Leland Sundries at Folk Alliance

Brooklyn's own @lelandsundries carrying the torch into the midnight hour at @folkalliance pic.twitter.com/T4AG6ldSgN

— American Songwriter (@AmerSongwriter) February 16, 2017

Midnight – First-Timers II (725) 11pm – LilFest I (727)

Thursday: 10:30pm – 3rd Coast Music Presenters: Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus (627) in the round w/ Spook Handy and Geoff Himes 1:30am – LilFest I (727) 2:45am – Green Room Music Source (656)

Friday: 2:30am – Access Film Music ORANGE (754)

Saturday 3pm – LilFest II (728)

BUOYED BY NPR CONVERSATION & POKEY LAFARGE PRAISE, BETH BOMBARA SET TO RELEASE HIGH WATER MARK ALBUM ‘MAP & NO DIRECTION’ MARCH 3

MUSIC CITY ROOTS, NASHVILLE SHOWCASE, FOLK ALLIANCE OFFICIAL SHOWCASE ALL CONFIRMED

 

Powered by early buzz from NPR All Things Considered, The Boot, Impose, and Pokey LaFarge, Beth Bombara’s ‘Map & No Direction’ (March 3) represents a musical high point for the rising Americana and rock & roll artist.

 

Rounder Records artist and fellow St. Louisian Pokey LaFarge, with whom she has shared the stage, shared, "Recall the times you were so filled with melancholy you couldn't help but singing. We rarely have the words to describe these feelings and it can leave you in a daze. Beth Bombara's words and the desperation with which she so honestly conveys them will leap like sunshine into your heart."

 

Bombara spoke with NPR about the effect the Affordable Care Act has had on her and her husband and the larger community of musicians she knows while NPR played excerpts from two new songs.

 

She has confirmed an official Folk Alliance showcase on February 15 at 9:15pm as well as a taping of Music City Roots on March 22 and an additional Nashville concert at the Family Wash March 16.

 

In premiering the first single and title track “Map & No Direction,” The Boot said, “The St. Louis-based Bombara has been slowly building buzz as a new Americana artist.”

 

Meanwhile, Impose Mag talked with her, saying, "St. Louis, Missouri artist Beth Bombara creates holistic music that resonates with an earnest glow that shines through the dour storm clouds of today's complicated times... Winning hearts up & down the festival circuits, Bombara makes music that mirrors the various highs & lows of creativity, destruction, successes & failures that are acknowledged as honest observations of our shared human orders of daily, moment to moment existences."

 

The title track and first single “Map & No Direction’ is out now on Spotify, Amazon, iTunes, and elsewhere with the full album to follow March 3.

KRISTIN ANDREASSEN LAUNCHES TOUR, SIGNS WITH SYNCH LICENSING AGENCY, PREMIERES VIDEO WITH VILLAGE VOICE, HIGHLIGHTED BY ITUNES STORE, GOES NUTS AT FOLK ALLIANCE INT’L

Kristin Andreassen’s subtlely jaw-dropping new album ‘Gondolier’ continues to gather momentum:

+ Andreassen launches her first solo, headlining tour today and has added support dates on both coasts:

3/4 :: Cambridge, MA :: Club Passim
3/7 :: Katonah, NY :: Caramoor Center for The Arts (opening for Dom Flemons)
3/10 :: New York, NY :: Joe’s Pub (Full band)
3/20 :: Charlottesville, VA :: Jefferson Theater (Opening for Love Canon)
3/21 :: Annapolis, MD :: Ramshead (Opening for Love Canon)
4/1 :: Portland, OR :: Alberta Street Public House (co-bill w/ Ruth Moody)
4/4 :: Seattle, WA :: Town Hall (opening for The Onlies)
4/8-19 :: House Concert tour through Southern British Columbia (w/ Jon Neufeld of Black Prairie)

The Joe’s Pub show will see her joined onstage by Aoife O’Donovan and Ruth Ungar, who, with Kristin, made up Sometymes Why. Chris Eldridge of the Punch Brothers will open the show, which will also feature shadow puppets.

+ Syndicated radio show Folk Alley posted video of Andreassen performing.

+ On release week, ‘Gondolier’ was featured on the Singer-Songwriter page of the iTunes Store.

+ Andreassen joined the Mix Tape Music roster, joining Charles Bradley, Andrew Bird, Beach House, Dolly Parton, Wye Oak, Dr. Dog, Conor Oberst, and others on the synch license-pitching agency.

+ The Village Voice premiered the video for “Lookout,” which was written during Hurricane Irene and was filmed in Red Hook, and ends with a tintype puzzle of Kristin.

+ ‘Gondolier’ remains in the 20 top of the Roots Music Report’s Folk Albums chart.

+ Andreassen’s WFUV session aired Sunday in NYC.

+ She was the talk of Folk Alliance International, performing nine showcases.

NLE on a Folk Alliance panel

Building & Motivating Your Team

Friday 11-11:45am Liberty

Moderator:  Val Denn (Val Denn Agency)

Panelists:  Nelly Neben (Axis Artist Management), Jimmy LaFave (Artist), Ashley Warren (Music Road Records), Suze Casey (Calgary Folk Club), Nick Loss-Eaton (Nick Loss-Eaton Media)

How to attract and motivate your dream team. What are common roles on an artist's team, and how does each team member interact? How can we communicate internally so everyone is working together effectively and efficiently? Hear these industry professionals, who have worked with many artists in diverse capacities, discuss the teams they have worked on that have enabled them to do their best work, and why. How they measure success. How they came to work with artists, what inspires and guides them, as well as tips and best practices that make their jobs easier and most rewarding.

Kristin Andreassen at Folk Alliance