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Sometymes Why
Ambient / Experimental / Folk

Orbiting Ganymede



New York, New York
United States

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Last Login:  6/28/2009
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Member Since8/7/2006
Band Websitewww.sometymeswhy.com
Band Members
Kristin Andreassen, Aoife O'Donovan & Ruth Ungar Merenda


InfluencesJoni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Bessie Smith, Concrete Blonde, King Wilkie, Homer, Zamfir...
Sounds Like"Hush Child" live at Banjo Jim's in NYC. Thanks to our friend Zena Barakat for the awesome video!



"Aphrodisiaholic" from the Banjo Jim's show...



... and the icing on the already intoxicating baked Alaska ... it's "Too Repressed" with special guest Chris Thile. Watchout explicit lyrics.



Watch this short video of Aoife, Ruth & Kristin talking about the band and the new album. Directed by our friend Ballard C. Boyd.



Here's "Cold Feet Blues" live at The Living Room last spring...




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"Watching a Sometymes Why show is like watching a Victorian magic show staged in a luxury hotel orbiting Ganymede.* There is an air of friendly sleight-of-hand and a sense of pleasant slippage... One is astonished, often moved, but one can never be sure exactly how these effects are achieved.

Lost in the beauty of the music, one might startle to the presence of so many mere toys on stage. Entranced by the wordplay in the songs, one suddenly realizes that there is more silence than sound. And of course the magic of the three “Lovely Assistants” who of course require no other assistance to spin this spell.

One of my favorite bands ever."

- Darol Anger (March, 2008)

* Ganymede. /ga-ni-mede/ Astronomy. One of the Galilean moons of Jupiter, the seventh closest satellite to the planet and the largest satellite in the solar system with a diameter of 3,268 miles (5,260 km).
Record LabelSignature Sounds
Type of LabelIndie


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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Jul 17 2009 2:00P
Green River Music Festival Greenfield, Massachusetts

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New album Your Heart is a Glorious Machine (Signature Sounds) available now for mail order at the Sometymes Why On-Line Store and for download from CDBaby.

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Reviews...

"These are three very astute modern women, wo are self aware, and nimble of mind, and playful. [Glorious Machine] is a masterpiece of Victorian silk and lace... one of the most beautiful, sensual and at times passionate discs to grace the player in a long time. " – Folk & Acoustic Music Exchange

"A very earthy, organic-sounding album. It never sounds the least bit corporate... and the fact that Sometymes Why are rootsy doesn't mean that they play it safe." – All Music Guide

"Like listening to a dream. Each song sounds as if they were singing only to you." – Modern Acoustic

"Can be kind of trippy, but always honest and punctuated in surprising ways by tight and inventive harmonies." – No Depression

"While the No Depression types hails this trio as folk superstars, they pull their inspiration more from Liz Phair than Anne Briggs if the opening tracks is any indication---and it is. These seductive, folky femme fatales don't give wan, granola eating boys an even chance and will probably turn them into shoe gazers before this is over. This is the kind of stuff that could finally blow the door open on a new generation's folk music scare. Even if they do scare you away with their under the radar feistiness, these sirens are hard to resist." – Midwest Record

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Our debut album Sometimes Why is also available for listening, download, mail order and review at our On-line Store.

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More...

"At Merlefest, it's often the small sidelights that end up stealing the show – such as when O'Donovan, Andreassen and Ungar teamed up for an unscheduled Sometymes Why set last year in a parking lot on a sunny Sunday afternoon – 'my favorite part of the whole weekend,' O'Donovan marveled in retrospect. There's an instantly appealing quality to the trio-harmony blend of their voices, and in live performance they relate to each other with a charm and ease that radiates to the audience."– No Depression

"...a sweetly artful new combo that sings about getting laid on tour and shit like that. "– Time Out New York


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E-mail the band: aeiou@sometymeswhy.com

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Sometymes Why's Friends Comments
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Jumping Through Hoops





Jul 8 2009 1:34 PM

I love you guys! Thanks for adding JTH- kids album and supporting the music! Love, Kari Groff-Denis and the JTH crew
xxxCLARExxx





Jul 8 2009 6:24 AM

no she didnt but that sounds awesome!! I will let lindsay know... i can bring the tv since i have a semi big one lol I hate unpacking. It suckkksss. Why didn't you tell me you wanted to go, I would have taken you, since i'm making that extra coin i make from taking those paid surveys online helps out alot tho; you should really do them too; i mean, hey, the extra money comes in handy, right? i guess you'll have to type the link into internet explorer or whatever, but here it is: www. surveyblingbling .com
John Paul Player


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Jul 7 2009 2:30 PM

Yes!
Respect and admiration from
John Paul Player
rizorkestra one-man-folk-roots-blues-band





Jun 28 2009 9:48 AM

"...keepin' music real down-home for y'all..."
Still Living: The Hole Tribute Band





Jun 27 2009 4:07 PM

Thanks for the add.

Erik
Still Living: The Hole Tribute Band
Hackettstown, New Jersey, USA

Remember Tillie Smith! Was she asking for it in 1886?
The Beth Mattson Band





Jun 27 2009 3:38 PM

Thanks a lot for the invitation!
Grat music Girls!!
I like that A LOT !!!
Hello from France!!
Beth.
Rocky Neck Bluegrass Band





Jun 27 2009 5:44 AM

thanks for adding us!
Ruby Jane





Jun 19 2009 3:29 PM

Hello, it's me, Ruby Jane.To those who don't know me, I am a 14 year old fiddler, songwriter. I have some songs posted that are fresh out of the studio. Let me know if you like the new songs..be one of the first to hear, even before they are released!Thanks! new videos too!
Ruby Jane
Dead, Drunk, and Naked WUSC-FM 90.5





May 28 2009 3:03 AM

http://twangville.com/1308/sometymes-why-your-heart-is-a-glorious-machine/

love the new album!
Tim DeMillo





May 22 2009 11:33 PM

Heya Gals, trailerful of thanks for letting me jump on this melodic hayride ya got here. Shine It is like the mellowest command my soul ever received: had me scurrying about lookin' for m'flashlight or a book of matches, a zippo, flint and steel---until realization hit like a foam-rubber hammer that I was just s'posed to look inside and let it out. :^} Think your stuff is just stellar and am passin' you around as if you were loose women instead of exquisitely harmonious songstresses. Ciao for now from SPRING in Minneapolis..
Billys Bunker (www.billysbunker.com)





May 22 2009 7:15 PM

Sometymes Why,

We can begin our friendship with a review of your fine album "Your Heart Is A Glorious Machine." I love that album.

The link below will take you to Billy's Bunker (Music Reviews) for a cool image of your band and a read about what I feel listening to your songs.

Billy Sheppard
Billy's Bunker (Music Reviews)
www.billysbunker.com

http://www.billysbunker.com/view.php?nID=158&sort=genre&cat=All
BARBARA WILKINSON- SONGWRITER





May 22 2009 9:47 AM

Have a great Weekend!! Stop by and listen to "BITTERWEEDS" and"9 LIES OUT OF 10" too!!

Thanks for the friendship

Barbara

http://www.soundclick.com/barbarawilkinson
SARAH with SECRETS (melodic rock/powerpop)





Apr 19 2009 11:24 PM

Hey :) Did you check out our songs? Have a rockin' week!
Tom





Apr 11 2009 9:58 PM

'The Seasick Dawn' was shot in the Alberta St. Pub in Portland, Ore., March '09.
Steve Stapley





Apr 11 2009 8:43 PM

Hi Sometymes Why,
I really like your songs:) Thank you for the add.
Steve
Gail Comfort





Apr 5 2009 4:39 PM

Playing "The Stupid Kiss" on this week's edition of The Comfort Zone on CMR Nashville (from the UK)
Bluff View Concerts





Apr 3 2009 12:20 PM

I hope you ladies like the little video I did to The Stupid Kiss.... if not I'll take it down.

Dave Zeman/Schipper
Steve





Apr 2 2009 6:25 PM

Hi Ladies
Thanks for adding me. I enjoyed listening to your music!! Have a great rest of the week and take care.
Steve
Red Robin





Apr 2 2009 1:25 PM

Thank you so much for adding me. Your songs are beautiful!
ichinosuke





Apr 2 2009 8:56 AM

thanks for the add.
greetings from japan.
WazWarpt





Apr 2 2009 6:06 AM

Thanks for the add ladies. Wish I had the opportunity to catch a show soon. Lovin the sweet seductivity...
Aofie, love your work with CS and can't wait to witness the new lineup!
Rock on ladies,
Zach
Sinner’s Highway is now "Hey Mavis"





Mar 20 2009 1:20 AM

Thanks for joining us on our Sinner's Highway!

Stevie, Mavis & Tootsie
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Mar 13 2009 5:42 PM

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Mar 11 2009 4:56 PM

Amazon Germany is telling me it's difficult to get your CD! Idiots! I had been so eager to have it in my hands on the very release date... Hope they won't make me wait for too long...
Rob





Mar 11 2009 11:28 AM

Thanks for the add.
I really enjoy the new Album.
Hope to see you again.
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