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Grace Woods Trio
Pop / Jazz / Folk Rock

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San Francisco and East Bay, California
United States

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   Grace Woods Trio: General Info
Member Since12/26/2005
Band Websitegracewoodstrio.com
Band MembersGrace Woods -- lead vocals, piano



Joe Hickey -- bass guitar, backing vocals, occasional flute and guitar




Whitney Jacobson -- drums and percussion




InfluencesFleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks, Jim Woods, Harry Likas, Mana, Cheka, Anna Netrebko, Ella Fitzgerald, Tori Amos, Fiona Apple, Radiohead, Esthero, Silvio Rodriguez, Jewel
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   About Grace Woods Trio
Click Here to Sign Up for our Email List! If enough people from your town sign the e-mail list, we will come to your town! So don’t be shy because you are a ways away!



Who We Are:

IF Ben Fold’s Five and Tori Amos collaborated to write a Broadway musical sung by Ella Fitzgerald, that would sound like the Berkeley-based Grace Woods Trio. A fierce blonde bombshell with a rich theatrical voice writes lyric-driven, upbeat melodies, backed up by stylish drumming, bass and male vocal harmonies. You’ve never heard anything like their original Jazz Pop. They also do Pop Rock cover tunes for special events.



Grace Woods Trio
Our Story:

Current Project: After the success of their self-titled EP in 2006, the Grace Woods Trio released a full album "Metaphoreality" January 27th 2008. It’s an extended project from the crazy and sometimes self-terrorizing imagination of Grace Woods. Hear full song previews at gracewoodstrio.com and BUY THE CD METAPHOREALITY

Band Creation: The Grace Woods Trio, signified by the ninja star of 3 intersecting Gs, came to be in the two first magical weeks of February 2005. Grace Woods had written a sleu of introspective tunes, of which she was performing regularly at open mics. Joe Hickey, the stylisticly unique bassist and vocally gifted singer-songwriter, heard Grace perform "Papier Mache" at the Blake’s open mic in Berkeley and decided then and there that he had to be a part of the project. In the same two weeks a certain Berkeley-born drummer, Whitney Jacobson, began relentlessly "myspacing" Grace with the insistence that she needed his drumming skills. Persistence paid off and the two have been living together amidst a plethora of instruments ever since. The Trio had their first show two weeks after that and have since been inseparable. With more and more collaboration and the hope of getting to know more people who care about original, melodic music, the Grace Woods Trio is determined to make a living out of the rollercoaster ride that is the music business.


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MERCHANDISE: American Apparel made our T-Shirts and the local legend, Like Minded People printed them. You can get one now online or at a show! To browse and order, click on T-Shirts

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Press:

"There’s a hint of Fiona Apple in the way Grace Woods modulates her voice from high to low and sing to speak, though Woods’ wide range causes her to sometimes drift past the sweet spot. Musically, the trio - piano, bass, and drums - explores dark pop from a jazz perspective."

- Nate Seltenrich for the East Bay Express

Click Here for the "Local Licks" Article.

"GRACE-FUL ENDING: The East Bay’s own Grace Woods Trio celebrates the release of its new CD, "Metaphoreality," on Jan. 27 at Anna’s Jazz Island, 2120 Allston Way, Berkeley. Show time is 8 p.m. Since there’s no football this weekend, there’s no good excuse for not going out to hear a band that’s been described as a mix of the Ben Folds Five, Tori Amos and Ella Fitzgerald. In my book, that’s two-thirds of a really intriguing mix -- I’ll let you guess how my math breaks down."

-Jim Harrington of the Contra Costa Times

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"The Bay Area singer-songwriter-pianist has been compared to Fiona Apple and Tori Amos, but her favorite band is Fleetwood Mac. I’ve no idea what that means, but I’ve heard good things about this trio."

-Randy McMullen of the Contra Costa Times

Click the following for the Contra Costa Times article The Week’s Top 10 Events featuring the GWT album release.

"An English major and graduate of UCLA, Grace’s lyrics are demonstrative of her academic stature. Woods brings an interesting dimension to the table referencing her indigenous roots."

-Orinda News

The Grace Woods Trio received more votes in one night than any of the other 135 bands for the 2007 San Francisco Emergenza Festival Battle of the Bands. Did I mention that they rallied the top number of votes as the opening band on a Thursday night? Needless to say, the Trio made it through 4 rounds to the championship and proved as they do again and again, that the music brings pleasure and people to every venue.

"what we are missing in this electronic world." -Ian Moore of KCEG Jazzbeat Radio 99.7FM Oakland

Grace has also won "Best Song" for "Papier Mache" in the East Bay Chapter and "Best Performance" for her presentation of "Johnny and Me" in the Sacramento Chapter of the West Coast Songwriter’s Association.

Grace’s music has been featured on the MothPod podcast for Independent Music. Grace’s most recent interviews include a feature on "Jammin Dave Jackson’s" Musician’s Cooler and an in studio performance and interview for Oakland’s Jazz Beat Radio 99.7 FM.



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2006-2008 Venues and Fairs include the following:

Monterey Wine and Fine Living Festival, Caffe Trieste, the Great American Music Hall, the Walnut Festival, Pier 39, the Make Out Room, the Rockit Room, Anna’s Jazz Island, Haight Ashbury Street Fair, Jupiter, Stockton Asparagus Festival, the Bubble Lounge, the Bistro (Hayward), Opening Day on the Bay, El Rio, Jack London Square, the Poleng Lounge, Harlow’s (Sacto), Oakland Metro Opera House, The Cannery at Fisherman’s Warf, Fairfax Pavillion (Katrina Benefit), Monterey FallFest, People’s Park (Benefit for Homeless), "Music that Cooks" (Benefit for Homeless), Sacramento Earth Day Festival, The Uptown Niteclub, Eli’s Mile High Niteclub, Blondie’s Bar, Joe’s of Lafayette, Time Out, Freight and Salvage, the Orinda Fourth of July Parade, Acalanes High School Choral Fundraiser, Lake Temescal Farmer’s Market, Mendocino Art in the Gardens, Oakland Artisan Marketplace, Benicia Peddler’s Fair, Pleasant Hill Art and Wine Festival, Vacaville Farmer’s Market, Sacramento Town and Country Brewery, Blake’s, A ’Cuppa Tea, the Nomad, Brainwash Cafe, the Red Victoria Hotel, the Revolution Cafe, Redwood City Plaza, Oakland Artisan Marketplace, Luna’s Cafe, Highschool-Middle School Mentoring Summit for Girls, the Eon Cafe (Hayward), Orinda Arts Council Showcase, Art on Main Street (Walnut CreeK), Mama Art Cafe, the Missouri Lounge, the Beale Street Bar, Mc Govern’s in San Mateo, It’s a Grind Coffeehouse (Sacto), Java City (Sacto), the Bazaar Cafe, private parties and many more..

A Recent E-mail from a Fan:
Hey Grace,
You probably already know I really dig "Just This Once" but I wanted to tell you that I just don’t dig it, but believe it to be a great song. I just reread the lyrics now, and there’s just so much there we can all relate to profoundly--anybody who’s been in those angered helpless landscapes in love. There are levels and dimensions to those words, ironies and pain, that go deep. Again, it’s a profound song, one that has affected me powerfully. But I promise I won’t keep requesting THAT one every time you play ;)
Love,
Tim

WANT TO HELP? Bring all of your friends to a show, e-mail people the songs, paste our banner from the ABOUT section onto your website, e-mail your favorite blog author/newspaper about us, ask your principal to have us play at your school, mention us to your favorite club/winery owner or have us play at your private party. If you are on myspace, tell your friends to check us out. Thanks for helping to spread the word!

REQUEST US!
Call 707-664-2623 to contact KSUN, the internet radio station run by Sonoma State University, and request anything from the Grace Woods Trio. By doing so, you can sit back and enjoy live streaming from the web at sonoma.edu/ksun while spreading our music to college students and other listeners! Just open it through iTunes and enjoy while you work. Live in the Berkeley area? Request us on KALX 90.7FM by calling (510) 642-KALX! On the FM airwaves, call (510) 465-7487 to request, for instance, "Johnny and Me", on internet jazzbeat radio and 97.7 and 88.1 FM in Oakland. Or you can e-mail the request to ian@cultureshocknews.com. Thanks for encouraging musical innovation!

For scheduling a show or for other inquiries, please message us here or write to grace(at)gracewoods.net.

   Grace Woods Trio's Friend Space (Top 8)
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Coach Bigs





Jun 26 2008 6:24 AM

Grace, Happy Birthday Beautiful...Hope that everything is going well for you and your awesome Trio!!!
Will





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nancy fair





Jun 5 2008 1:09 PM

this show is w/ my band... hope you can make it!

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Tim





Jun 2 2008 2:34 PM

Thanks so much for your friendship here on Myspace, Grace. Keep up the great work!
All the best to you and your band!
Tim
Tori





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John Rybak





May 28 2008 9:26 PM

hi grace!

just swingin through to say hello + to invite you down to hear me if you're in the mood for a lil Saturday morning/afternoon acoustic music :)

Come join me for an outstanding morning of music as I return to the extremely cool, friendly and cozy Coffee Adventures for an acoustic solo set this Saturday, May 31st @ 10AM! I'll be opening for Emith from Garden Valley + Stop Motion Poetry from Modesto.

Saturday, May 31st
Coffee Adventures
John Rybak (10AM), Emith (12PM) Stop Motion Poetry (2PM)
1331 Columbus @ Northpoint
Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco
All ages + never a cover charge!
415.441.0301
www. coffeeadventurescafe. com
www. myspace. com/coffeeadventures
www. myspace. com/johnrybak
www. emith. com
www. myspace. com/stopmotionpoetry
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John Rybak - "Music for a well traveled mind"
*Jackie*





May 28 2008 2:05 PM

I miss you!!!!
Coach Bigs





May 8 2008 3:59 PM

Hey there good lookin...I hope that you are doing well :)
Bob





Mar 21 2008 11:39 AM

Easter may be cancelled...

No Easter this year
Jacki





Mar 18 2008 4:11 PM

Call Me! Are you coming to the gathering in March? I love ya
Grow Records Marketing





Mar 18 2008 10:28 AM

So I hear one of the Grow engineers was working on the G.W.Trio recording session...

You are in good hands! (Johnny Diamond does wonders!)
Bob





Mar 13 2008 9:44 PM

It's time kids...!

Happy St. Patty's
nancy fair





Mar 12 2008 12:31 PM

hope you can make it!

3
Shane Papatolicas





Mar 5 2008 10:12 PM

I had a listen to the record the other day and it sounds great! Nice work, guys. Hope to see you soon.
Nutarah





Mar 5 2008 2:07 AM

Dogman Joe





Mar 1 2008 4:40 PM

GWT is in the house ya'll



Julie





Feb 26 2008 10:02 AM

Maaaa! Can't wait to see the emeralds glisten:) Lemme know if you, or you and Whit, will be there for dinner Sat night, we're making a reservation, nothing to fancy, we're all broke. Also, any good ideas for going out in the mission? We want a big bar where we can dance...
Bob





Feb 21 2008 1:32 PM

Need you guys!
Farmers' Market bookings are underway...also have a wine gig I'd love you at...
Let me know...
Party On!
Joanna





Feb 21 2008 12:58 PM

Myspace Layouts, Glitters & More!

xo
Claire





Feb 20 2008 12:27 PM

Woo hoo! Grace Woods is gettin' married!
-WILL-





Feb 17 2008 8:00 AM

you guys are totally hot...especially that drummer of yours....simply stunning
Bob





Feb 13 2008 4:29 PM

Bombs of Love
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Rockit Room





Feb 11 2008 2:47 AM

Claire





Jan 18 2008 5:58 PM

I will be there. :)
Shane Papatolicas





Jan 18 2008 12:27 PM

I'm on the east coast right now, but if I weren't I'd be at your show. Have a great release! Good luck.
Sheppard's Krook





Jan 16 2008 9:39 AM

Hey there--it was good to see you guys at Beckett's. We'll see you on the 27th. Take care!
Hobbyhorse





Jan 15 2008 7:42 AM

Hi Grace,
Have fun at the Red Vic on Friday. We had a lot of fun playing there last year. We will be at the Barefoot Cafe in Santa Clara that night. It will be the first time we have played there, but we have been there before and they have awesome coffee. Keep in touch!
John Rybak





Jan 14 2008 9:17 PM

congrats on playing @ such a prestigious venue!

Come check out an hour acoustic set for my first time playing in San Mateo @ the illustrious Bacio Cafe this Thursday, January 17th @ 8PM! Thomas Boles to follow! Bacio Cafe is an Italian-inspired coffee lounge offering a wide assortment of hot, iced, or frozen coffee/espresso beverages, international beers, wines, and soju cocktails. Located in downtown San Mateo, the cafe is an ideal place to come before and after a movie, to listen to live music, to see local artists exhibiting their works, and of course to enjoy a creative menu of panini, bruschette, and tramezzini. Unlike most cafes Bacio is also unique because the door stays open late into the night! (til 10PM Sun + Wed + 12AM Thu-Sat)

Thursday, January 17th
John Rybak (8PM)
Bacio Cafe
220 Main Street, San Mateo
650.401.6973
www.baciocafe.com
www.myspace.com/johnrybak
www.myspace.com/thomasboles
**and you can now find me on youtube playing live W/The American Economy by checking out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A93y9xzWnBs
**Kristina**





Jan 14 2008 7:20 PM

Doesn't it all make sense! I remember about 3 years ago, it was all a dream - Look at you NOW! One of these days I hope to listen to you LIVE! Great hearing from you Grace!!
*Jackie*





Jan 5 2008 11:19 PM

I need to plan a trip! I miss you and your music!!!!! tell me the next couple of dates that you will be playing in SF!!!!!!!
Coexist





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