Sianna Plavin's debut album, 'Go On Now,' draws from hours of tapes recorded during time carved out from her life as a farmer. The songs were written in the small trailer where she lived in the woods, borrowed rooms in her previous home city of Baltimore City (with free rent under the stipulation that she write music), and later, her home in Providence, Rhode Island.  Plavin started drawing attention in 2008 as the front woman of folk duo Backyard Betties and as a member of chamber-folk ensemble Soft Cat.  She sang and died four times as four different characters in the first production of the Baltimore Rock Opera Society (BROS), and sang with a 17-piece ensemble supporting an elaborate, DIY, large-scale puppet rendition of Harry Nilsson's The Point with the Annex Theater in 2009.  In 2010 Plavin moved to Massachusetts to farm, and began piecing together her solo sound that is at once warm, intimate and haunting.  While her solo performance is stark, Plavin collaborates with artists and puppeteers to create often site-specific, elaborate variety shows.  Her collaboration with "crankie" maker Fay Strongin was featured at the Rhode Island Museum of Art in July 2013.  She has played shows with artists ranging from Tune-Yards to Christopher Paul Stelling and improbably once opened for Matt and Kim and The Death Set. 'Go On Now' is poised for release Summer 2015 with a national tour to follow. 

Sianna Plavin- vocals, guitars 
Andy Abelow - keyboards, alto sax, guitar, bass
Doug Plavin - drums, bass
Peter Mark Kendall - banjo
Caleb Moore - cigar box guitar 
Rachel Rosenkrantz - upright bass
Seth Manchester - bass 

Engineered by Nick Sjostrom, Louis Weeks, Andy Abelow and Doug Plavin
Mixed at Machines with Magnets by Keith Souza and Seth Manchester
Mastered by Jeff Lipton at Peerless Mastering, Boston, MA
Assistant Mastering Engineer: Maria Rice
Artwork by Alex Chitty
Design by DWRI Letterpress and Sianna Plavin
Printed by DWRI Letterpress in Providence, RI

All songs written by Sianna Plavin

Thank you to the hundreds of amazing people who made this project possible.  Extra special thanks to DP, KL, MB, LG, JP, AA, DH, SG, & LS.

GO ON NOW

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Cruel

Low Hum

Little String

Ghosts

Hound

Blessed Be

I Never Know

Lay Your Head Down

Go On Now

Who Do You Love