WH Spring Tour & DZ Positive Feedback

Posted on February 23, 2013 by soundsfamilyre

Good folk! Very exciting news: a whole slew of new Wovenhand tour dates! See below!

3/09/13	Gathering of the Clouds 2013	Denver, CO
4/05/13	7th St Entry at First Avenue	Minneapolis, MN
4/06/13	Empty Bottle	Chicago, IL
4/09/13	Brillobox	Pittsburgh, PA
4/10/13	The Ephrata Main Theatre	Ephrata, PA
4/11/13	Great Scott	Allston, MA
4/12/13	Littlefield	Brooklyn, NY
4/13/13	Johnny Brenda’s	Philadelphia, PA
4/14/13	DC9	Washington DC
4/16/13	The Grey Eagle	Asheville, NC
4/17/13	The Earl	Atlanta, GA
4/19/13	Club Dada	Dallas, TX
4/20/13	Holy Mountain	Austin, TX
4/21/13	The Conservatory	Oklahoma City, OK

Also, Wovenhand’s current tour is off to fantastic start. Remaining dates as follows. Get your tickets while you can!

1/29/13	Cozmic	Eugene, OR
1/30/13	Doug Fir Lounge	Portland, OR
1/31/13	Shakedown	Bellingham, WA
2/01/13	Chop Suey	Seattle, WA
2/02/13	Visual Arts Collective	Boise, ID
2/04/13	Urban Lounge	Salt Lake City, UT

Zimmerman Space Pilgrim

Dan Zimmerman is a man of deep waters, deep thought, deep voice, deep space. The creative journal Positive Feedback just published “The Myth I’ve Made of My Life”, a terrific feature of Dan’s remarkable words, images, and photographs exploring his earliest inclinations as an artist and musician. Read it here. It’ll be the best five minutes of your day.

Also, only a few days left to contribute to the Dan Zimmerman Indiegogo Campaign! All proceeds go directly to the making of the forthcoming Dan Zimmerman record, Dreams of Earth. There are prizes! There’s a sci-fi movie! There’s a fantastic artist making fantastic art! Lesdoit.

With that, a fantastic day to you all!

Wovenhand Tour RESCHEDULED

Posted on February 23, 2013 by soundsfamilyre

Ya can’t keep a good man down, as the saying goes. While pneumonia certainly has packed the proverbial (and literal) wallop, David is recovering steadily and the Wovenhand West Coast tour has been rescheduled–thanks to the capable hands and agile minds of those at Strange Victory Touring. All dates are below. Thanks again for your well-wishes and prayers, everyone!

1/21/13	Launchpad	Albuquerque, NM
1/22/13	Hotel Congress	Tucson, AZ
1/23/13	Soda Bar	San Diego, CA
1/25/13	The Satellite	Los Angeles, CA
1/26/12	Bottom of the Hill	San Francisco, CA
1/28/13	Jambalaya	Arcata, CA
1/29/13	Cozmic Pizza	Eugene, OR
1/30/13	Doug Fir Lounge	Portland, OR
1/31/13	Shakedown	Bellingham, WA
2/01/13	Chop Suey	Seattle, WA
2/02/13	Visual Arts Collective	Boise, ID
2/04/13	Urban Lounge	Salt Lake City, UT

DZ Space, West Coast WH, East Coast V

Posted on February 23, 2013 by soundsfamilyre

Dan Zimmerman IN SPACE!
Dan Zimmerman, the ever-searching Cosmic Patriot, is both director and leading man in ‘SPACE PILGRIM‘, a 1950’s style sci-fi short film (ala George Pal, Ed Wood, and Val Lewton) from Cardboard Dream Productions. The film documents the interplanetary daring-do of Space Pilgrim as he threads his way through asteroid belts, encounters strange worlds and even stranger creatures, and pilots home to submit the full report of his adventures: his forthcoming album, ‘Dreams of Earth‘.

Go HERE to see the movie, to learn about the album, and to join in something wonderful. All is extraordinary. Fly Pilgrim, fly!

US Wovenhand tour!

Wovenhand is hitting the road again, touring on their phenomenal new album, The Laughing Stalk. Take a gander at the route below, and get your tickets! (For all you Wovenhand-heads living on the eastern side of the country, rest assured, there will be another tour happening in the spring).

Also, don’t forget that pre-orders for The Laughing Stalk – Deluxe LP Edition are in effect through November 13. Order now and get an immediate download of the record. This specialty item includes LP with a CD insert, a lyric insert, and a limited edition (2000) hand-printed letterpress cover. Dig.

11/16/12	Oriental Theater	Denver, CO
11/27/12	Santa Fe Brewing Company	Santa Fe, NM
11/28/12	Hotel Congress	Tucson, AZ
11/29/12	Soda Bar	San Diego, CA
11/30/12	The Satellite	Los Angeles, CA
12/01/12	Bottom of the Hill	San Francisco, CA
12/03/12	Jambalaya	Arcata, CA
12/04/12	Cozmic Pizza	Eugene, OR
12/05/12	Doug Fir Lounge	Portland, OR
12/06/12	Chop Suey	Seattle, WA
12/07/12	Shakedown	Bellingham, WA
12/08/12	TBD	Missoula, MT
12/09/12	Urban Lounge	Salt Lake City, UT

Vesper solo shows!

Ben + Vesper are busy folks: film-making in India, painting, illustrating and writing books in New Jersey, and while they’re plotting their next musical B+V backgammon move, mounting the occasional solo performance. Come on out to two very special solo Vesper shows in October and November. Details here:

10/13/12	All Angels concert & gallery showing – w/Marian Call	New York, NY
11/1/12	World Cafe w/Quarry Street Hymnal CD release	Philadelphia, PA

As always, thanks all for your love and support, everyone. Right back atcha.

The Laughing Stalk – AVAILABLE NOW!

Posted on February 23, 2013 by soundsfamilyre

Oh happy day! The Laughing Stalk, Wovenhand’s latest and greatest is available here at Sounds Familyre and at every North American digital retailer with good sense and great taste*. Each download comes with a beautiful digital booklet of lyrics and images.

To add to the thrill, pre-orders for The Laughing Stalk – Deluxe LP Edition also start today. This specialty item includes LP with a CD insert, a lyric insert, and alimited edition (2000) hand-printed letterpress cover. Super cool!

Finally, LP orders start shipping on November 6th, but that’s a long time to wait, so we’re pleased to announce that all pre-orders come with an immediate download of the record, so you can have the whole thing delivered to your earbuds in mere minutes. See? We take good care of you here at Sounds Familyre.

Ben + Vesper on Daytrotter!

Posted on August 8, 2012 by soundsfamilyre

About a year ago, on their way to play a big music festival in the middle of a beautiful firefly-laden cornfield, Ben + Vesper stopped by The Horseshack in downtown Rock Island, Ill to record a live session for Daytrotter. Four songs were performed in one take, without editing, and mixed on the fly (as they say, old school), and just last week it was released to the wide world.

We’ve always loved Ben + Vesper, but listening to these sessions reminds us of how truly great they are–extraordinary performers, writers, and artists. Take a listen here. It’ll be the best twenty minutes you spend today.