a punk band in school and we played a lot of small shows. It was a cover band in middle school and then I started writing songs when I was around 16.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not sure what the catalyst was. I had been playing for awhile and just wanted to write. I slowly developed as a songwriter. I didn\u2019t have any goals. I just knew I wanted to play live. When I started this project, I became more confident in my writing.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIf anything, doing things wrong and learning from those mistakes all kind of informed my decision. My main focus in writing is to make people feel something. Invoking any emotional response is a success.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Video link for Verite — https:\/\/youtu.be\/h6SlM8SsxgU<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The show at Boot and Saddle, which also features Lostboycrow, will start at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $12.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"gwenno\"Boot and Saddle will present another interesting female vocalist with a singular name on May 17 when Welsh singer Gwenno headlines a show.<\/span><\/p>\n

Gwenno Saunders is a musician from Cardiff, Wales. She is best known as a vocalist and keyboard player for the Pipettes where she went by the name Gwenno Pipette.<\/span><\/p>\n

Gwenno released her \u201cYmbelydredd\u201d EP in 2012 to critical acclaim, and more recently released \u201cChwyldro\u201d and \u201cGolau Arall\u201d — singles that led up to her debut album \u201cY Dydd Olaf,\u201d which came out at the end of 2014.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe phrase \u2018Y Dydd Olaf\u2019 means final day or last day,\u201d said Gwenno, during a recent phone interview from her home in Cardiff, which is the capital and largest city in Wales. \u201cI recorded it three years ago. It just formed organically over time after I came across \u2018\u2018Y Dydd Olaf\u2019\u2019 — a sci-fi book about a nuclear accident.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cY Dydd Olaf\u201d is a also book by Owain Owain, a Welsh novelist, short-story writer and poet who worked as a nuclear scientist in Windscale for a few years. It is a sci-fi novel about globalization. Brain-invading robots overpower humanity — except for Welsh speakers, whose thoughts they can\u2019t penetrate.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve ever listened to Welsh being spoken, you can\u2019t relate to the robots\u2019 problems.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThat book inspired a number of songs on my new album,\u201d said Gwenno. \u201cIt was about a nuclear scientist. I just thought it was a fantastic idea. I was into sci-fi — and Welsh language and culture.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Gwenno is a native Welsh and Cornish speaker who co-produced and co-hosted Welsh language show \u201cCam o\u2019r Tywyllwch\u201d for Radio Cardiff. \u00a0\u201cY Dydd Olaf\u201d is sung entirely in Welsh, except for one song in Cornish.<\/span><\/p>\n

The thought-provoking album is a cultural document — and a celebration of what is unique about life in modern day Britain. The record is Gwenno\u2019s response to the political upheaval that is happening all over Europe.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI moved back to Wales after living in London for awhile,\u201d said Gwenno. \u201cBeing back in Wales, it felt quite natural for me to do an album like this. Just making music is making documents of time and space. I was excited about doing it.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn Wales, 15 per cent of the population still speaks the Welsh language. In some parts of the country, it\u2019s over 70 percent. I realized I have this culture. For me, it was an artistic decision to do it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The album \u201cY Dydd Olaf\u201d combines an ancient language with modern electro-pop sounds.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe thing we were looking to do sonically was creating a world,\u201d said Gwenno. \u201cMy vocals were an instrument. We were creating a world for the songs to live in. There were a lot of different elements.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

When Gwenno is playing shows in cities such as Swansea, Cardiff, Llanelli and Wrexham, she performs with a band. For her current stateside tour, she is performing solo.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I\u2019m playing solo, I have to take a different approach,\u201d said Gwenno. \u201cThe shows are less predictable because it\u2019s not a controlled environment like it is when I\u2019m playing with a band. The album is pretty much song-based and I\u2019m singing my songs.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Video link for Gwenno — https:\/\/youtu.be\/CldPv3-VHmM<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The show at Boot and Saddle, which also features Blood Sound, will start at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $10.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Radney Foster<\/p><\/div>\n

Radney Foster, who will be performing at the Tin Angel (20 South Second Street, Philadelphia, 215-928-0770, http:\/\/www.tinangel.com<\/span><\/a>) on May18, is a Texas-born singer-songwriter who made his recording debut as part of the Foster & Lloyd duo with Bill Lloyd.<\/span><\/p>\n

Foster & Lloyd recorded four studio albums and had 10 singles on the country charts. Foster began his solo career in 1992 and his album \u201cDel Rio, TX 1959\u201d on the Arista Nashville label produced four consecutive Top 40 hits, including two Top 10 hits — \u201cJust Call Me Lonesome\u201d and \u201cNobody Wins.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

His most recent record\u00a0\u201cEverything I Should Have Said\u201d was\u00a0recorded in Louisiana at Dockside Studios and is described as \u201cswampy and loose in all the right ways.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m still touring behind \u2018Everything I Should Have Said,\u2019\u201d said Foster, during a phone interview Tuesday from his home in Nashville.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI started pre-production for my next album. I\u2019m at the song-gathering point. I try to write a song a week — even when I\u2019m not working on a record. I started this practice when I was a Nashville songwriter. I write all the time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Considered an elder statesman of Texas singer-songwriters, Foster has been a friend and mentor to many younger artists on the Texas scene. He\u2019s written and produced songs for Randy Rogers, Jack Ingram, Kacey Musgraves, Wade Bowen, Josh Abbott, Pat Green, Cory Morrow and many others.<\/span><\/p>\n

His songs are regularly mined by superstar acts like Keith Urban (\u201cRaining on Sunday,\u201d \u201cI\u2019m In,\u201d), Sara Evans (\u201cReal Fine Place,\u201d \u201cRevival\u201d) and the Dixie Chicks (\u201cGodspeed\u201d).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a year-and-a-half since my last album,\u201d said Foster. \u201cI\u2019m going to go into the studio in the fall with these new songs. With a project like this, you focus differently. I\u2019m writing just for me — just for the new album.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m playing a lot of the new songs in my live shows to test them out — especially at my acoustic shows. I love seeing the audience\u2019s reaction. If I\u2019m trying out new songs when I\u2019m playing with my band, I make the band go away — just to do a few acoustic songs.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe shows I\u2019m doing now are acoustic shows — just me and my guitar. It\u2019s cool. With my solo shows, I have a set list. But, I can also do old chestnuts that fans request — even if I haven\u2019t played them in years.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAnd, in clubs and small theaters, I can tell stories. I try not to overdo it. I took acting lessons years ago and that helped. Storytelling is like joke telling — you have to hit the punch line.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Foster, who has been a working musician for more than 30 years, have built a large and devoted fan base.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMy audience is such a cult following,\u201d said Foster. \u201cI really appreciate them. After every show, I stand at the merch table and talk with my fans. And, I\u2019ll sign autographs until the cows come home.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Video link for Radney Foster — https:\/\/youtu.be\/hBqWbXyAYGo<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The show at the Tin Angel, which also features Thomas Bazzanella, will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $18.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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