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Hungrytown
Folk / Americana / Roots Music



West Townshend, Vermont
United States

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Member Since11/15/2005
Band Websitehttp://hungrytown.net
Band MembersRebecca Hall, Ken Anderson
InfluencesBeatles, Beau Brummels, Bee Gees, Blue Sky Boys, Carpenters, Curt Boettcher, Joe Boyd, Anne Briggs, Byrds, Glen Campbell, Carter Family, Ray Charles, Gene Clark, Leonard Cohen, Judy Collins, Sandy Denny, Dillard & Clark, Nick Drake, Bob Dylan, Everly Brothers, Jackson C. Frank, Emmylou Harris, Tony Hatch, Billie Holiday, Bert Jansch, Kinks, Left Banke, Gordon Lightfoot, Louvin Brothers, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, David Olney, Gram Parsons, Simon & Garfunkel, Nina Simone, Harry Smith Anthology of American Folk Music, Dusty Springfield, Stanley Brothers, Irma Thomas, Richard Thompson, Townes Van Zandt, Hank Williams.
Sounds LikeCarpenters, Sandy Denny, Dillard & Clark, Emmylou Harris, Ian & Sylvia, Patsy Cline, Judy Collins, Alison Krauss, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Simon & Garfunkel, Judy Roderick, Judee Sill, Gillian Welch.


Edward F. Owen Memorial Library, Carter Lake, IA, November 2009.


Hungrytown performs "On the Other Side" with the Virginia Ramblers. Gravity Lounge, Charlottesville, VA, March 2008.

Record LabelListen Here! Records


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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Dec 3 2009 6:30P
Adams Free Library Adams, Massachusetts
Dec 4 2009 7:00P
Marlboro College Marlboro, Vermont
Dec 5 2009 7:30P
Javawocky Coffeehouse Brockton, Massachusetts
Dec 19 2009 7:00P
Chocolate Music Series Boston, Massachusetts
Dec 31 2009 6:00P
Windham Hill Inn West Townshend, Vermont
Jan 15 2010 8:00P
Clover Lane Coffee House Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Jan 19 2010 7:15P
The Folk Club of Reston/Herndon Herndon, Virginia
Jan 21 2010 12:15P
Cherokee County Public Library Gaffney, South Carolina
Jan 24 2010 2:00P
Lakeland Public Library Lakeland, Florida
Jan 28 2010 7:00P
DeKalb County Public Library Decatur, Georgia
Jan 29 2010 3:00P
Flagler County Public Library Palm Coast, Florida
Jan 30 2010 2:00P
New Smyrna Beach Regional Library New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Feb 2 2010 6:30P
Eufaula Carnegie Library Eufaula, Alabama
Feb 4 2010 6:30P
Terrebonne Parish Public Library--Main Branch Houma, Louisiana
Feb 6 2010 2:00P
Terrebonne Parish Public Library--East Houma Branch Houma, Louisiana
Feb 8 2010 6:00P
Ouachita Parish Public Library, Main Branch Monroe, Louisiana
Feb 11 2010 7:00P
Fort Stockton Public Library Fort Stockton, Texas
Feb 14 2010 3:00P
Thomas Branigan Memorial Library Las Cruces, New Mexico
Feb 15 2010 7:00P
Artesia Public Library Artesia, New Mexico
Feb 25 2010 6:30P
Aliso Viejo Library Aliso Viejo, California
Feb 27 2010 12:00P
Oxnard Public Library Oxnard, California
Mar 3 2010 7:00P
St. Helena Public Library St. Helena, California
Mar 9 2010 6:00P
Ada Public Library Ada, Oklahoma
Mar 12 2010 6:30P
Barton Library El Dorado, Arkansas
Mar 16 2010 7:00P
Faulkner-Van Buren Library Conway, Arkansas
Mar 20 2010 4:00P
Chesterfield County Public Library Chesterfield, Virginia
Mar 21 2010 2:00P
Chinn Park Regional Library Prince William, Virginia
Mar 25 2010 7:00P
Heritage Public Library New Kent, Virginia
Mar 27 2010 8:00P
Turtledove Folk Club West Grove, Pennsylvania
Apr 8 2010 7:00P
Crandall Public Library Glens Falls, New York
Apr 11 2010 3:00P
Newburgh Free Library Newburgh, New York
Apr 18 2010 4:30P
Club Passim w/ David Olney Cambridge, Massachusetts
Apr 23 2010 6:00P
Vermont Writers Guild Songwriting Workshop Weekend Burlington, Vermont
Apr 24 2010 6:00P
Vermont Writers Guild Songwriting Workshop Weekend Burlington, Vermont
Apr 25 2010 6:00P
Vermont Writers Guild Songwriting Workshop Weekend Burlington, Vermont
May 5 2010 8:00P
Baldock and Letchworth Folk Club Baldock, East
May 6 2010 8:00P
Blue Coconut Club Pulborough, London and South East
May 7 2010 8:00P
Folk at the Pump House Watford, East
May 8 2010 8:30P
Acoustic Routes Cambridge, East
May 9 2010 4:00P
Come Down and Meet the Folks London, London and South East
May 12 2010 8:00P
Cup of Tea Folk Nottingham, Midlands
May 16 2010 8:00P
Forest Folk Club Whitecroft, Southwest
May 18 2010 8:30P
Live Acoustic at the Doghouse Loughborough, Midlands
May 19 2010 9:00P
Acoustic Live Lounge Draycott, Midlands
May 22 2010 8:00P
House Concert Beverley, East Yorkshire, Northeast
May 25 2010 8:00P
Live Acoustic Stanley, Northeast
May 28 2010 8:30P
Stonehaven Folk Club Stonehaven, Scotland
Jun 1 2010 8:00P
Leith Folk Club Edinburgh, Scotland
Jun 2 2010 8:00P
Dunfermline Folk Club Dunfermline, Scotland
Jun 4 2010 8:00P
Rolling Hills Folk Club Melrose, Scotland
Jun 10 2010 9:15P
The Prom Bristol, Midlands
Jun 11 2010 8:30P
Chase Folk Club Burntwood, Midlands
Jun 12 2010 3:00P
Ipswich Riverside Folk Weekend Ipswich, East
Jun 13 2010 3:00P
Ipswich Riverside Folk Weekend Ipswich, East
Jun 15 2010 8:00P
Cramlington Folk Club Cramlington, Northeast
Jun 17 2010 8:30P
Fleetwood Folk Club Fleetwood, Northwest
Jun 19 2010 8:00P
Godalming House Concert Godalming, London and South East
Jun 24 2010 8:15P
Sunray Folk Club Dorchester, Southwest
Jun 26 2010 8:00P
Kirkby Fleetham Folk Club North Yorkshire, Northeast
Jun 30 2010 8:00P
Tunbridge Wells Folk, Bluegrass & Acoustic Music Club Tunbridge Wells, London and South East
Jul 3 2010 8:00P
In the Woods Lage Vuursche, Utrecht
Jul 10 2010 3:00P
Black Hawk Folk Festival Wautoma, Wisconsin
Jul 17 2010 2:00P
Private Engagement Morristown, New Jersey
Jul 18 2010 3:00P
Old Westbury Gardens Old Westbury, New York
Aug 21 2010 8:00P
Red Curtain Music Series @ North Star Cafe Portland, Maine
Sep 4 2010 3:00P
Metamora Old Time Music Festival Metamora, Indiana
Sep 4 2010 3:00P
Metamora Old Time Music Festival Metamora, Indiana
Sep 10 2010 7:00P
Music on the Square Jonesborough, Tennessee

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Hungrytown is the self-titled release from the award-winning songwriting team of Rebecca Hall and Ken Anderson. Married since 1994, Rebecca and Ken have toured many thousands of miles over the last few years, earning their keep playing gigs throughout the United States and Europe. Their music has been greatly enriched by the places they've traveled, as evidenced by the broad range of styles on this album, which brings together bluegrass, classic country and soul, Celtic folk, old-time balladry and retro pop styles.

Hungrytown was recorded up and down the east coast, between gigs, by way of their mobile studio, Song Catcher Recording, recalling the semi-fictionalized film about musical folklorist, Olive Dame Campbell. Rebecca and Ken believe in bringing the studio to the musician, and as a result, the album’s recording spaces include a converted barn in New York’s Catskills, a double-wide in the Blue Ridge mountains of central Virginia, and an old brick and wood meeting house on a Vermont hillside. Among the many guest players on Hungrytown are Michael Merenda and Ruth Ungar Merenda (banjo and fiddle), who comprise the core of the celebrated folk supergroup, the Mammals, as well as Zack Deming (banjo), Charles Frazier (guitar), Donnie Shifflett (bass) and Jeff Vogelgesang (guitar and mandolin), who make up one of the south’s top bluegrass bands, the Virginia Ramblers.

Rebecca, who has a knack for penning tunes that sound like time-tested classics, wrote most of the songs on the album. She has been dubbed "a new folk classicist" by the Boston Herald, and her composition “Hungrytown Road” won second prize at the Minnesota Folk Festival's New Folk Songwriting Contest in 2005. That same year, legendary Nashville songsmith David Olney, who has written for Johnny Cash, Emmylou Harris and Linda Rondstadt, included his version of Rebecca’s “O Lord” on his highly-acclaimed 2005 release, ..Migration. Her clear, haunting alto has prompted Roger McGuinn to rave, “I love the sound of Rebecca Hall’s voice. There’s a sweetness, and a worldly wisdom, in perfect balance.”

Ken Anderson, who produced and arranged Hungrytown, plays multiple instruments throughout the recording, including drums, percussion, Hammond B3, harmonica, bass and guitar as well as singing harmony with Rebecca. His distinctive production style is the result of an eclectic musical education, performing in countless punk, soul, rock, and 60s-style pop bands in New York City and elsewhere. The result is no purist folk album, but a recording that demonstrates a reverence for American songcraft spanning many shades and decades. Lately, Rebecca and Ken have been combining their writing talents, and their co-written ballad, "Lucille, Lucille," won third prize at the Great Waters Folk Festival Songwriting Contest in 2007.

The cover for Hungrytown was created by the venerated poster press of Hatch Show Print in Nashville, which designed posters for virtually all the country greats, including the Carter Family, Hank Williams, Loretta Lynn and Elvis. Hungrytown also includes an extensive 16-page booklet, featuring the work of world-renowned husband-and-wife photography team Gentl & Hyers.

Rebecca and Ken tour the country in the famous Blue Meanie. This remarkable, fuel efficient, solar paneled and, well, blue customized camper van was designed by Ken to serve as a fully-equipped, four-season home, office, studio and Conestoga wagon for their instruments and sound system–-all in under 22 feet! When they're not kicking up dust or snow, Rebecca & Ken live in a remote cottage deep in the hills of southern Vermont.


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Hungrytown's Friends Comments
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Beautiful Day

Beautiful Day



Nov 26 2009 1:26 AM


Michelle and I wish you a Blessed and Happy Thanksgiving!

Peace...Ken
Michael Frucelli

Michael Frucelli



Nov 15 2009 2:02 PM

THANK YOU FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP & SUPPORT, ITS MUCH APPREICATED.
WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE, STOP BY MY SITE AND GIVE A LISTEN TO MY NEW CD ( BACK TO MY ROOTS ) THE RAIN & ROCKBOTTOM ARE DEDICATED TO VICTIMS OF THE FLOODS & FAILING ECONOMY
LEAVE A COMMENT OF YOUR THOUGHTS ON WHAT YOU HEARD.
PEACE, LOVE & HOPE’N FOR A BETTER ECONOMY,
MICHAEL
David Franks: Walkabouts Verse

David Franks: Walkabouts Verse



Nov 6 2009 10:37 AM

After you've finished here, you may like to hear this poem sung on myspace...

Poem 162 of 230, WalkaboutsVerse
(please see my blog):
TEES TO TYNE: FIRST IMPRESSIONS - SUMMER 2001

Where traditions are not so rare;
Sea, country and works scent the air;
A multitude of monuments,
Planted tubs and patterned pavements.

The longish pedestrian malls;
The remnants of defensive walls;
Historic buildings are a gauge
Of the respect for heritage.

Wheat, rape and pines in the fields;
Estuaries guarded by shields;
Long sandy beaches and wide scenes;
Romantic-ruin go-betweens.

Rivers in parts licked by trees,
Or fringed by boat clubs, wharfs, gantries,
And crossed by practical delights -
Varied spans, forming pleasing sights.

Fine churches headed at Durham;
Football kits ad infinitum;
Kept castles - one for study;
Masonry behind masonry.

And, with moulding-works out that way,
It’s somewhere for a longer stay..?

(C) David Franks 2003
H2O ACOUSTIC ROCK BAND

H2O ACOUSTIC ROCK BAND



Nov 2 2009 8:23 AM

Thank you for your friendship!!!
Keep on rocking!!!
It's always pleasure to hear from you!!!
Yeaaaahhhhhh

Yours sincerely,

H2O Acoustic Rock Band from Hungary :-)
Acoustic Cuts

Acoustic Cuts



Oct 29 2009 6:13 AM

Hi,
Thanks for the friendship.Great music!
Cheers
AC
Leigh Moth

Leigh Moth



Oct 23 2009 11:03 AM

Thanks Rebecca and Ken!!

Enjoyed your music!!

I see you are heading to the UK next summer - I'll try to catch you!!

Keep in touch - Leigh ;-)
Nancy K. Dillon

Nancy K. Dillon



Oct 17 2009 6:27 AM

Thanks a lot :-) Sounds great !! Loving Sculptor's Song.

Cheers, Nancy K
Ash (TOUR BUILDING) Mandrake

Ash (TOUR BUILDING) Mandrake



Oct 12 2009 4:06 PM

Enjoying your site.

Playing @ The Royal Oak (Windsor Bridge Bath)
on Fri 23rd Oct 2009
This is to let you know what's in store:

I'll be using my double neck guitar; along with new hats, loops, stories and mischief.

Please come and enjoy

Ash :o)

P.s. There's a new vid on my site of the two guitars being played together.
Paranoid Anxiety Troubadour Conspiracy

Paranoid Anxiety Troubadour Conspiracy



Oct 3 2009 1:41 PM

Wow . . . yeah . . we lookin' forward to y' UK tour too!!

Cheers and best wishes

PATC
JoAnne

JoAnne Connolly



Oct 1 2009 12:22 PM

HI, loving your music!! Hope to see you in Oct. Love and Peace, JoAnne
Pierrot

Pierrot



Sep 28 2009 12:04 AM

Hello of Brussels. Thank you so much for the friendship and also for your beautiful songs and the attractive sensibility in your vocals and in your play of guitar ,nice musicians,good rythmic,big emotion. Pleasant and long musical journey.
Pierrot.
The Forwardian Dude

Paul Smeltz



Sep 27 2009 6:07 PM

Hi there - I would be honored if you used my photos for promoting you music. I also appreciate the credit. Please give credit to my website at www.theforwardianartssociety.com. Thank you for your wonderful performance as I enjoyed it a great deal. I'll be writing and posting my article about it sometime today. I hope you'll enjoy reading it. Paul
Rachel McCarron

Rachel McCarron



Aug 31 2009 8:29 PM

Thanks for adding me. See you in Fleetwood next year.
Live Acoustic at the Doghouse

Live Acoustic at the Doghouse



Aug 30 2009 12:47 PM

Looking forward to your UK tour. You won't be hungrytown here -- I'll get plenty of grits, molasses and beans in! hehe. Howard
Bob Kirkpatrick/Sunray Folk Club

Bob Kirkpatrick/Sunray Folk Club



Aug 26 2009 7:21 PM

Get in touch via the web site. I believe you are interested in June, which is available.

Bob at the Sunray
Nailsea Folk Club

Nailsea Folk Club



Aug 18 2009 2:46 PM

Love the tracks. Keep in touch. Best wishes from Nailsea, near Bristol, England. Alistair
Candlelit

Candlelit
Online Now!


Aug 12 2009 12:12 AM

Thank you Rebecca and Ken.
Absolutely loved listening to your songs.
Blessings
Pete*
RSN

RSN



Aug 10 2009 11:10 PM

thanks so much for the add - I'm loving everything I'm hearing here

peace
rsn
The Acoustic Buzz

The Acoustic Buzz



Jul 17 2009 9:47 AM

Hello Hungrytown, thanks a lot for getting in touch.
The songs sound fantastic.
Cheers for now, Tim (The Acoustic Buzz / Blind River Scare)
GramFan1973

Bradley Maxwell



Jul 3 2009 5:08 PM

Thank you for the friendship.
Johannes Borgen (In Mono!)

Johannes Borgen (In Mono!)



Jun 24 2009 8:38 PM

Love me
Jamaica Coffee House

Jamaica Coffee House



Jun 21 2009 1:22 PM

thanks for the great show last night, we were so happy to be a part of it! Thanks for the tour of Blue Meanie. hope to see you soon
Jamaica Coffee House

Jamaica Coffee House



May 11 2009 2:10 PM

Thanks for the add, we had fun checking out your page! Hope to see you soon
Laura Molinelli

Laura Molinelli



May 11 2009 1:26 AM

I think I may have convinced Chris to jam with you guys (Ken drums, Chris guitar, someone on bass, someone on lead guitar, Rebecca and I on vocals....cool, ecclectic concoctions?)
al pesto

al pesto



May 10 2009 11:38 PM

Thanks for the Ed!
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