Post by lindsay on Apr 4, 2006 11:41:35 GMT -5
here are some things that can go up!
letsgetbaked.ckdu.ca/
there should be a link there to download our episode! also, note that this was broadcasted almost all accross canada.
ckdu.dal.ca/20060324.16.05-16.45.mp3
by clicking on this link it takes you to "Inside The Musician's Studio" that we did. (march 24th)
cover of the gazette!
The Grass
Okay, let's get this clear right off the bat: the band's name comes from the Walt Whitman poem "Leaves of Grass," and no, its members don't play shoegazer or mellow, gloomy soundscapes.
In fact, if you've derived any expectations of The Grass at all based on the correspondence between its name and a certain illicit substance popular among university students, you may be surprised at the kind of unpretentious, unself-conscious rock ‘n' roll they make.
Taking its cue from the classic singer-songwriters (Bob Dylan and Neil Young are particular favourites), The Grass strives to capture the quality of fun and camaraderie the members find in music of another era.
"The music you hear on the radio today, it's just overproduced, it sounds too perfect," says bassist/vocalist Padtrek McNally. "Whereas if you listen to something like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, they just play it once. They don't play along to a metronome."
This notion of the band as a collective, spontaneous enterprise is helped by the fact that five of the seven band members (Dylan Ryan, Willis Ryan, Adam Burke, Geoff Tobin and Nicholas Wolfe) have known each other for most of their lives, growing up in the same part of Dartmouth, and developing a common love of classic rock.
"They're always playing together, watching documentaries on Dylan and The Band and playing along," says violinist/fiddler Lindsay Buckingham-Rogers, who joined the band in 2005, after several years' experience in both classical orchestras and a local country outfit, The Hurtin' Unit.
In live performances, The Grass often tries to get the audience members in on the act, playing covers of familiar songs like Neil Young's "Heart of Gold," and encouraging them to sing along.
Some people, though, remain unconvinced that the band's name is simply an expression of such grassroots musical sensibilities.
"We played at a country bar, The Rodeo Lounge, and the woman there absolutely refused to introduce us as The Grass," says Buckingham-Rogers. "So we went on as The Green Green Grass. She kept saying into the microphone, ‘You know, like grass! On the lawn!'"
- Sarah Feldman
article in the gazette.
hmmm........that's all i have for now!
letsgetbaked.ckdu.ca/
there should be a link there to download our episode! also, note that this was broadcasted almost all accross canada.
ckdu.dal.ca/20060324.16.05-16.45.mp3
by clicking on this link it takes you to "Inside The Musician's Studio" that we did. (march 24th)
cover of the gazette!
The Grass
Okay, let's get this clear right off the bat: the band's name comes from the Walt Whitman poem "Leaves of Grass," and no, its members don't play shoegazer or mellow, gloomy soundscapes.
In fact, if you've derived any expectations of The Grass at all based on the correspondence between its name and a certain illicit substance popular among university students, you may be surprised at the kind of unpretentious, unself-conscious rock ‘n' roll they make.
Taking its cue from the classic singer-songwriters (Bob Dylan and Neil Young are particular favourites), The Grass strives to capture the quality of fun and camaraderie the members find in music of another era.
"The music you hear on the radio today, it's just overproduced, it sounds too perfect," says bassist/vocalist Padtrek McNally. "Whereas if you listen to something like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, they just play it once. They don't play along to a metronome."
This notion of the band as a collective, spontaneous enterprise is helped by the fact that five of the seven band members (Dylan Ryan, Willis Ryan, Adam Burke, Geoff Tobin and Nicholas Wolfe) have known each other for most of their lives, growing up in the same part of Dartmouth, and developing a common love of classic rock.
"They're always playing together, watching documentaries on Dylan and The Band and playing along," says violinist/fiddler Lindsay Buckingham-Rogers, who joined the band in 2005, after several years' experience in both classical orchestras and a local country outfit, The Hurtin' Unit.
In live performances, The Grass often tries to get the audience members in on the act, playing covers of familiar songs like Neil Young's "Heart of Gold," and encouraging them to sing along.
Some people, though, remain unconvinced that the band's name is simply an expression of such grassroots musical sensibilities.
"We played at a country bar, The Rodeo Lounge, and the woman there absolutely refused to introduce us as The Grass," says Buckingham-Rogers. "So we went on as The Green Green Grass. She kept saying into the microphone, ‘You know, like grass! On the lawn!'"
- Sarah Feldman
article in the gazette.
hmmm........that's all i have for now!
