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Hamakua

Elephant Revival performs live at 88.1 KDHX in St. Louis.  Recorded May 13, 2011.  Sound by Jon Valley.  Discover more great music at http://kdhx.org

Elephant Revival "Raindrops" Live at KDHX 5-13-11

Visurreal

Apparently (feat. Katie Gray)

"Wider Circles" is the newest release from Rising Appalachia. With influences of folk, soul, roots, world music, and poetry, the album showcases the alchemy of sibling harmonies paired with banjo and fiddle duets. "Wider Circles" was inspired by folk standards and traditional hymns, old mountain odes, and activist anthems that pull equally from the swampy sounds of the bayou, the twang of the Appalachian mountains, and the beat of a global rhythm.

Spirit's Cradle

prod me

i cant tell if ur sendin me signals
i wanna be with u
cus baby i miss u
i thought itd be hard to forgive u
but god im just in too
deep for my own sake

i dont wanna lose my mind
but can u tell me im the guy u like
im tryna look right in ur eyes
when u look back my hopes arise

im fallin
wanna see u in the mornin
but i cant act surprised
that u dont wanna call in
oohohhhh
x2

i dont wanna lose my mind
but can u tell me im the guy u like
im tryna look right in ur eyes
when u look back my hopes arise

im fallin
wanna see u in the mornin
but i cant act surprised
that u dont wanna call in
oohohhhh
x2

signals

Almost a Fairytale

Low Light

and yet you miss the sea

To be irregular 
Saint Elmo preaches strength in who you are 
And every kid you knew picked at your scars
Social butterflies that sting 

So home up on the hill
You drop the acid and you watch it spill
On and on, the pop songs come at will
Inside the toilet bowl you sing

So go to Zambia!
That's a name, a place you've heard before
Poster you could splash across your door
On a lip the joint burns through 
On a spit, you're turning too
Most nights alive, you sweat like Zambia 

So don’t they see you roll? 
Aren't the eyes a peep hole to the soul?
Don't you see that your late night shows?
Before you turn the tv on

You got a girlfriend too
Pretty deadly piece of skin to chew 
And you love her, or you think you do
You're sure you'll notice when she's gone

And now in Zambia! 
That's a name, a place you've heard before
No hesitating at the cockpit door
This is where you wanna be
Underneath acacia trees
The cradle rings, but you're in Zambia 

You may yet take a turn
Monday morning's still another world
But the weekend's built on words words words
Not a one of them will change

And if the sky and land
Melt together like a wedding band 
God himself could place it on your hand
And you would let it slip away

So now in Zambia!
You got Victoria to drench your heart!
Hope that any day your life might start!
Any roar may be the cue
Nausea's just a point of view
When you’ve got everything to lose
Is it different down in Zambia?

Zambia

ANNA ST. LOUIS
FIRST SONGS
woodsist092 / mare002
release date: November 3, 2017

Despite her last name, Anna St. Louis was born and raised in Kansas City. She grew up a painter and singing in punk bands, eventually leaving her hometown to attend art school in Philadelphia. After graduating she made the move to Los Angeles where she began teaching herself guitar, writing songs and recording them on her own in her bedroom. First Songs is the sound of someone discovering their talent in real time - a peak into the collage of a wonderful mind that is absorbing their new surroundings and using new tools to put them into the room. Listening to this collection you can feel the sun coming in through the window - Anna on the foot of the bed with a guitar on her knee, finding her voice. St. Louis wears her influences well - think Patsy Cline singing over John Fahey - but has a style all her own. And while you can take the artist out of the midwest, you can't take the midwest out of the artist - so let this be known; this is Midwestern music ran through a California filter. I believe Anna will have many more releases in her lifetime, but let it all begin here - First Songs.

ANNA ST. LOUIS - Fire (Mare Records)

The Portland-based indie folk group Shook Twins has released their track “Safe” via Earmilk. The track appears on their forthcoming EP, 2, out November 03, 2017. 

“I've been feeling a lot of unsafe love in my life lately. It's just hard to fully trust anything right now,” says Laurie Shook. “So I really resonated with the first line "all I want is a love that feels safe" when Katelyn started singing it from the living room in a cabin by a river. I was making breakfast and I stopped and sat down and continued the song because I knew it was going somewhere. It goes on to reach the ones out there that are having a hard time letting go of a love that they had dreamed up in their head. Sometimes, you just have to let go of the dream, and be open to a new one.”

The EP finds the group strip down from a full band to inherent power of the group’s namesake duo—identical twin sisters Katelyn Shook [vocals, guitar] and Laurie Shook [banjo, vocals]. In early 2017, they holed up alone in a room with just two voices and two instruments and cut the seven-song collection live to tape, serving up bare bones renditions of fan favorites, covers, and one new tune. 

“Musically, it differs from our other studio albums, because it’s just two twins in a room performing on two instruments,” explains Katelyn. “It’s much more raw emotionally and almost vulnerable. It’s nice to hear our growth as a duo and notice our individual grooves. It showcases these songs in a different way than they had been or will be recorded. It’s just a taste of the simplest core of our band: The Shook Twins.”

The group emerged in 2008 with their independent debut You Can Have The Rest followed by Window and 2014’s What We Do—which garnered acclaim from USA Today and more. Organically stirring up a buzz, they engendered fandom in fellow creators such as Langhorne Slim, The Lumineers, Mason Jennings, and iconic best-selling author Neil Gaiman who claimed, “They make music that twines through your soul the way vines cover an abandoned shack in the woods.” Along the way, the full band, including Niko Slice [electric guitar, mandolin, vocals], Barra Brown [drums, vocals, drum pad], and Josh Simon [bass, vocals, electric guitar, synth], has shared bills with everyone from Ryan Adams to The Indigo Girls.

Shook Twins are currently on tour to support their forthcoming EP and ready their next body of work.

Shook Twins Tour Dates
10/05 - World Cafe Live - Philadelphia, PA
10/06 - The Purple Fiddle – Thomas, WV
10/07 - The Festy Experience (10/07-10/08) - Arrington, VA
10/9 - The High Watt - Nashville, TN
10/11 - Off Broadway - St Louis, MO
10/12 - Knucklehead Saloon - Kansas City, MO
10/13-14 - Basin Springs Park Bandshell – Eureka Springs, AR
10/15 - The Bluebird Theater - Denver, CO
10/25 – Humbews - Arcata, CA
10/26 - Hopmonk Tavern - Sebastopol, CA
10/27 - Hangtown Music Festival (10/27-10/28) - Placerville, CA
10/29 - Applegate Lodge - Jacksonville, OR
10/31 - Volcanic Theater Pub - Bend, OR
11/03 - Hi-Fi Music Hall - Eugene, OR
11/10 - Liberty Theatre - Astoria, OR
11/16 – Neumos - Seattle, WA
11/17 - Rhythm and Rye - Olympia, WA
11/18 - Wild Buffalo - Bellingham, WA
11/24 – The Pearl Theater – Bonner’s Ferry, ID
11/25 – The Panida Theater – Sandpoint, ID
12/09 - Wonder Ballroom - Portland, OR

For more information on Shook Twins, please contact:
Taylor Haughton, taylor@girlie.com, 212.989.2222 x119
Pam Nashel Leto, pam@girlie.com, 212.989.2222 x111

Safe

Gone Gone Beyond - You Can't Go Wrong (Feat. Kat Factor)

A COLLABORATION WITH @dirtwire

This song was created by me and my good friends Dirtwire. The idea came to us to do a song together because we were about to go out on a major tour together and thought it would be fun to do a collaboration. The song is really about strength and power in unity. During these crazy divisive times, it's important for us to remember that we are all in this together and that no progress will be made unless we move forward as one people. We hope this song inspires unity amongst listeners.

Get Strength In One here: https://fanlink.to/StrengthInOne

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Trevor Hall - Strength In One (ft. Dirtwire)

Elephant Revival - Sing To The Mountain

This track is from the album The Sails of Self and is available for purchase on CD Baby here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/RisingAppalachia

Swoon

Free music e-zine heading towards 18,000 posts these days.

Born and raised in Sandpoint Idaho, Shook Twins are an Indie folk-pop band now hailing from coniferous forested Portland, Oregon. Identical twins, Katelyn and Laurie Shook, Kyle Volkman and Niko Daoussis form the core quartet. Central elements of the Shook Twins' sound are a wide range of instrumentation, including banjo, guitar, electric and upright bass, mandolin, electric guitar, electronic drums, face drum (beatbox), glockenspiel, ukulele, banjo drumming  and their signature golden EGG. Beautiful twin harmonies, layered upon acoustic and electric instrumentation coupled with Laurie’s inventive use of percussive and ambient vocal loops, and Katelyn’s repurposed telephone microphone, set their sound apart, creating a unique and eccentric blend of folk, roots, groove and soul.   

Each Shook Twins song tells a story, distinctive, sharp, genuine, and well – sometimes quirky. Drawing from their life experience, select subjects include, being potters’ daughters, imagined superpowers and a chicken named ‘Rose’ they befriended. Shook Twins also pull out unexpected takes on classic hits, retellings of their musician friends’ songs, heartfelt ballads and rhythm driven dance numbers.   

After releasing their first album "You Can Have the Rest," the twin sisters moved to Portland in December of 2009, conceptualizing their 2011 release "Window" (featuring Bonnie Paine and Bridget Law of Elephant Revival). Both albums were recorded and produced in Santa Cruz, California, at InDigital Studios. Favorable reviews, extensive radio airplay and a busy tour schedule have created an ever growing fan base & kudos from many major musicians. Shook Twins and their full band, including Niko Daoussis (mandolin, electric guitar, vocals), Kyle Volkman (bass), Anna Tivel (violin, vocals), and Russ Kleiner (drum kit, percussion), recently finished recording their third album “What We Do” (releasing 4/8/14) with Grammy nominated producer Ryan Hadlock at Bear Creek Studios as well as partnering and recording an album, with fellow Portland musician Ben Darwish on his epic concept piece, "The Clear Blue Pearl."  

National and regional press accolades have poured in since the April 8th, 2014 release of "What We Do," including USA Today touting, "The Portland, Ore., folk group is ready to rattle the music world with its 'What We Do' album." Acoustic Guitar Magazine says, "'What We Do' is a nearly flawless album that pushes the band into unexplored sonic territory…this is a band that packs a tremendous amount of artistry and talent into their compositions." Indie-music mecca Portland, OR's weekly newspaper Portland Mercury states, "'What We Do' is the sound of two preternaturally talented siblings making the music they want to make with a wide-eyed sense of wonder and the good sense to absorb whatever the world puts in their path."  

Shook Twins have shared the stage with artists including: Gregory Alan Isakov, Elephant Revival, Langhorne Slim, Laura Veirs, Indigo Girls, Mason Jennings, Ryan Adams, Blitzen Trapper and many more!

Eclectic, amusing and whimsical, Shook Twins' laid-back and fun stage presence draws the listener in, allowing them to take the audience away on the adventure that is their live show.


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