Arwen Anderson - lead vocals and guitar
Dave Kaufman - percussion, backing vocals, mandolin, banjo
Michael Tomczyszyn - bass, backing vocals
Deb Tjoa - fiddle, backing vocals
Influences
Each of us has our own musical roots that add to the tapestry of Coraline...
One reason why Coraline's sound is so hard to categorize arises from ARWEN'S songwriting influences, which include Patty Griffin, Adrian Belew, ani difranco, Peter Gabriel, Gillian Welch, Guns N Roses, Kate Bush, David Bowie, Catie Curtis, Led Zeppelin, Tori Amos, Leonard Cohen, Sinead O'Connor, Trent Reznor, Jefferson Airplane, and Bob Dylan as well as rock operas and Celtic and Americana traditionals. She also knows that childhood memories of her mother singing dark, hauntingly sad Joan Baez ballads whilst her father would spin her around the room to Good Hearted Woman were important formative experiences. At 6 years of age, driving cross country with her dad in a Uhaul, she distinctly remembers listening to an incredible 8 Track and how "You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille, with 4 hungry children and a crop in the field" were struggles that she somehow related to passionately (?????). She soon realized the power of storytelling. Arwen grew up in Bucks County, Pennsylvania and has found a great deal of inspiration in the rural landscape that she once considered a prison. But hey, she was 13, angry and unable to drive, so what do you expect? She is now 31, happy, and prefers her bike to a car anyway.
DAVE is primarily influenced by the motion of the Sun, moon, and stars, although he has also been known to listen to avante garde classical, jazz, bluegrass, country, folk, rock, african drumming, indian classical, and Phish. Aural patterns which exist in nature are also big influences, and he is the guitarist and singer in a Led Zeppelin tribute band.
MICHAEL was turned on to music through 80s college-radio, especially R.E.M., The Replacements, Husker Du, The Minutemen, etc., but has followed an erratic and idiosyncratic muse since then, obsessively sopping up everything from Howlin' Wolf to Explosions In The Sky and all points in between. When supplying Coraline's low end, he imagines himself drawing on sources ranging from Richard Thompson to The Band to Nick Cave, and on bassists like Mike Mills and Clint Conley, but he's got a big head that way.
DEB comes from a stuffy classical background :-) but has picked up some folk, country, and something sort of like Irish fiddling along the way. She loves the style of Warren Ellis, violinist for Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds as well as Dirty Three, and pretty much any fiddler in any Irish, country, bluegrass, Appalachian, or roots rock band. Add her affinity for lead guitarists like Trey Anastasio and power pop bands like Jellyfish, New Pornographers, the Posies, the Shins, and the Decemberists and that about sums it up.
Sounds Like
Singer-songwriters like Patty Griffin, the power of Grace Slick's voice, the maelstrom of Nick Cave, and a little country thrown in with your rock and roll - anything between the sunniest day and the darkest, meanest downpour.
Coraline is a female-fronted, San Francisco-based four-piece who create a blur of singer-songwriter Americana, melodic pop-folk, and driving rock. Brooding narratives unfold with thoughtful lyrics, plaintive melodies, bountiful harmonies, and musical backing that's sweetly menacing and seductive.
The new True Margrit CD - The Juggler's Progress - is now available for pre-order, along with t-shirts and artwork, photo and drumheads, as we get ready for our monthlong tour of the Great Northwest! Check it out here: http://bit.ly/7Cu8J
Look for us in Washington, Oregon and California between October 15 and November 15, when our tour wraps up with the big show at San Francisco's best rock club, Bottom of the Hill! For the complete show schedule, check here: http://bit.ly/1UgGqQ
FIREWATER - LIVE DEMONSTRATIONS! Last shows until October!
Jun 26 : Larz, GERMANY : Fusion Festival Jun 27 : Audincourt, FRANCE : Rencontres & Racines Jun 28 : Istanbul, TURKEY : Balkan Soundz Festival July 02 : Dornbirn, AUSTRIA : Speilboden July 03 : Bulle, SWITZERLAND : Gibloux Festival July 04 : Jena, GERMANY : JG Stadtmitte July 05 : Hradec Kralove, CZECH R.: Rock For People July 06 : Vienna, AUSTRIA : Szene Wein July 08 : Linz, AUSTRIA : Posthof July 10 : Steyr, AUSTRIA : Röda July 11 : Bologna, ITALY : Mondiali Antirazzisti July 12 : Milano, ITALY : Magnolia Festival July 13 : Colmar, FRANCE : Hiero July 15 : Paris, FRANCE : Batofar July 17 : Pozega, CROATIA : Dirty Old Empire Festival July 18 : Veszprem, HUNGARY : Utcazene Fesztivál July 24 : Riberac, FRANCE : Le Grand Souk Festival July 25 : Gdynia, POLAND : Globaltica Festival July 31 : Namur, BELGIUM : Esperanzha Festival Aug 01 : Habere-Poche, FRANCE : Rock'n'Poche Festival Aug 02 : Bladel, NETHERLANDS : Bladelse Zomerfeesten
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