Sometimes Little Bird:
Jenny Ragusa (flute, bells, backup vox)
Influences
Elliott Smith, The Beatles, T Rex, Neutral Milk Hotel, Of Montreal, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Devendra Banhart, Michael Chabon, Leonard Cohen, The Magnetic Fields, The Instruments, The Circulatory System, people, the Tall Dwarfs, Kathe Kollwitz, printmaking, long walks with friends, leaves, Nilsson, Donovan, Barry McGuire, Arlo Guthrie, love, folk music, birds and really pretty much anything I hear or see or read or drink...
Brooke Opie Ragusa has been writing and performing songs since she was born (perhaps before, but evidence is hard to come by). A lifelong singer, she began to teach herself how to play the guitar while in high school and developed a songwriting style that echoes the likes of Elliott Smith, The Magnetic Fields and Michael Nesmith.
While performing numerous solo sets in north Texas music clubs and coffee shops, she began recording her songs on analog four tracks and her laptop computer. These recordings revealed an artistic vision that simply could not be translated when performing alone, so she began to assemble a band to flesh out her compositions. Her band mates—Cliff Caster, Faye Caster Collins, Justin Lloyd, Scott Lorenz, and Dan Ragusa—were already fans of her music; it didn’t take much to convince them to join. They decided to name their band Little Birds and began playing shows under the new moniker.
Little Birds is currently writing new songs and perfecting old ones. They are currently working on their new record.
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Brooke at Counter Culture @ Mockingbird Station with Shades sans shades.
So, I heard a rumor that you're so awesome because you only eat Wheaties from boxes with Michael Jordan on them and avoid the ones with Magic Johnson. I also heard that when you were out at Echo Labs, you actually mixed kitten choruses into the background of each track as "ambient noise" to make them mysteriously appealing and endearing. CONFIRM OR DENY?
That's right! You can get it our brand new full-length "For The Win!"BEFORE ANYONE ELSE and with some awesome things!
The CD has 15 amazing songs and it is our best work so far!
If you preorder our CD through our merch-store (link at the bottom) then you will get it before anyone else. It also comes with a butt-load of stickers and it will be autographed by everyone in the band!
Hey I sent you a message on facebook too. I wanted to see if you were available to hang out tonight. Just message me back. I'll try and call you from some sort of phone later today. :)
thanks for taking the time to listen to our band, we'll have new full band stuff up soon, also our single is available on 7" ....hope your having a good summer