posted Feb 15, 2012 8:10 AM by Tree House
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updated Feb 16, 2012 5:22 AM by janet rumble
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We don’t know about you, but with spring just around the corner our thoughts are turning to … indie rock! Lucky for us, the Dirty Names have arrived with the purpose of bringing back the lost art of pure Rock n Roll -- with a modern twist. This up-and-coming band, based out of Annapolis, is made up of four young men who have been playing music since they could shake a rattle: Harrison Cofer, Matt Rose, Kit Whitacre, and Sam Wetterau. The boys have been touring pretty much nonstop all over America this winter to support their newest EP, Sweat Box, and we are pumped that we were able to find a spot on their busy itinerary.
The Dirty Names are rarely mentioned without a reference to the Rolling Stones, and truth to tell there is a bit of Jagger swagger there. But these guys have the chops to back it up, and we’re all in for a spectacularly high energy evening. Needless to say, this is no sit-down show, folks, so we’re taking it to the VFW (thanks to everyone at the VFW -- again! -- for being so welcoming to us). Takoma Park’s VFW Post 350 is located just a few blocks from the Tree House, and since it's a slightly larger venue, it enables us to host a few more people. Plus, they have a bar! (So no BYOB this time.) And it's got a great vibe and the show is still very much a Tree House event.
"So visceral, so pleasantly nasty, so simultaneously emotive and cool." -- Mountain Xpress "This is turn up the volume, blow-out-the-dust, drive-with-your-windows-down music." -- Big Medicine "These guys have not only the skill, but the moxy needed to bring it home." -- DC Rock Live
Saturday, April 21 Tickets: $17.50 (donation*) Takoma Park VFW Post 350 6420 Orchard Ave. (near New Hampshire & Eastern) Doors open at 7:00 pm, show starts at 8:00 pm No BYOB (the bar will be open at the VFW) Please bring cash (credit cards not accepted)
* All proceeds, minus expenses, go to the artists
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posted Feb 3, 2012 6:51 AM by Tree House
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updated Feb 3, 2012 7:11 AM by janet rumble
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Whether performing as an acoustic duo or a full fledged Honky-Tonk five piece, the Honeycutters are, at the heart, the musical collaboration of singer/songwriter Amanda Anne Platt and lead guitarist/ producer Peter James. While their sound has drawn comparisons to such artists as Graham Parsons and Emmylou Harris or Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Platt and James produce a refreshingly unique blend of Americana music that is comfortingly familiar while being entirely original. The Honeycutters' music is driven by compelling lyrics and
singer/songwriter Amanda Platt's 'perfectly unadorned' and 'recklessly
beautiful' voice. Lead guitarist and producer Peter James' seamless harmonies
and tasteful instrumentation complement Platt's singing. We can't get enough of
their first full length studio release 'Irene', and we're thrilled to host them
at the Tree House.
“Platt has obviously grown up listening to the country and
Americana music greats, and yet has a sound all her own, using an honest but
sweet and twangless delivery.” -- Bold
Life
“Old school country in the truest sense, ‘Irene’ is full of
real emotion, family history, quick wit and strong liquor.” -- Mountain Xpress More info: Upcoming shows
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posted Oct 29, 2011 10:04 AM by Tree House
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updated Oct 29, 2011 10:28 AM by janet rumble
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Jenny Owens Youngs' world is a lush aural landscape populated by gut-thumping bass lines, electric guitars, sunny keys, booming horns, digital drum tracks and even flute, glockenspiel and even a full string section at times. Youngs says her spirit animals are Johnny Cash, Kate Bush, Tom Waits, and Jack White. What do these disparate musicians have in common? “They are excellent bad asses,” she says.
“Funny, smart and quirky. A truly unconventional singer-songwriter.” -- NPR
“I can’t remember the last time I heard a sophomore album that captured me in the way Transmitter Failure does.” -- Washington Post More info: Upcoming shows |
posted Aug 6, 2011 7:52 AM by janet rumble
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updated Aug 12, 2011 3:50 AM
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Jesse Malin is like a cat with nine lives, evolving from hardcore thrasher to glam punk front-man to punk/folk singer-songwriter over the last three decades. Malin will be play an acoustic set with Derek Cruz, one quarter of his current band, The St. Mark's Social. We're really looking forward to his rockin' stories of messengers and misanthropes, hipsters and hypocrites—and as always, his constant themes of redemption, nightlife, heartbreak, and survival.
"A skilled arbitrator between classic rock and punk, [perhaps] a little more sympathetic towards the boisterous aims of the latter." - Playlouder
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posted Aug 6, 2011 7:11 AM by janet rumble
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updated Aug 20, 2011 6:45 AM
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We ushe r in a new season at the Tree House with this double bill. Vandaveer is the song-singing, record-making, globetrotting project penned and put forth by alt-folk tunesmith Mark Charles Heidinger, with unmistakable siren Rose Guerin.
"Blending dark pop, troubadour rock, and catchy folk, Heidinger carves himself a niche not frequently traveled but to which listeners find themselves addicted." - The Owl Mag 
Sean Rowe utilizes his extraordinarily soulful voice and poet's skill to sketch a world where man and nature lie down uneasily side by side.
"Man, that voice!...his singing just hit me like a ton of bricks. A brilliant album by a riveting new talent" - No Depression
SOLD OUT!
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posted May 18, 2011 6:39 AM by Tree House
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updated Aug 6, 2011 8:03 AM by janet rumble
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The weather looks good and we're going for it. The VFW's backyard is really big and we can fit a LOT more people. It should be fun. Pete is making his special pulled pork sandwiches (and will have veggie options) for sale. Remember, no BYOB (the VFW needs the bar biz to make this work). They've nicely gotten us a keg of Sierra Nevada and have a ton of other beer and a full bar. The doors will open at 6 pm and the show starts at 7 pm. Bar stays open until the wee hours
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posted Mar 22, 2011 8:46 AM by Tree House
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updated Mar 22, 2011 9:02 AM
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We are so pleased to welcome back Marah's Dave Bielanko and Christine Smith. Last year's inaugural show at the Tree House made several folk's' all-time best show list (including ours).
Since their last visit, they've released a fantastic new album (Life is a Problem), which USA Todaydescribed as "blissful shambolic rock brilliance." We wonder if they may have debuted a few songs from LIAP at the Tree House (like "High Water"). Dave and Christine are currently at work on another record and with any luck we will again hear a few new cuts.
Photos: left, Suzanne Davis; right, Monica Bielanko |
posted Feb 27, 2011 8:05 AM by Tree House
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updated Feb 27, 2011 8:56 AM
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We just set the date for the John and Jill show. It'll be on April 1 at 7:30 pm. The suggested donation for tickets is $30 -- and once again all proceeds will go to the artists. We're very lucky to have these two iconic singers coming to the Tree House. You can hear their new joint project, A Day at the Pass at either www.jillsobule.com or www.theejohndoe.com. And, you can get tickets for the upcoming show here. |
posted Jan 22, 2011 6:28 PM by Matt Littlejohn
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updated Jan 22, 2011 6:43 PM by Tree House
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We're very happy to announce that we've booked two great additional spring shows. John Doe & Jill.Sobule will play in April and our good friends Dave Bielanko and Christine Smith will return this May to play an acoustic Marah show. We'd like to extend special thanks to David Corn who made the John & Jill show possible. We'll post more details in a few weeks.
In the meantime, snap up your Mark Erelli tickets while they are still available. We hope that, like all of our other shows to date, that it'll sell out quickly. You can buy Mark Erelli tickets here. |
posted Sep 7, 2010 4:40 AM by janet rumble
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updated Sep 7, 2010 6:19 AM
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Over the past two decades, Freedy Johnston has quietly emerged as one of the most
significant songwriters of our generation. His 1990 debut on Hoboken's
Bar/None Records, The Trouble Tree, got a warm reception from those lucky
enough to discover it. His second album,
1992's Can You Fly, was one of that year's most
critically-acclaimed, showing up on year-end best-of lists from coast to coast, including Spin, Billboard, People, Musician, and The New York Times, and deemed by legendary Village Voice music critic Robert Christgau as "perfect ... its every goddamned song a keeper."This Perfect World, a 1994 Elektra Records release, was
another big step forward. Rolling
Stone named Johnston their songwriter for the year and declared,
in a four-star review, that "Freedy has joined the elite cadre of
songwriters — Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Elvis Costello — whose brilliant pop
compositions turn magical with the addition of a defiantly, idiosyncratic
singing voice." Now Freedy's on the road to support Rain on the City,
his first studio album in eight years, which indie music guide Pitchfork call's
"reminicscent of Johntson's best work without sounding consciously
referential or reverential to the past." We're thrilled the Tree House has
found a spot on his itinerary. |
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