eric schwan - guitar and voice;
sk green - fiddle and harmonies;
emily dixxx thomas - cello, accordion, and voice;
ed kniseley - fiddle, drums, organ, and voice;
catalina rodriguez - voice, banjo, drum
Influences
the moka jokers (ben, brandon, dean, doug, nick), neutral milk hotel, jason molina, twin peaks, grant lee buffalo, james joyce, lifter puller/the hold steady, joseph campbell, eels, jeffrey lewis, sixteen horsepower, fugazi, carl jung, joanna newsom, bread and puppet, the weakerthans, willie nelson, the mountain goats, the microphones, ukes of spaces corners, fire on fire, susan schwan, richard buckner, paul simon, michael gira, elliott smith, maya deren, shape note singing, the tapes of ian ludders, sarah baker, music tapes, trees, matsuo basho
Sounds Like
roy orbison, fleetwood mac, and george jones, ideally.
the orchards were a collective from portland maine. their members have scattered to a number of other worthy projects, and you should check 'em out: hersey state, gay camp, old fat god, tin ceilings, sheephorn, aleric nez, tempera. come celebrate this community of musicians.
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Rising bread will probably be the next song I learn. I'm sorry, I have a problem. But you had it coming what with your writing such beautiful songs and such. We both knew it would come to this eventually. I'm just going to eat your entire catalogue and become a mini orchards. So sorry.
"It's like we landed on the enemy's side. The other guys all quit. They left us nothing when they split. Except the cold and quiet and the blues to sing about it."
In two weeks, there will barely be a burial. There will be no celebration in the north-country.
i want to marry a lighthouse keeper. other than that, ed said you' ll be able to extend that ole leg soonish, right? just in time to give me a swift kick in the ass. ahhhhh. thinking of you, true dat.
Yeah after I finished this one I have started thinking more about an entire album it's just making the time to do it, but i think within the year I'll have enough for a whole album.
