SASS!--SANDY ANDINA (vocals, guitar, mt. dulcimer, bass, autoharp); SUSAN URBAN (vocals, guitar, 6-string banjo, hand percussion)
ANDINA & RICH--SANDY ANDINA (vocals, guitar, mt. dulcimer); STEPHEN LEE RICH (vocals, guitar)
Influences
Joni Mitchell, Richard Rogers, Lou & Peter Berryman, Tom Paxton, Steve Goodman, Tom Lehrer, Warren Zevon, Stan Rogers, Bruce Springsteen, Steely Dan, Richard Thompson, Anne Hills, Cindy Mangsen
Sounds Like
ME! Seriously, I've been told I am the bastard child of a wild three-way between Joni Mitchell, Steve Goodman and Jerry Seinfeld; and that my voice sounds like (variously) Joan Baez, Grace Slick, Judy Collins, Mimi Farina, Peggy Seeger, Keeley Smith, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, and Blossom Dearie. You'll love SASS! if you like Four Bitchin' Babes, the Chenille Sisters, Fink & Marxer, Lou & Peter Berryman and Hot Soup. Those who love ANDINA & RICH also tend to like the Berrymans, Reilly & Maloney and Small Potatoes.
I'm a singer-songwriter-humorist, performing solo and with my bands SASS! (w/Susan Urban) and Andina & Rich (w/singing, yodeling cowboy comedian Stephen Lee Rich). I play acoustic guitar (6 and 12-string), mountain dulcimer, electric bass, autoharp and 5-string frailing banjo. I'm based in Chicago, as is SASS!, and Andina & Rich are based in Madison, WI. We all tour all over the upper Midwest and beyond, and appear live on radio--perhaps we'll be in your neck of the woods! check out http://www.sandyandina.com http://www.sass-music.com http://www.andinarich.com. Find us on MySpace too:
www.myspace.com/sassandthesasstrio
SASS! is original classic folk--funny, serious, spiritual and even spooky at times. It features tight harmonies and multi-instrumentals (and occasionally we add Kate Early for lush three-part harmony and unusual and tasteful percussion). We've been a duo since June 2004. Our debut CD (13 songs, a full hour!) "SASS! Album One" (BWC Records) is available on CDBaby, eFolkMusic.com, iTunes and Rhapsody--as well as in folk-oriented brick-and-mortar music stores around Chicagoland. It's already gotten airplay several times on WFMT's "The Midnight Special" as well as on Radio Crystal Blue and various folk radio shows on the air and Internet. As the SASS! Trio, we officially showcased at the annual Folk Alliance conference in Memphis in 2007, and are going into the studio to record our trio EP.
Andina & Rich, together off and on since 1981, is eclectic folk/comedy/country/show tunes--you name it. Stephen is Madison's Yodeling Cowboy Comedian, and we take full advantage of that. Our debut CD, "Because We Can" (Travenia Records, 2006) has been released to great reviews and has already received play on "The Midnight Special," Dr. Demento (my version of the title tune is also on his "Basement Tapes 13" CD), Wisconsin Public Radio, and even Camp Casey in Crawford, TX. The title tune got a 2006 JustPlainFolks Award nomination for Best Novelty Song.
And I often perform solo as well. My CD "Ghosts and Angels" (Essay Records, 2001) has received and still receives worldwide air-and-Internet-play; due to my years as a rock band bassist, I also add thoughtfully-chosen rock and other covers to my solo repertoire which is mostly originals. I'm currently recording my followup CD, due out sometime in 2007.
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HollowRain has been entered in 95 WIIL Rocks Bandemonium contest for 2009 with the song "Darkest Places"! HollowRain needs your help by simply voting!
To vote for HOLLOWRAIN, send an email to stu@95wiilrock.com. YOU MUST put the band name (HOLLOWRAIN) and song title "Darkest Places" in the subject line, just copy and paste from this message. In the body, include your name and working phone number. Only one vote per person per email address allowed, as any more would disqualify your vote. Voting ends on July 3rd at 5pm.
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Whats going on? Ok so my debut album is coming out on JUNE 30th!!!!!! and I wanted to make sure and remind you to mark your calendars for the day! I'd really really appreciate if you'd pick one up....I promise you'll like it haha. You can get it on iTunes or CDBABY.com WOO!!! Dont be a stranger :)
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well, it has been a long and winding road, and an even longer time coming, but my debut CD, I Remember, is FINALLY HERE!!! YAY!!!!!
to celebrate, American HeartBeat Records(tm) has arranged a FREE DOWNLOAD of Now Is The Time in exchange for a valid email address. Now Is The Time is a brand new, upbeat song I wrote: we are living in turbulent times. suddenly it is okay to be greedy and heartless? no way! a song of hope for our future, a new vision of America and the world.
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Join us on Tuesday, May 12th 8pm for a live interview and acoustic set on Lake County, Illinois 98.3FM WRLR! We will be talking about the band, promoting the Spring Fling Festival this Saturday, and doing a live acoustic set featuring our new song "Darkest Places". Listen in and hope to see you at the festival this weekend! Doors open at noon (ALL AGES). And now we hear cover is only 5 bucks!!! There will be other entertainment featuring The Sluggo Show w/ special guest Tony Baxter and other local musicians. Also, Soul Vitamins and Wicked Soul! There will also be a craft show! Sponsored by National City Bank of Antioch!
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A new collection of Comic/Nonsense Verse, For Children, called, ‘Please Do Not Encourage This Nonsense by Purchasing this Book: Poems By Paul H. Tubb’, is available for purchasing.
23 Poems Not about Football, 11 that are about Football and 5 limericks. Paul H. Tubb has put these together, with some illustrations, into a handy book form so that they can be read at anyone’s leisure. Funny Rhyming poems that will delight Children of all ages. Poems about subjects such as Strange Christmas’s, Tone Deaf Dentists and the worlds worst stuntman among others. To learn more, please click on the link below.
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