Devin Hoover- Lead guitar
James Peck- Percussion
Tasha Romero- djembe and bg vocals
Amy Seeley- occasionally gracing us with piano
Nathan Carver- bass
Keefe Rayfield of Eat My Records- musical savior and album co-production
Justin Phelps of Hawthorne Bridge Recording Company- album mixing
Influences
The pain, the heartbreak, the laughter, the love... and the process of learning to surrender to it all.
Oh yeah, and... James Taylor, CSNY, Simon and Garfunkle, Dishwalla, Ray Lamontagne, Amos Lee, Tyrone Wells, Erin McCarley... and just about an endless list of other incredibly talented musicians.
Krista Herring is an up and coming Portland singer/songwriter who has been called “the best secret kept in the music industry.” After countless hours of work in several studios, she has just released her impressive debut album, "Lay It Down." Her songs are soulful, elegant prose set to the beat of her acoustic guitar and delivered by powerful, captivating vocals. She is usually accompanied by her band of talented musicians who bring a great dynamic that is a pleasure to witness.
Some believe that the soul and spirit of this generation’s music has been lost to a void of propaganda-driven, money-hungry, industry-manufactured musicians and bands, meant to spoon-feed people what, they are assumed to want to hear. However, it’s safe to say that any listener with an open heart and soulful intellect will find that the lost spirit of this generation’s musical paradigm has been resurrected in the illustrious talents of new musicians and artists such as Krista Herring.
ABOUT THE ALBUM:
“Lay It Down” is an album created against the odds. Despite severe injury to one of her fingers on her guitar chord hand in the middle of album production, Krista managed to retrain herself to play without the finger in order to finish the album. Drawing from her personal (and very human) experiences, Krista has created an album that speaks to the heart of the listener, and turns human frailty and clumsiness into beautiful art. It is a completely independent, home-grown album set to impress even the most discerning of listeners.
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Good jams on sunday dude! :) We should collab on a song one of these days... Damn it all if I'm not excited that your playing with Kelly Joe Phelps - hella cool!
Thank you Ms. H I have been busy :) We just finished our new Adio Sequence album too, you should check it out! Well lets fix this whole not hangin thing. Hit me up, we can grab a drink!
Hello Krista Herring Thank you for being my friend, please stop by and enjoy some psychedelic acoustic orginals! I hope you are having a really great day! PEACE!
Hi! I hope you are doing well. I would like to invite you to stop by and listen to my two New Singles off my upcoming 2010 album, that will be released on iTunes in a few weeks!! For updates, please join my Email list. And, I’d really appreciate it if you’d add my new FACEBOOK music page: www.facebook.com/elizabethsouthmusic and new TWITTER: www.twitter.com/elizabeth_south Thank you! You are awesome! Also, please leave a comment letting me know your encouraging thoughts on the songs or to just tell me how you’re doing!
"DJ Monkey …soul-stirring, excitingly edgy music…just disturbing (read ‘mind-f**king’) enough to demand attention. There is a whole spice rack of auditory flavors here, served up like fractured poetry on a collection of intensely listenable Hallmark cards from Hell."
Hello friends! PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD, WE DID IT. ABSINTHE ROSE IS ON ITUNES! HELP US OUT IF YOU GOT 2 BUCKS OR WRITE A REVIEW ON THE ITUNES THAT IS FREE AND IS WELCOMED! LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK OF THE SONGS! This is the first release from our D.I.Y. label! SCREECH OWL RECORDS! 001. I feel very honored and if you wouldn't mind ME ASKING would you post a bulletin or tell your friends? it would mean the world to me! thank you for any and all support towards SCREECH OWL RECORDS, ABSINTHE ROSE and all D.I.Y. bohemian songwriters of all genres! Take care of each other and thank you Kimbo Rose Workman and the team from SCREECH OWL RECORDS! www.myspace.com/screechowlrecords
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
Hey Krista. I know you've met at least one of us before. This is Jackson (Jaxx) We met and hung out with some gentlemen from Adio Sequence and Orange Collection. Glad you like the music. Hope you can make it out this Thursday. We're playing at the Thirsty Lion Pub along with Orange Collection's first acoustic performance. Should be a great time!
Thanks for the "add". I will move you to my front page now. I will try and make it to Rock Bottom on Sunday's since I so enjoy your and Dos Sorella's music. See you there! Ciao'~ Becca