Spirit Family Reunion
packed Mercury Lounge on Friday, celebrating the release of their debut LP 'No
Separation.' The sold out show comes with a wave of acclaim for the band, who
are next set to grace the stage at Newport Folk Festival July 28 and Celebrate
Brooklyn August 4. Here's some of what we're reading:
"Spirit Family Reunion
fit right in with the bands they'll be sharing the stage with at this year's
Newport Folk Festival [and] the rowdiness of other revival bands like The
Felice Brothers and Deer Tick."
– Brooklyn Vegan
"For those who
like their tunes a little more homegrown and banjo-filled, I highly recommend
this New York band's brand new release, 'No Separation.'"
– USA Today
"Beautiful and
raucous… best of what's next"
– Paste Magazine
"[Spirit Family
Reunion was] seemingly transporting the crowd to an alternate universe where
percussion was both invented and perfected with the washboard... In this world,
the harmonica is always played with Dylanesque eloquence, perfection is a
ragged, imperfect thing and the crowd always claps at the right time,
completely in rhythm. Through it all, there was plenty of dancing, foot
stomping and hollering…"
- House List (Bowery
Presents blog)
"We couldn't be
more excited."
– Baeble Music
"Rabble-rousing
Brooklyn folkies Spirit Family Reunion deliver foot-stomping, throaty, joyful
songs. We defy you not to tap along."
– Time Out New York
"The group,
inspired by church revivals, has drawn comparisons to The Band."
– American Songwriter
"Ready-to-break...
rousing and raucous."
– No Depression
"Raucous… With the
blessing of Levon Helm (they were the last band to open for him before he
passed away) and a growing army of fans on the back of their album No
Seperation, Spirit Family Reunion are dragging traditional Americana back into
the spotlight."
- Elmore Magazine
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