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Valerie Orth: Lead Vocals and Guitar
Abigail Picache: Drums and Backing Vocals
Veronika Safarova: Bass and Backing Vocals
Eryn Pola: Keys
Know who observes what you don’t see, who tells the long-forgotten story, who makes you feel, who makes you dance, who else feeds your movement...
– Valerie Orth, “Movers & Shakers”
Valerie understands song as revolution, whether personal or political, and as evolution, making change within herself and consequently in her listeners. She writes of hard realities, without bowing to any dogma. There is no fluff. No artificial sweetness, but deep embraces accompany the punches.
Described as "soulful, genuine, and edgy" by the San Francisco Bay Guardian, and an "indie folk powerhouse" by Eugene's Source Weekly, Valerie is a fearless and genre-bending songwriter. Her "songs and vocalizations are unpredictable and highly original - just when you think she's going to settle into a familiar groove, off she flies into the stratosphere with phrasings you never saw coming,” writes The Jefferson Agrarian.
Valerie incorporates her own style of groove into rock, and soul into folk. Her melodies rise, glide, and dive while her lyrics hide nothing: “I prefer to be mysterious/ but I slip up every time/ I don’t know the first thing about you/ but I’m telling you everything on my mind.” (from “Beyond This Song”.) You will find yourself stepping in tune to her rhythms and humming her lines, caught in the fury and the beauty.
The three rough mixes on this webpage are from Valerie’s second full-length album, due to be released in December 2009. Produced and engineered by Jon Evans, the upcoming album includes Scott Amendola on drums (Charlie Hunter), Julie Wolf on piano/organ (Ani DiFranco and Indigo Girls), Jon Evans on bass and electric guitar (Tori Amos), and Valerie Orth on acoustic guitar and vocals.
Valerie's dynamic all-female live band consists of Abigail Picache on drums and backing vocals, Veronika Safarova on bass and backing vocals, and Eryn Pola on keys. While a frequent headliner of San Francisco’s best venues, the Valerie Orth Band also tours along the West Coast and is looking to take its poignant energy across the U.S. and Europe as soon as the new album is released.
A grassroots organizer for seven years, Valerie co-founded WomenROCK (www.myspace.com/womenrockmusic) in 2005, empowering women rockers in the San Francisco Bay Area while producing concerts to raise funds for local non-profits.
PAST SHOWS:
FESTIVALS - Harmony Festival (2009), Oregon Country Fair (2007, 2008), Invasion of GoGirls at SXSW (2009), Moon Mountain Music Festival (2008), River Ranch Music Festival, Mission Creek Music Festival, Green Festival, Dolores Park Movie Night
SAN FRANCISCO HEADLINER - Great American Music Hall, Slim's, Bottom of the Hill, Cafe Du Nord, 12 Galaxies, Red Devil Lounge, Amnesia, the Make Out Room, Dolores Park Cafe, El Rio, Hotel Utah, Rockit Room, Edinburgh Castle, and many more.
NATIONAL TOURING - Philadelphia (Tin Angel, Grape Street Philadelphia, World Cafe Live), New York (The Bitter End, Caffe Vivaldi), Boston MA, Northampton MA, Ithaca NY, Seattle, Portland OR (Ash St Saloon), Bend, Shasta City CA, Portland ME, New Hope PA, Albany NY, Washington DC, Virginia, Minneapolis, and many more during roughly 9 solo and band tours.
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