On-Stage-Pals: Nadje (Trumpet), Kieran (Vocals), Aaron (Piano), Tim (Drums) (Patrick (Tenor Sax), Erika (Alto Sax), Mark (drums), Jeremy (drums), Elliot (Piano)
Influences
INSPIRATION:
Blues, bars, jazz, ragtime, barrelhouse, country, folk, rock, Paul Simon, Nick Drake, Jeff Buckley, Bob Dylan, Muse, Coldplay, Miles Davis, Joni Mitchell, the Cangelosi Cards, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, John Williams, Howard Shore, Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelli, Jobim, Charles Mingus, Nina Simone, Jon Brion, Superdrag, Radiohead, Nada Surf, the Brazilian Girls, the Little Ones
One day while perusing the internet, we stumbled upon THE ELEANOR SHOW on YouTube. We were so impressed by Eleanor's fun and energetic lip sync performances of popular songs, we contacted her and asked if she could perform one of our silly little dittys.
Surpisingly, she agreed! So now she has crafted her own rendition of "SUIT AND TIE" and we couldn't be happier!
Sounds Like
Paul Simon meets Jeff Buckley and Ben Folds at the Blue Note with a pot of coffee, piano fingercakes, upright bass scones, and luscious lemon voice bars. Music occurs and none involved are ever the same. Or like this:
Hello, this is Sunroom. We are a New York Folksicana group from the outer boroughs of New York City. Old-fashioned yet distinctly modern, Sunroom likes to tear up the Book of Song, throw the pieces onto the floor, and gleefully dance upon the remnants - usually with a pair of shoes that couldn’t get any more folk, early rock n’ roll, or jazz stuck in the soles. In short, they play simple, unpolished, and alive music with introspective and soulful lyrics.
Our debut self-titled CD - Sunroom- is a collection of songs recorded live in a tiny East Village apartment on a hot June weekend. We were aiming for a record that is refreshingly minimalistic and performance-based so we adopted the old-fashioned oft- forgotten "one-take" approach - most likely 'cause we couldn't bear thinking we'd be recording our parts of each song in separate rooms and at separate times. We love playing together too much for that. That being said, we did go to a proper studio to get our songs mastered by a cool fella named Fred Kevorkian, who has mastered albums by (WARNING: name-dropping ahead) Regina Spektor, Ryan Adams, and Willie Nelson to name a few.
Sunroom is Ryan Hobler (Songsmith, Vocalist, Guitarist) & Ethan Halpern (Bassist) plus a handful of awesome friends with lots of skills!
Thanks for stopping by and listening.
The Moonlighters have a new release, Enchanted, which is out this week. Click this link for a free download of one of our new songs: http://www.worldsound.com/free/moon.
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hi sunroom! i hope you are all doing well! i was just listening to a little 'she came along', doing a little whistling, a little tappin. see you guys soon!
i was just kind of randomly clicking on band profiles and i saw your Sunroom pic and it enticed me so there i was. i love the song how you look at it! and yeah, the boston/pheonix game was amazing. 2nd row on the floor- steve nash now knows that i love him as well as paul pierce. peace lace
Hi Sunroom, Thanks for the comment and glad you like Digging for Bones. Yes, gents, I saw you live at the Bitter End For the NY Songwriter's Circle show a few weeks ago. Liked the girlfriend song much. And of course always a fan of warm vocals. See you soon. Dorothy
