Kiss Me Hello is a record of my songs.
Produced by Mark Schatz.
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And here's a link to my STORE where you can buy ALL my music including Kiss Me Hello (Sometymes Why, Uncle Earl, Jolly Bankers, Song Club...). Thanks!
& now... The Making of Kiss Me Hello! A self-guided documentary filmstrip.
Featuring: Scott Senior (percussionist from The Duhks), Ruth Ungar & Aoife O'Donovan (harmony vocalists from The Mammals, Crooked Still & Sometymes Why), Danny Knicely (guitar & banjo), Oliver Steck (piano & trumpet), Frank Russo (drums), Eric Merrill (fiddle & viola), Rushad Eggleston (cello), Jake Armerding(harmony), and more, and more...
Influences
Some dancers to start off with: Eileen Carson & Footworks Percussive Dance Ensemble, Megan Downes, Chrissy Galante, Emily Crews, Benoit Bourque, Step Afrika!, Jason Nious, Maureen Berry, Phil Jamison, Rodney Sutton & the Green Grass Cloggers, Matty Gordon, Heidi Kulas & the Bailey Mountain Cloggers, Sharon Leahy, Emma Leahy Good, Abby & Evie Ladin of Rhythm in Shoes, Sandy Silva, Nic Gareiss, Matty Olwell, Joe Rankin, Betty Matheson, Helen & Dawn MacDonald & all the rest from my stepdance classes at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Sydney, Cape Breton.
Other musicians? Let's divide it up. Early Years: Free to be You and Me, Willie Nelson, ABBA, Broadway musicals. Middle Years: Leonard Cohen, The Pixies, Led Zeppelin, Paul Simon, Dan Bern, George & Tammy, Ink Spots, Harry Nilsson, Jane Siberry, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Bonnie Raitt, Jeff Lewis, old scratchy Irish, Cape Breton & American fiddle & song stuff. This week: The Welcome Wagon, Feist, Bessie Jones, all the amazing musicians I get to sing and play with, and old scratchy American fiddle & song stuff.
Sounds Like
"CRAYOLA" MUSIC VIDEO AT LAST
Directed by Ballard C. Boyd. Featuring second-graders from Megan Howe's class at the Conservatory Lab School in Brighton, MA. I'm proud!
INSPIRATIONS
So these two beautiful 8-year-olds came up to me at the Greyfox Bluegrass Festival this summer and told me they had learned "Crayola" for a school talent show. I suggested they come sit in with my band Uncle Earl at our Dance Tent set and sing harmony on the song. But when I saw them perform, they were so good we realized they needed to sing lead and we would back THEM up... Check this out. Their names are Michaela and Janet (and they've now ended up as guest stars on the new Jumping Through Hoops kids' mental health songs album...).
And now... back to our (now)permanent exhibits...
EXHIBIT A:Uncle Earl made a music video! Kung Fu clogging comes to a theater near You(Tube).
And NOW this video is for sale on iTunes. Just search for "Uncle Earl" and you'll see it. It really looks so much better in the letterbox, nicely-colored edition. Even if you've watched it a million times on YouTube go check it out here...
EXHIBIT B:Sometymes Why made this short video about our band and our new record.
Hey there. This is me, Kristin. I write songs and perform as a singer and dancer – on my own and with my bands Uncle Earl and Sometymes Why. Most recently, I've been producing a record of children's songs on mental health issues called Jumping Through Hoops.
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Here's my discography, in reverse chronological order:
My first solo album is called Kiss Me Hello. You can listen to all the songs & order the album at this on-line store. Or download at iTunes or CD Baby. You can also see pictures from "the making of" the record over there on the left. (One of the songs on this record, called "Crayola", won Best Children's Song for 2007 in the John Lennon Song Contest).
More about me...
Fans of old-time music might know me as a member of the "all g'Earl" stringband Uncle Earl. We have two albums on Rounder Records, each produced by a superstar: Dirk Powell produced She Waits for Night and John Paul Jones (of Led Zeppelin) produced Waterloo, Tennessee. We play old-time traditionals and new-time originals.
My other band is the velvety "folk noir" vocal trio Sometymes Why. This is me plus Ruth Ungar and Aoife O'Donovan. We sing our original songs with dreamy ukuleles, glockenspiel, piano and many tiny instruments that fit in a suitcase. We have one independently released album and are about to put out our second record on Signature Sounds in March, 2009.
For five years, I toured professionally and taught dance with the amazing Footworks Percussive Dance Ensemble, and I still do some flatfooting in the Uncle Earl show and also in Kung Fu clogging video made by Uncle Earl (look to the left...).
A select few will know about two of the best records I ever made. These are Death & Taxes and Tax Return. If you like fiddles, banjos and found-sound loops, you must have a listen to what Pierce Woodward, Laura Cortese and I did as The Jolly Bankers.
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If you want to know first where my next shows will be , watch new videos and hang out with other fans. Then join the Jeffrey Allen Edwards Fan Club Go to or click on the link below and I will see you there soon. This is all very new to me and I look forward to any and all things that bring me closer to my friends and fans.
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..?
alright, so people always say happy hump day for Wednesdays. I think its just as strange to say happy Uphill on Tuesdays, or happy Downhill on Thursdays, but i've never ever seen or heard anyone wish that. -Brandon
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!
How's it going? There is a free track available for you at the moment on our myspace page. Just click the FREE DOWNLOAD box at the top of the page and enter a valid email to download the tune. How cool is that!
Have a great week and thank you very much for being electronically connected to us as friends and fans.
Hi Kristin Andreassen! Just stopping by your page to see whats good! Keep me in mind if you need any high quality/low cost mastering. All the details and samples are on my page. Feel free to get in touch with any questions. Take care!
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Hey there Kristin,Great new songs: "breaking up "is on my profile. "...Virginia for lovers" on the latest Sweetback Sisters is awesome...Glad Uncle Earl is coming my way....good going!!! XX
Great to meet you too! Thanks for finding me out here. Sorry to miss your Jalopy show... I don't check MySpace very frequently. I'll be playing a little set at Banjo Jims on Thurs. Sept 10th at 9pm. Come on out if you're in the neighborhood! :)
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