"Song of the Week" SWAN Day CT ~ Real Bad Voodoo by: The Grimm Generation

In Celebration of SWAN Day CT.
Sat Mar. 26, 2011

The "Song of the Week" 

for 03-16-11 is: 

Real Bad Voodoo* by: The Grimm Generation

SWAN Day CT. Organizer Jennifer Hill
will be interviewed by DJ: G.Gone
on Radio IndepenDisc Wed. 3-16-11.
She’ll talk about the up coming
SWAN Day
and the artists appearing, which includes:
The Grimm Generation, Jennifer Hill and Co., 
She Eats Planets, Sarah LeMieux, SisterFunk, Canyon, Addie Brownlee, The And Band,
Kellee Maize, Laura Ganci, Waking Elliot,
and live painting by: Kerry Kozaczuk,
serpent belly dancing by: Nikki LeVillian,
burlesque performance by: Lily LaVamp,
also: Olde Burnside Brewing Co. & Pin-Up Girl Catering.

Support Women Artists Now Day CT
Sat Mar. 26, 2011
East Hartford Community Cultural Center 6pm-11pm. 
More Info HERE.

Leave a comment to be entered for a chance to win a pair of FREE Passes to SWAN Day CT.

Drawing to be held live & announced on Radio IndepenDisc Wed. 03-23-11 

*Link is a direct .mp3 audio stream.

"Song of the Week" SWAN Day CT ~ Stay by: Jennifer Hill & Co.

In Celebration of SWAN Day CT.

The IndepenDisc "Song of the Week"
for 03-09-11 is:
Stay* by: Jennifer Hill & Co.

off the CD: Fifteen Minute Long Sentence

**On Saturday, March 26th, 2011, Jennifer Hill will be hosting the CT chapter of a world-wide commemoration of women artists titled, SWAN Day (Support Women Artists Now). The CT chapter of the international event will take place at the East Hartford Community Cultural Center from 6pm-11pm. ($12)
SWAN Day is a celebration facilitated by the Fund for Women Artists, a non-profit art service organization which is devoted to help women artists receive the resources that are needed to accomplish their creative endeavors. Over the past decade, this foundation has risen over $4 million and has built a website (http://www.WomenHYPERLINK "http://arts.org"arts.org) that offers art resources such as, networking, fundraising and advocacy services to over 500,000 visitors a year. This holiday is meant to give recognition to female artists all over the globe by having them come together to support one another. SWAN DAY CT is the only SWAN event in CT and is also one of SWAN day’s most successful events.
SWAN DAY CT’S organizer, Jennifer Hill, front woman of local band Jennifer Hill & Co. (also Hartford Advocate’s Grand Band Slam Best Female Vocalist winner of 2009) has been arranging SWAN Day CT since 2008 and has blossomed into one of SWAN Day’s most successful events. Through Hill’s hard work and devotion to the arts, this day has not only formed a fantastic alliance of creative and artistic women in the east coast region, but has given recognition to female media and empowerment.
For More Info. Click HERE.

To be continued next week...

Leave a comment to be entered for a chance to win a pair of FREE Passes to SWAN Day CT.

*Link is a direct .mp3 audio stream.

**From the SWAN Day CT press release.

Catching up and previewing...

Last night was the 1st time I was in Cafe` 9 since they remodeled. When I say it's a whole new place, I say that in a very good way. Cafe` 9 Rocks!
And so did The Reducers and The Manchurians.

So, while I will be spending most of March promoting SWAN Day...

This did make me look forward to April, when both The Reducers and The Manchurians play the Meriden Daffodil Festival. Enjoy!

The Manchurians ~ Patricia Don't Want It.

Live @ Cafe` 9
Sat. Mar. 5, 2011

"Song of the Week" ~ Sleep Alone by: Mollycoddle

The IndepenDisc "Song of the Week"
for 03-02-11 is:
Sleep Alone*
by: Mollycoddle

off the CD: Lucky

In Tribute to Swan Day 2011

Over the next couple of weeks I will be telling you about Swan Day 2011 – Support Woman Artists Now Day. And I couldn’t think of a better way to kick off the month of March with what was the 1^st Female fronted band from New Haven, CT that was Featured on IndepenDisc. Mollycoddle, and their CD: Lucky
was the March 2001 Feature.

Heather Orser (McDonald) and Ralna Ramse
the first of many CT SWANs on IndepenDisc.

©Kathleen Cei photo

This year Swan Day CT will be held on Sat Mar. 26, 2011 at
The East Hartford Community Cultural Center  6pm-11pm.  Get more info HERE.

*Link is a direct .mp3 audio stream.

"Song of the Week" ~ I Can't Add You To My List by: Saint Bernadette

The "Song of the Week"
for 02-23-11 is:
I Can’t Add You To My List
by: Saint Bernadette

off the CD: Word To The Lourdes

Featured on IndepenDisc in Jun. of '09

and here's what I (G.Gone) had to say about it then...

...Not many independent bands in this day and age have this belief in their convictions. The true love and spirit of the music gets lost in translation due to the greed of the business. Too many sheep fall by the wayside and are lost. Yet every now and then, a teacher comes forth to shepherd the flock. With Word To The Lourdes, Saint Bernadette continues to fulfill the prophecy as the ones chosen to spread the gospel of Rock. The power of the word can be found in the hell-bent deliverance of Meredith’s angelic vocals rolling over the heavenly intensity of this hammer of the gods outfit.

Have you suffered at the hands of the false idols of Rock-n-Roll?
Then let Saint Bernadette’s Word To The Lourdes be your saving grace...

Read the entire review HERE.

*Link is a direct .mp3 audio stream.

"Song of the Week" ~ above the weather by: Eula

The "Song of the Week"
for 02-16-11 is: above the weather*
by: Eula off the CD: language of threat

Featured on IndepenDisc in Jun. of '09

and here's what I (G.Gone) had to say about it then...

...Equivalent to a Mythical Beast, New Haven’s Eula uses the gigantic rhythm section of Jeff and Nate to lumber in with intense grooves that are the body of this beast. Thick and heavy, these guys have a cosmic awareness of how to slam their “in-your-face” punk attitude across the soundscape with a very knowledgeable, polished, and raw feeling that is unique in today’s modern music. While Jeff and Nate keep this beast crunching forward, it’s Alyse’s innocent, yet experienced, sharp-edged vocals and guitar that are the teeth of this beast... Read the entire review HERE.

*Link is a direct .mp3 audio stream.

CD Review: The Sawtelles ~ TRYPTYCH

TRYPTYCH

by: The Sawtelles

"Song of the Week" for 02-09-11 is:
Ghost of Johnny Cash*
by: The Sawtelles

Passion, Love, Fire.

TRYPTYCH is the 4^th release by the husband and wife musical team of Peter & Julie Riccco under their moniker The Sawtelles. Totally DIY from the writing, recording, engineering, mastering, and production of the album/CD right down to the manufacturing, packaging and distribution, Peter & Julie show their passion for their art. Add to that their love and dedication, coupled with an almost unheard of 83+ live shows in the past year, in addition to full time day gigs, and it’s no wonder that they are on fire.

Stripped down bare to guitar (Peter) and drums (Julie), The Sawtelles unleash dreamy pop into a sparse soundscape that allows the instrumentation to breathe and expand into the airy corners, filling your senses without crowding them. Peter’s production of each of the 3 main guitars used – 3 songs with electric guitar, 3 with electric banjo, and 3 with electric slide – adds to the depth and dimension that Julie’s strategically amped drums carry forth on the shoulders of the Bernie Taupin style poetic tale lyrics.

Love, Fire, Passion.

A magnificent album of lost love, new love, tragic love, ultimate love, and more, TRYPTYCH rediscovers Stereophonic and fires it up in a mod style that brings back lyrical content as a passionate instrument used a lá street-corner powered, disjointed harmonies and airy backgrounds that draw to mind The Jam, The Velvet Underground, and REM conjuring The Brill Building.

To get into the depth of the lyrics, as well as the importance of the music and the chosen instrument for each song, would require a dissertation on the passion involved in every nuance of this record. It is a piece of art in which each song commands its uniqueness, yet when heard collectively they become even more unique as a whole. TRYPTYCH is a listening experience that expands further into your reaches, much in the way that The Sawtelles’ passion expands further into the musical reaches…

“A change is about to begin
Toward a shift to faith that comes from within
Let the detractors have no doubt
That the fire I’ve started can’t be put out”

Fire, Passion, Love.

TRYPTYCH by: The Sawtelles.

*Link is a direct .mp3 audio stream.