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Cellist/singer/songwriter Kristen Miller redefines the cello in the tradition of folk, rock, and world music. Her sophomore CD Strange Little Valentine (Cellobrew , 2006) layers earthy cello timbres with percussion, spoken word, and singing to create a tapestry of lush harmonies, driving rhythm, and deep melodic contour. Billboard writer Bobby Borg calls her music “hauntingly, charmingly, brilliant.” The disc features Scott Kessel of The Daisy Mayhem on percussion. Along with original spoken word and instrumental pieces, Strange Little Valentine also includes a quirky rendition of Johnny Cash’s Ring of Fire. Named 2004 Female Artist of the Year by Jam Magazine, Kristen was also a finalist for Best Instrumental Artist. Her debut CD, Later That Day (Cellobrew, 2003), charted on college and community radio across North America, spending a year at #2 on AOL/Netscape Radio’s New Acoustic Top 25. Trained in both classical and world music, Kristen holds two music degrees and was the winner of the Zara Nelsova Cellist Award. Kristen has performed as the opening act for Turtle Island String Quartet and as a guest artist at the New Directions Cello Festival. Kristen can be found at www.cellobrew.com Strange Little Valentine Music Kristen Miller Strange Little Valentine Songs | 1. | A Note To The Muse |
| 2. | Kilim |
| 3. | Untitled |
| 4. | If Only I Could |
| 5. | Ring Of Fire |
| 6. | Tattoo |
| 7. | October |
| 8. | Meeting God In Heavy Boots |
| 9. | Mirror & Smoke |
| 10. | Grapes For Buddha |
| 11. | Snails |
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San Francisco's El Capitan started as a fledgling folk trio in June of 2003, with Ryan Henry (Hills Have Eyes, Hopelifter, Tuolumne County et-al), Chris Connolly (DC, ingenious guitar tone extractor, savant lap steeler/harp blower/banjy picker), and Ryan Honaker (SLC, Gift Anon, aything with strings or keys - his parents are in the Mormon Tabernacle Choir for Chrissakes) pulling acoustic sessions in Honaker's Mission flat kitchen and Henry's Cedarsonic recording studio. The nights consisted of intaking finer tonics while working out arrangements and harmonies, with the goal of better dynamics through chemistry and the addition of volume to the eventual fold.With the songs becoming too cramped for the kitchen (and the natural sonic limits of fiddles, banjos, and acoustic guitars), Henry invited his drummer pal and Hills co-alum Matt Butler to add some rhythm to the mix. A couple practice spaces later (one shared by a homeless dude), a run-in with a strangely-alluring female mandolin peddler, and with the addition of Dave Kearney on bass (rhythm master for various dub/jazz all-star ensembles), El Capitan was as it is: all-melody, all-hook, a mixture of rickety hymnals and thick sonics, old-timey and post-country, loud, silent, and dubby as all get-out.Their first EP, "Atwater KNEC," was recorded to one-inch Ampex 456 by Bart Thurber at the legendary House of Faith, Oakland, CA. It's out now on Brick and Mortar Music.REVIEWS:"Spooky California mountain music--nice guitar work and harmonies from the New Folk generation" -San Francisco Folk Festival"El Capitan manages to offer something fresh, making you smell pine and hear cicadas just beyond the reach of your speakers-rocking with a smiling abandon that you canÂąt help find infectious. Atwater KNEC is intimate, joyous-even when itÂąs sad. There's an undeniable authenticity in the creaky arrangements." Â Copper Press "El Capitan's debut EP, Atwater KNEC, introduces listeners to a formidable new band in the rustic Americana genre. Like many bands, from Cowboy Junkies to Palace to Norfolk & Western, El Capitan taps into a rich electric/rural aesthetic vein tracing back at least to the music of the Band - gorgeous vocal harmonies, dobro, banjo, and traditional song structures carried by strong writing and well-versed playing. Ryan Henry's gravely voice follows a weaving fiddle part on the opener, 'The Woodcutter Hymnal', which ends with a low, sustained decay. 'Blue Tick' ...
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