Michelle Volpe-Kohler: lead vocals, rhythm guitar Meghan Sharp: harmony vocals Mike Conner: lead guitar, lap steel Dale Hailey: drums Phil Dennison: bass
Michael Leger: drums on EP Brian Vrandenburg: bass on EP
Influences
What we like (and influences): The Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, The Byrds, The Beach Boys, The Jayhawks, Wilco, Hem, Suzanne Vega, Neil Young, Buddy Holly, Sinead O'Connor, early REM, The Cranberries, Neko Case, Whiskeytown
Sounds Like
Murmur-era R.E.M., The Sundays, The Softies, The Jayhawks, Cowboy Junkies
[Evokes] the jangly guitars of the Byrds and the California dreaminess of the Mamas & Papas...sweet vocal harmonies. --The Washington Post
The lovechild of early R.E.M. and The Softies. --Music Monthly
Rich with harmonies and rooted in rock, The Hickories offer "warm, inviting songs that [combine] the best of folk and country" -- according to The Washington Post. The Arlington, Virginia-based band forges its signature sound with jangly guitars and lush harmonies, evoking influences like the Byrds, early R.E.M. and the Cranberries.
And people are taking notice: The band has been featured at many festivals and conferences, including NXNE, the National Cherry Blossom Festival and the Millennium Music Conference. They play to packed houses at DC-area venues such as IOTA Club and Cafe, and open for acts with national audiences like Frog Holler, Scott Miller and Emmett Swimming. And the Billboard Worldwide Song Contest has awarded the band six Honorable Mentions since 2003.
Check out Lost in Pennsylvania at CDBaby.com. Tracks include: Killers, Drown, Lost in Pennsylvania, 1965 and Heather Lane.
Past shows include: NXNE, IOTA Club and Cafe, WAMU -- NPR at American University, DC9, Six Points Music Festival at The State Theatre, Galaxy Hut, Taste of DC, Jammin' Java, George Mason University
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Concrete Alchemy is a tour of 15 visual artists visiting five major urban centers on the East Coast. It is the first tour that creatively combines gallery shows, public panel discussions and numerous murals to present the artists’ unique approach to public arts.
Friday, May 23rd, 2008 – National Harbor, MD The tour will officially end with a gallery exhibit opening at Art Whino on Friday, May 23, 2008 from 6 pm to midnight. The audience will have chance to view artists’ recently finished canvases and a slideshow of photographs from the previous days of the tour.
Texas Two Step Event!! Thursday July 31st Honky Tonk Revival with the Wil Gravatt Band. Cheap drinks and a fun little brush with tawdry! Capitol Hill/Southeast 224 D St SE Washington, DC 20003 (202) 543-9163 Capitol South (Blue, Orange)
FairplayCollective will be playing an exclusive and rare collaborative performance-in-the-round at Joe's Pub on March 6th. All members -- Michael Brunnock, Mark Dignam, Jenna Nicholls and Brendan O'Shea -- will be combining talents for an amazing night of collective music. NOT TO BE MISSED!
Get Your Tickets Now by clicking here for Joes Pub online ticket store.
just to let you know that cult with no name's debut album 'paper wraps rock' is released this month. to preview tracks or to pre-order please visit our page.
Just wanted to let you know that I am playing a full band show this Thursday the 26th at DC9 with a great new-grass band By and By. Come and join us for some boot tappin' and foot stompin'!
Just wanted to let you know too, the new CD is here and you can get it on my profile page. Oh yeah, we have Johnny Hiland playing on this thing. The radio release is set fot late July. Once that's done we'll be adding a lot more shows. Hope to see you at one
Im having an event on June 16th which is a Sat in DC. You can find the info on the events page or just use the link below.
Please reply to the invite that I have send you already with number of guests. C U soon.
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Hey The Hickories, how are you? If you got a minute, we pulled over some new things fo you. We have this video up on our page that inspired the song we sing with it. The dance is pretty unreal, and worth seeing. Also, we now have an illustrated novella for sale. It comes with the album if you order it. It's a dark story, but there's some fire in it too. We think you'll like it.
Stop over if you get the chance, and if you like what we give for free, buy a copy of the album and novella. It would help us. Hope you're doing well out there.
hey The Hickories, how are you? We put up new songs for your listening. Come on over when you got some spare minutes. If you feel like supporting this pre-post-apocalyptic music we make, please buy a copy of our album. We are small and poorly distributed, but we have a good album for you. Let these songs out of your computer. Hope you're doing well out there.
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hey The Hickories, how are you? We put up new songs for your listening. Come on over when you got some spare minutes. If you feel like supporting this pre-post-apocalyptic music we make, please buy a copy of our album. We are small and poorly distributed, but we have a good album for you. Let these songs out of your computer. Hope you're doing well out there.