| ey all-Not to be missed !!-this friday night-october 19 8-10pmRISA -(rhode island songwriters association) presents:folk duo:KILL HENRY SUGAR (joan baez band)ED MCGUIRLMILLEE TIBBSBrooklyn CoffeeTea House 209 douglas ave. providence, RI 02908401-575-2284 hosted/produced by frank martynhttp://www.brooklyncoffeeteahouse.com/http://www.myspace.com/frankmartynadmission free 8-10pm donationsFOLK DUO (dobro-banjo-drum-vocal) "Kill Henry Sugar" kicks off theirtour at Brooklyn Coffee Tea. Well-known, accomplished and extremelyentertaining, they also play in the JOAN BAEZ BAND, having justfinished Joan's 2007 SUMMER U.K.-EUROPE tour---- in which Joan coverstwo of their songs: "Neighbors" and "The Kingdom I Was Given." SUPERBIO BELOW.http://www.killhenrysugar.com/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svNNAXTBXlQhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RK3sYa9AkeUED MCGURL, well-spring of all things blues, folk and generally cool,plays slippery catfish slide, freedom fry stomps, fingerpickingsizzling greens, gospel cider and mando cream pies. If you haven'tseen Ed yet, you took a wrong turn and don't really live in RhodeIsland.ED MCGUIRLhttp://www.myspace.com/edmcguirlhttp://www.myspace.com/thegreencastlebandMILLEE TIBBSOne of my favorite songwriter gals, MILLEE TIBBS, fills out the nightLatin-tinged lounge music easily imagined in the Clockwork Orangemoloko milk bar . . . . Order the coffee spiked with knives if youdare.http://www.myspace.com/milleetibbsKILL HENRY SUGAR BIOBorn and bred in New York City, Erik Della Penna and Dean Sharenow metplaying around town and discovered a shared obsession with the city'scorrupt beginnings and the frenzied ambition of its inhabitants. KillHenry Sugar became the minimalist, streamlined vehicle for thisongoing discourse; think "Gangs Of New York" (book, not movie) meets"Metropolis" (movie, not book). They spent the latter 1990s as sessionmusicians for the likes of Joan Osborne, Natalie Merchant and Yazbek.In 1999, the two decided to go off on their own and now perform as thedrum/dobro duo Kill Henry Sugar, creating modern folk music from theroots of gotham. Much of the material for their latest release wasinspired by the epic timeline of life in the boroughs. Recording tookplace in the basement of Della Penna's grandmother's Bronx apartment,among silver gelatin prints of generations past. The songs aresnapshots of New York life painted in stark, vivid tones -- thecorruption of Tammany Hall politics; the muted spirit of the huddledmasses; the power and paranoia of the modern metropolis. An early copyof the CD made it to folk icon Joan Baez. She described the recordingsas "exquisite compositions, stunningly performed without a net," andwas inspired to add two of the songs to her distinguished repertoire.Soon after, Ms. Baez saw the duo perform, and Kill Henry Sugar wasasked to be the backing band for her 2007 summer tour. Della Pennalikes to describe their sound as "early Felliniesque NortheasternAmericana" or "New York ennui." Popular Music for Today's ActiveLifestyles appeared in spring 2000. Three years later, Kill HenrySugar crafted a slick jazz-rock fusion for their third album Sell ThisPlace. Aside from recording, Kill Henry Sugar have shared dates withJohn Doe, Dave Spalding and Pell Mell. |
