David Grubbs, Nina Katchadourian, Hannah Marcus, Rick Moody
Influences
Leonard Cohen, Brian Wilson, the Carter Family, the Stanley Brothers, Merle Haggard, Joni Mitchell, Gastr Del Sol, Randy Newman, Scott Walker, LaMonte Young, Dock Boggs, Big Star, Charles Ives, Erik Satie, John Fahey
Formed in 2002 by Rick Moody (acoustic guitar, vocals) and Hannah Marcus (acoustic guitar, piano, fiddle, vocals). David Grubbs, of the Red Krayola, Squirrel Bait, Bastro, and many other bands, joined in 2003. He plays many instruments, though mostly the electric guitar, and sings sometimes. Nina Katchadourian (acoustic guitar, accordion, recorder, tomato, vocals) joined in 2006. The Wingdale Community Singers play folk music that could have been written any time in the last sixty years. It's Old Time, it's High Modernist, it's experimental, it's resistant to interpretation, it's funny sometimes, it's full of dread other times. One aspect remains throughout: there's a lot of singing. And a lot of harmony.
SPIRIT DUPLICATOR (Scarlet Shame records) comes out on October 17th, 2009. Available on itunes, CD baby, Amazon and fine music stores near you.
The Wingdale Community Singers's Friend Space (Top 8)
Beautiful show last night. The place felt rapt. I can't wait till your new album comes out, so I can listen to "Par for the Curse," the Cricket Song, and "Aviary" at unlikely hours. (I'm not implying that your show was at a "likely" hour or that "likely" is necessarily bad.)
