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BROOKTONDALE NY – Please join us at The Canaan Institute for The Appleseed Collective bluegrass newgrass theatrical jazz event! An intimate Monday evening house concert starts at 7:00 pm with a jam session afterward. $20 at the door for the concert. RSVP here to reserve your seats http://bit.ly/cinst-rsvp and for directions (or email mike@cinst.org).The Appleseed Collective is poised to become the new sound of string music. Riding the wave of the bluegrass revival beyond newgrass and into a strange new genre-bending territory, they explore the full range of dark and light, old and new, composition and improvisation in a deeply theatrical stage show that transports audiences through time.VIDEO 01 https://youtu.be/QQ5XMRXi180The sounds of The Appleseed Collective are as diverse as the personalities that create them. Violinist/Mandolinist Brandon Worder-Smith grew up steeped in a rich rural Bluegrass and Irish fiddle culture. Driven to explore beyond the boundaries of tradition, he set off on foot to hitchhike around America searching for his musical kin. After a year and a half of wandering he stumbled across Guitarist Andrew Brown back in Ann Arbor MI, where the band now hangs their collective hats when not on the road. Downtown Andrew Brown, fast-talking vintage garb peddler and son of a Motown session musician had just returned from New Orleans with a piece of that dixieland sound. He gifted long-time friend and funk/rock drummer Vince Russo with a washboard, whose penchant for ripping percussion solos and untamed showmanship were only further enhanced, and the first incarnation of the band was born. Later the boys would join forces with bassist Eric O’Daly, whose passion for Indian Classical music and introspective yet fiery Irish nature would complete the Genre-Bending sound of The Appleseed Collective.VIDEO 01 https://youtu.be/QQ5XMRXi180VIDEO 02 https://youtu.be/-F404D4Jr2MVIDEO 03 https://youtu.be/E6ehxIrkL4Q“The dictionary defines Americana as. 'things associated with the culture and history of America, especially the United States.' Well if that is the case then The Appleseed Collective is real Americana. I figured our a sort of mathematical equation last night: it's like Satch plus Django plus Joplin plus Bob Wills plus a little Bill Monroe- but the sum is actually greated than the parts." —Jason Marck, WBEZ Chicago's Morning ShiftFacebook Event for this CONCERT https://www.facebook.com/events/119914291969685“In between, Vince Russo’s percussion trickery drives ‘Erased’, whilst ‘Bad Man’ is a swinging jazz/old time fusion where Collective fiddler Brandon Worder-Smith and guitarist Andrew Brown demonstrate their considerable instrumental chops. Most impressive though, is ‘Vicious’, its opening two minutes of vocal, underpinned only by Eric O’Daly’s jazz bass, leading to a languid but scintillating blues workout. On this evidence of this snapshot, a new album to follow 2014’s Young Love would be very welcome, as would a tour on this side of the Atlantic." —David Innes, bluesmoreandagain.comBand website http://www.appleseedcollective.com/Band FB Page https://www.facebook.com/TheAppleseedCollective/
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June 26th 2016
The Appleseed Collective is fantastic! Super-talented, multi-instrumental, swell guys! Thanks for playing Colorado, guys!
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"The dictionary defines Americana as, 'things associated with the culture and history of America, especially the United States.' Well if that is the case then The Appleseed Collective is real Americana. I figured out sort of a mathematical equation last night- it's like Satch plus Django plus Joplin plus Bob Wills plus a little Bill Monroe, but the sum is actually greater than the parts." So said Jason Marck of WBEZ Chicago's Morning Shift, introducing the band for a live segment in November 2014. No Americana sound could ring so true without miles of highway to back it up, and The Appleseed Collective certainly has that- 2014 has seen them travel coast to coast in support of their two studio albums, Baby to Beast (2012) and Young Love (January 2014). According to Aarik Danielsen of the Columbia Daily Tribune, "Young Love sweeps out the various corners of American music, taking a long look at both the sublime and the strange. The group explores both dark and light in a way that other string-band revivalists haven’t touched." Formed in 2010, The Appleseed Collective has become a force of nature powered by their local community and developed by a strong sense of do-it-yourself drive. In an age of corporations and climate change, the band’s commitment to buying & selling local, eating from gardens, and being their own bosses has led to the kind of success that feels simply organic. Each part of the Collective comes together to form an amalgam of complementary and contrasting elements. With a Motown session musician for a father, guitarist Andrew Brown was exposed to pre-World War II jazz on a trip to New Orleans. Shortly afterwards a chance meeting introduced him to Brandon Smith, violinist, mandolinist and improvisatory magician who grew up playing old time fiddle music. Vince Russo, multi-percussionist and van-packing savant, blends influences of funk, jazz and rock n’ roll on the washboard. Eric Dawe comes from a background of choral singing and studies in Indian classical music and provides the bottom end on the upright bass. The whole band sings in harmony. The band's latest release is a live album recorded in one night at world-renowned venue, The Ark in their hometown of Ann Arbor MI. On Live At The Ark (December 2014) the energy is palpable, the crowd ready to receive, and the band primed to deliver. With a mix of new and old material, as well as a few specially requested covers, Appleseed does just that. The album balances barn burners, old soul jazz, and sparse mood pieces, all suspended above a room hungry for more. It's a daring spectacle but it pays off- the album feels at once electric and intimate, glamorous and genuine, or as Joshua Pickard at Beats Per Minute put it, "music best served alongside a roaring campfire but that also has the ability to challenge the rafters of any grand arena." The Appleseed Collective is not a bluegrass band. It’s not The Hot Club of Paris. It’s not a ragtime cover band. The Appleseed Collective represents Americana music rooted in traditions from all over the world and from every decade, creating a live experience that welcomes every soul and is impossible to replicate. Progressive String-Swing band from Ann Arbor. Currently touring the nation!
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