Django Haskins, Dan Hall, Matt Brandau, Mark Simonsen, Gabriele Pelli.
Alumni: Josh Starmer, James Wallace, Daniel Hart, Vamsi Tadepalli, Jil Christensen, Harmony Keaney, Will Caviness
Influences
Astor Piazzolla, Thelonious Monk, Bowie, Tom Waits, Johhny Cash, Bob Dylan, Nick Cave, Randy Newman, Serge Gainesbourg, Mano Solo, Roy Orbison, Edith Piaf, George Gershwin, Beatles, Kinks, Danny Cohen, Big Star, Caetano Veloso, Burt Bacharach, Frank Loesser, Magnetic Fields, Frank Sinatra, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Neil Young, Miles Davis.
Sounds Like
Dogs in heat. Hot air balloons. Estonian wedding songs. Young love under pressure. Revenge. Music.
In the Triangle, there are hundreds of bands playing shows out here and there. Of those, there are scores and scores of really good groups. So picking my top 15-20 is difficult, not that it really matters for anything or anyone but myself.
But if I were jointly putting a compilation cd together to represent the region, I can tell you it'd be really difficult. And, hahaha, not just because I'm a Virgo!
So when The Old Ceremony was selected as one of just 17 artists to be featured on the HEAR HERE Compilation cd for North Carolina's Triangle region, I know they got that right. And "Gone Go the Memories" is another TOC fave of mine. Congratulations, Django, and all of The Old Ceremony!
I would be happier than you can imagine if you guys came back to the Blacksburg/Floyd area at a time that isn't Floydfest, since I'm not sure I'll be able to go.
one at the pour house on a feb. 15th--no stated year. what got me was how striking the graphics were/are: it's of a girl in bed with a doll, done at a dutch angel; small print at the bottom reads: "tie a red ribbon around the neck..." i'll make sure to check you guys out live next chance i get. love your sound.
Thanks to all of you in The Old Ceremony! The music sounds great. Gotta love any band with a great violin and a guy named Django in it. All the best to you. Andy Fein Fein Violins FineViolins.com
Thanks to you, I have now had "Papers in Order", "Radio Religion" and "Tender Age" running through my head for three whole days ... and I'm loving it! I can't wait till you play IOTA in June!
It's a shame that show is 21+ though ... I wanted to bring my music major brother to show him how cool you are!
Hey guys, ya'll were great at the show on Saturday. I was really glad to hear you bring back American Romeo... it's one of my favorites from the first CD and I'm glad I finally got to see it live.
I really enjoyed the new remix CD that I got from you guys. I felt sorry for Dan though considering most of his parts were cut for a drum machine. That being said, it was pretty well done and a lot of the songs sounded really good though I don't think any of the remixes were better than the original product.
Take care... I hope to see you guys at the Cat's Cradle!
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