{"id":35890,"date":"2017-07-22T09:30:11","date_gmt":"2017-07-22T13:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=35890"},"modified":"2017-07-22T09:30:17","modified_gmt":"2017-07-22T13:30:17","slug":"on-stage-extra-kozie-beginning-to-make-a-name-for-himself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=35890","title":{"rendered":"On Stage (Extra): Kozie beginning to make a name for himself"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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Kozie<\/p><\/div>\n

Kozie can mean different things to different people.<\/p>\n

People familiar with the Slovak Republic know it as an area in the western Carpathian Mountains. Other people know Kozie as a clothing line that makes high-quality special needs children’s clothing.<\/p>\n

Music fans in the Philly area and Los Angeles know Kozie as a rock musician who is starting to make a name for himself on both coasts.<\/p>\n

Kozie the musician is actually Cody Sherman, an indie-rock singer\/songwriter\/guitarist from Burlington County, New Jersey.<\/p>\n

Kozie, who now lives in L.A., \u00a0just released his debut single \u201cLife Is A Bitch\u201d and is back in the area for a show July 21 at the Foundry at Fillmore Philadelphia (1100 Canal Street, Philadelphia, 215-309-0150, www.thefillmorephilly.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know how I got started in music,\u201d said Kozie, during a phone interview Wednesday morning from his parents\u2019 house in Chesterfield, New Jersey.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just got interested in playing acoustic guitar when I was 12. I stared. I started paying electric guitar a year later. Some of my early influences were John Mayer, Pink Floyd and the Talking Heads.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I was a little older, I was putting shows together in South Jersey and I\u2019d also put myself in the show. I never really had a band. I was always a solo act.<\/p>\n

\u201cI went to L.A. to record when I was 19. I went out there to record with Carlos de la Garza. Now, I\u2019m working with Gavin Mackillop. He\u2019s a producer who has worked with Phoenix, Goo Goo Dolls, and Miley Cyrus.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe suggested that I move out to L.A. because of the rock scene here \u2013 so I did. I\u2019m living in Santa Clarita, which is close to his studio and not nearly as expensive as other parts of L.A.<\/p>\n

Kozie is on the brink of releasing his debut full-length.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe album is pretty much done,\u201d said Kozie. \u201cI\u2019ve been recording it at Gavin\u2019s studio in North Hollywood. I\u2019ve spent the last year-and-a-half working in the album.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the most part, I do everything — guitar, bass, piano. But, Gavin also brings in some session guys for other parts. I\u2019ve been writing songs for it for the last two or three years.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first single \u2018Life Is a Bitch\u2019 came out about a month ago and the second single \u2018Fly\u2019 was released two weeks ago. I know the songs were released pretty close ot each other but I just wanted to get some songs out there because I\u2019m going on tour.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter I finish this tour, I\u2019ll be going back to L.A. to record four more sings. Then, I\u2019ll be back out on tour in October. When I\u2019m playing on the road, it\u2019s me along with a keyboard player and a bass player.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m excited about this show at the Foundry. It will be my first time back to play in Philly since I moved to L.A. four years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Kozie \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/35zH4Q8tbEU<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at the Foundry has a massive lineup \u2013 Promise of Redemption (featuring Shane of Valencia), Best Ex (formerly Candy Hearts), Baggage and Kozie. The show will start at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15.<\/p>\n

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Fruit & Flowers<\/p><\/div>\n

Music fans attending the July 21 show at Connie\u2019s Ric Rac (1132 South Ninth Street, Philadelphia, www.conniesricrac.com<\/a>) will also definitely get their money\u2019s worth.<\/p>\n

The show will feature five tainted young rock bands \u2013 Fruit & Flowers, SpacePizza, Wyldflowers, WorstOnes and Blushed. And, admission to the show is only $8.<\/p>\n

Fruit & Flowers \u2013 Caroline Yoder (bass\/lead vocals), Ana Becker (lead guitar\/vocals), Lyzi Wakefield (rhythm guitar\/vocals), Jose Berrio (drums) — is a Brooklyn-based\u00a0\u201csurf noir\u201d\u00a0band that just released its debut EP \u201cDrug Tax\u201d on June 30 via Little Dickman Records.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe started making the EP in February 2016,\u201d said Yoder, during a phone interview Monday afternoon from a tour stop in South Carolina.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt took us a while. We just finished mixing it this February after we finished a West Coast tour.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fruit & Flowers are one of the most active bands in the New York City area, and have been named one of \u201cNYC\u2019s Hardest Working Bands\u201d by Oh My Rockness.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is our third tour this year,\u201d said Becker. \u201cWe\u2019ve toured the West Coast, played SXSW and did shows in the Midwest. We do play a lot of shows.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fruit & Flowers\u2019 exuberant, electric performances always satisfy enthusiastic audiences. Becker\u2019s angular, expressive guitar style and Wakefield\u2019s gritty rhythmic backbone merge a post-punk heaviness with psychedelic warmth.<\/p>\n

Charismatic front woman Yoder summons a fervent energy, surrounded by distinct, warm and refreshing three-part harmonies, which are the foundation of Fruit and Flowers sound.<\/p>\n

Conceived in a\u00a0Bushwick loft\u00a0during the\u00a0summer of\u00a02015\u00a0by\u00a0Yoder on bass and Shaw\u00a0Walters on drums, the band\u2019s lineup was completed by the addition of Wakefield and Becker on guitars and vocals.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had been living in New York and wanted to start a band with people who shared a similar vision,\u201d said Yoder. \u201cI have a friend in Shark Muffin and I watched how she got her band off the ground. I thought \u2013 I can do this. It wasn\u2019t that difficult. I met Lyzi at a Shark Muffin show and then met Ana through our original drummer. That was April 2015. Our first show was in June 2015 as part of the Northside Festival in Brooklyn. We\u2019re all living in Brooklyn now.\u201d<\/p>\n

None are Brooklyn natives. Yoder grew up in northern Virginia. Becker is from New York and Wakefield is a native of Amarillo, Texas. Berrio is a Colombian citizen from Bogota.<\/p>\n

\u201cRight after our first show, we just tried to keep playing constantly,\u201d said Yoder. \u201cWe hit the ground running and got some nice shows pretty quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Weaving together the perspectives and expressions of the band\u2019s multiple songwriters, \u201cDrug Tax\u201d presents the unique and varied voice of Fruit & Flowers.<\/p>\n

The well-structured EP was recorded at Thump Studios in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. It was engineered and co-produced by John Thayer, and mixed and mastered by George Harris. Berrio designed the band\u2019s logo and album art.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was our first effort,\u201d said Wakefield. \u201cWe took our time because we wanted it to be a good representation of what we sound like. We wanted to make sure it was really right. The next one won\u2019t take as long.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Fruit & Flowers \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/DTR246Km6co<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at Connie\u2019s Ric Rac, which also features SpacePizza, Wyldflowers, WorstOnes and Blushed, will start at 7 p.m. Tickets are $8.<\/p>\n

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Abbie Gardner<\/p><\/div>\n

Abbie Gardner is no stranger to area music fans.<\/p>\n

She has played locally numerous times — as one-third of Red Molly and, more recently, as part of a duo project with Jesse Terry.<\/p>\n

Now, Gardner is on the road as a solo act and will visit the area on July 22 for a show at Steel City Coffee House (203 Bridge Street, Phoenixville, 610-933-4043,www.steelcitycoffeehouse.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Gardner, a talented dobro player and multi-instrumentalist, has been touring with Americana act Red Molly for more than a decade. She also has three CDs on her own notable for award-winning songs.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m doing stuff from my whole catalog,\u201d said Gardner, during a phone interview last week from her home in Jersey City, New Jersey.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll be doing a lot of solo stuff. Instrumentally, I\u2019ll be sticking mostly to dobro. I used to do guitar but dobro now is my main instrument. I love it. It frees me up for vocals and melodic lines.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy main dobro was made by Paul Beard. I play a Hipshot dobro which is like two instruments in one. You can pull a lever and change the tuning. I put everything through a compressor microphone. It\u2019s a throwback sound.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gardner\u2019s songwriting has brought her much acclaim including 2008 Lennon Award Winner (folk) for \u201cThe Mind of a Soldier\u201d and 2008 American Songwriter Magazine Grand Prize Lyric Winner for \u201cI\u2019d Rather Be\u201d. Her song \u201cHoney on My Grave\u201d was also published in Sing Out! Magazine in 2008.<\/p>\n

\u201cLately, I\u2019ve been writing starting with melody and getting the words later,\u201d said Gardner. \u201cI try to work on it until it\u2019s so stuck n my head that it seems like it\u2019s on \u2018repeat.\u2019 That\u2019s the early stages.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t record a demo until I\u2019m set on the melody. If a melody comes to me when I\u2019m out \u2013 say in a park \u2013 I\u2019ll put it on my cell phone. If it happens at home, I\u2019ll use ProTools.\u201d<\/p>\n

There\u2019s good news for fans who are awaiting a new Abbie Gardner solo album.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe new album is recorded,\u201d said Gardner. \u201cIt\u2019s in the process of being mixed right now. It has 13 tracks \u2013 12 originals and one cover \u2013 all with vocals.<\/p>\n

\u201cThree of the songs were co-writes. One was done in Nashville when I wrote with David Olney. I wrote another with Molly Ventner from Red Molly and the other with Chris Stapleton, a country writer.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn my current live show, I\u2019m playing five of six originals from the new album and some older songs. I usually throw in one or two Red Molly songs \u2013 with different arrangements. On this tour, I\u2019m joined on guitar by John Paul Ruggieri.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Abbie Gardner \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/BpbLfxf5sKM<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at Steel City, which also features Brittany Ann, will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $18.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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