{"id":36983,"date":"2017-10-15T13:02:42","date_gmt":"2017-10-15T17:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=36983"},"modified":"2017-10-15T13:02:44","modified_gmt":"2017-10-15T17:02:44","slug":"on-stage-spotlight-ramirez-brings-tour-to-boot-and-saddle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=36983","title":{"rendered":"On Stage (Spotlight): Ramirez brings tour to Boot and Saddle"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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David Ramirez<\/p><\/div>\n

Sometimes you have to go places, even when you’re not going anywhere \u2014 like David Ramirez.<\/p>\n

On October 15, Ramirez will bring his \u201cWe\u2019re Not Going Anywhere Tour\u201d to Boot and Saddle (1131 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, 215-639-4528, www.bootandsaddlephilly.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The tour shares its name with Ramirez\u2019 new album.<\/p>\n

On September 8, the Austin-based songwriter released \u201cWe\u2019 re Not Going Anywhere,\u201d which was the follow up to his 2015 breakthrough record \u201cFables\u201d and second in partnership with Thirty Tigers.<\/p>\n

\u201cI started writing the songs last year,\u201d said Ramirez, during a phone interview Tuesday from a tour stop in Washington, D.C. \u201cMost were written when I was on tour in the fall.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t really sense a theme. The only thing I knew about the record was the way I wanted it to sound. I wanted to go to the \u201980\u2019s with a lot of synth-pop sounds.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had a formula for making Americana records and I got bored \u2013 very bored. In the past, it was \u2013 here\u2019s a collection of songs. Let\u2019s put bass, drums and banjo on. This time, I wanted to experiment and take risks.\u201d<\/p>\n

For \u201cWe\u2019re Not Going Anywhere,\u201d Ramirez partnered with producer Sam Kassirer, who has helmed albums by Josh Ritter, Lake Street Dive, Bhi Bhiman, and many other artists.<\/p>\n

In January 2017 Ramirez and his band decamped to the Great North Sound Society, an 18th-century farmhouse in rural Maine that serves as Kassirer\u2019s studio.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had a lot of confidence in Sam,\u201d said Ramirez. \u201cThis was probably the least challenging album I\u2019ve ever done. We went to Parson\u2019s Field, Maine and recorded it at Great North Sound Society.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe lived in the studio and just crashed there. It was chill. We were there for two-and-a-half weeks. I actually went up four days prior to do a little pre-production. It was super-pleasant the whole time.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen it was all done, I did see a thematic thread. The record looks at all the things in life we go through before death knocks on the door.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the 10 songs on \u201cWe\u2019re Not Going Anywhere,\u201d Ramirez takes in the world from his unique perspective.<\/p>\n

According to Ramirez, \u201cBeing half-white and half-Mexican has made this current political climate especially interesting. So many cultures in this country are being viewed as un-American and it breaks my heart.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy family have raised children here, created successful businesses here, and are proud to be a part of this country. Most of what I’ve seen as of late is misplaced fear. I wanted to write about that fear and how, instead of benefiting us, it sends us spiraling out control.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for David Ramirez \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/GAQrQeqEN2k<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show, which has Molly Parden as the opener, will start at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times Sometimes you have to go places, even when you’re not going anywhere \u2014 like David Ramirez. On October 15, Ramirez will bring his \u201cWe\u2019re Not Going Anywhere Tour\u201d to Boot and Saddle (1131 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, 215-639-4528, www.bootandsaddlephilly.com). The tour shares its name with Ramirez\u2019 new album. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36985,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8457],"tags":[10496,7426],"class_list":["post-36983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-d-arts-entertainment","tag-david-ramirez","tag-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36983"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36984,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36983\/revisions\/36984"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/36985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}