Signature Sounds – one of the leading folk and Americana labels that is
celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2015 – will be feted during four
special events at festivals this year, each with multiple artists from
the imprint. The Signature Sounds artists playing at Green River,
Amourasaurus, Rhythm & Roots, and Americana Music festivals show the
diversity of an impressive roster from indie rock to string band music
and from western Americana to the northeast songwriters of the label’s
origins. Stream 'Signature Sounds 20th Anniversary Collection: Favorite
and Rarities from the Second Decade’ at Billboard:
http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6487399/signature-sounds-20th-anniversary-collection-exclusive-rarities
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Friday July 10 - Green River Festival – Greenfield, MA
Produced by Signature Sounds and celebrating 29 years, this festival has
recently been featured in Rolling Stone, USA Today, and NY Times and
runs
July 10-12 and also features Steve Earle, the Punch Brothers, Antibalas, TuNe-YaRds, J. Mascis, and Langhorne Slim.
* Eilen Jewell:
https://eilenjewell.bandcamp.com/album/sundown-over-ghost-town
"Packed with vivid lyrics, steel guitars, and hot licks, Jewell’s
Americana-driven brand of country music sounds tailor-made for
sweltering, stagnant summer nights." – Eric Renner Brown, Entertainment
Weekly
* Heather Maloney:
https://heathermaloneymusic.bandcamp.com
“Utterly gorgeous, visceral… if I’d closed my eyes it could have been Joni Mitchell.”
- Val Haller, The New York Times
* The Pine Hill Project (Richard Shindell & Lucy Kaplansky):
https://pinehillproject.bandcamp.com/album/tomorrow-youre-going
"A joy from start to finish...They bring revelatory grace to the late
David Carter’s ‘Farewell to Saint Dolores,’ possibly the best
performance on an album filled with masterful singing and playing from
all involved." - Pop Matters
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Friday August 31 – Amourasaurus Festival - Look Park – Northampton, MA
The inaugural edition of this festival produced by Signature Sounds,
features breakout artists Lake Street Dive, three stellar Signature
Sounds bands, as well as special guest JD McPherson.
* Lake Street Dive:
https://lakestreetdivemusic.bandcamp.com/album/bad-self-portraits
“Bad Self Portraits, is a fresh, knowing collection of tunes that split
the difference between Motown soul, Sixties pop zip, and British
Invasion swagger. With award-winning jazz vocalist Rachael Price as
their secret ingredient, LSD boasts an unflagging collective charisma
and sense of humor that will take them far." – Rolling Stone
* Winterpills:
http://www.winterpills.com/music-1/#music
"Winterpills gradually builds elegant arrangements… While the gathered
instruments offer some solace, the songs stay haunted.” - New York Times
* Parsonsfield:
https://parsonsfieldmusic.bandcamp.com
"A mix of infectious Appalachian anthems and rustic, handcrafted
ballads. It is a pop-ish bluegrass fury of well-worn guitars, danceable
drums, and traded vocals balanced evenly with the haunting sounds of
three-part harmonies... ultimately, it is the precision and polish of
musicianship well beyond their years that pulls the audience fully in." -
Pop Matters
* And The Kids:
https://andthekidsmusic.bandcamp.com/album/turn-to-each-other
"Guitarist Hannah Mohan's striking vocals rival the vibrato and boldness
of Siouxsie Sioux... [And The Kids] make music that's both fearless and
entertaining." - NPR Music
* Dustbowl Revival:
https://soundcloud.com/signaturesounds-1/sets/dustbowl-revival-with-a/s-aXNUM
"In a city like Los Angeles, home to musical stars in nearly every known
genre, handing out the Best Live Band title is not easy. But the
free-thinking local collective Dustbowl Revival's upbeat, old-school,
All-American sonic safaris exemplify everything shows should be: hot,
spontaneous, engaging and, best of all, a pleasure to hear. " - LA
Weekly
Friday September 4th - Rhythm & Roots Festival - Charlestown, RI
*Lake Street Dive
*Eilen Jewell
*Dustbowl Revival
*Parsonsfield
*Miss Tess & The Talkbacks:
https://misstesssongs.bandcamp.com
"I don’t know of anyone else right now touring in the Americana scene
that has such an eclectic, jazzy, old school and interesting vibe.
There’s an authenticity present in Miss Tess’ music. She is real. And
she is rare." - No Depression
Thursday, September 18 – Americana Music Festival – City Winery - Nashville, TN
* Pine Hill Project (featuring Richard Shindell & Lucy Kaplansky)
* Eilen Jewell
* Jeffrey Foucault:
https://jeffreyfoucault.bandcamp.com
“One of our most truly poetic songwriters… Foucault’s singing is almost
nakedly human in that he invariably reaches for the most open honesty of
his feeling… The inherent warmth of his throaty delivery tempers the
occasional strangeness of his poetic lyric, and invites you into its
possibilities…” - No Depression
* Dustbowl Revival
* Miss Tess & The Talkbacks
