{"id":32306,"date":"2022-09-01T06:00:16","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T10:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=32306"},"modified":"2022-09-02T08:10:15","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T12:10:15","slug":"on-stage-rolo-tomassi-at-underground-arts-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=32306","title":{"rendered":"On Stage: Rolo Tomassi at Underground Arts, Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Denny Dyroff<\/strong>, <em>Entertainment Editor, The Times<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16707\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16707\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16707\" src=\"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/rolo-tomassi-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"197\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-16707\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rolo Tomassi<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Rolo Tomassi just released its sixth album, \u201cWhere Myth Becomes Memory,\u201d and arrived in America last week to begin a support tour for the album.<\/p>\n<p>The tour gets underway on September 1 at the Brighton Music Hall in Massachusetts and then heads straight to Philly for a show on September 2 at Underground Arts (1200 Callowhill Street, Philadelphia, <a href=\"http:\/\/undergroundarts.org\/\">http:\/\/undergroundarts.org<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Rolo Tomassi, which got its start in Sheffield, England, features Eva Korman \u2013 lead vocals; James Spence \u2013 backing and lead vocals, keyboards, piano, synthesizers; Chris Cayford \u2013 guitar; Nathan Fairweather \u2013 bass guitar; and Al Pott \u2013 drums.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere Myth Becomes Memory\u201d\u00a0serves as the final part in an unintended trilogy that began with 2015\u2019s\u00a0\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu5958710.ct.sendgrid.net%2Fls%2Fclick%3Fupn%3Div09c6IKQuwif-2F-2BgKB34zUI1m9bXABdPnDLw8foCklOkOb-2FtVEi7BN-2FrsUSqXezLMG13idGM62vSnDk-2FM-2BiIe6b00iahXjsn4S4Y3BVhCx7ULbMzur6vwuyg-2B7eRU-2FJ4kEheid5UjYqh344sqaJoROz9vcgb0Qej5tp4eMJ4rLlwuTNuu80K5RgEFE7Ta7Gxp3r6DvsLOVp8P2z-2Fo9dLOUt1ogfAxDt-2B7Zd63ZMV6cpky-2BGcig0xB3VJjFXwRCXcutSP_G56M3tShcohfW69Yqg-2FDOz7HrS52lSLONajkYK6PMJGyNsYUE9-2Bd2mwqAfnVdtOFwie0zpnRgvdqTpaR92LtXZN3e6dWTh5wbxXdrWf1z-2FepRaJEIEK-2BDXKE4a4EII9M7QtgnuCYV8ll1sNBuYCQQrEw7RBEFtp9gVyrHrkM5StvvFkpgGTKLPc8Fei8TuNCAysZb4qJbIZza9SoHx-2BPs-2FzhYw3m5Qmr22qT8Uv-2F43j6yCong0kAo3h4tnLU1QD6QbMGskCBNXaiMTYDNd8QlClNwiKpjBvUiDwMyl8fBrb1S-2FJ-2Fvlgza-2Fb-2Ffexj7DIhF3FNA1XvyQ9g2Sr8SlyApU9H9Az4eIyvtZuw5KE-2BMBePjcpH7CrW0WngJ9c369Q4&amp;data=05%7C01%7C%7C18a8525080034d86df9308da793ef879%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637955608633911763%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Xvm%2F7XaHbaRBcAok9IpAH%2FYGkzmzNYzEfQmYIeL2bPk%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Grievances<\/a>\u201d\u00a0and continued with 2018\u2019s\u00a0\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu5958710.ct.sendgrid.net%2Fls%2Fclick%3Fupn%3Div09c6IKQuwif-2F-2BgKB34zUI1m9bXABdPnDLw8foCklOkOb-2FtVEi7BN-2FrsUSqXezLMG13idGM62vSnDk-2FM-2BiIe6b00iahXjsn4S4Y3BVhCx7ULbMzur6vwuyg-2B7eRU-2FJ4kEheid5UjYqh344sqaJoROz9vcgb0Qej5tp4eMJ4rLlwuTNuu80K5RgEFE7Ta7Gxp3r6DvsLOVp8P2z-2Fo9dLOdWAwf30mR8U8AA-2FUSgqtiJKfE9kcfQ7CZ156xeGRi26jqUCUZyMGeAPZKAsyNKyM00EpkHxjpNUS40HMFthH3M-3DR4sN_G56M3tShcohfW69Yqg-2FDOz7HrS52lSLONajkYK6PMJGyNsYUE9-2Bd2mwqAfnVdtOFwie0zpnRgvdqTpaR92LtXZN3e6dWTh5wbxXdrWf1z-2FepRaJEIEK-2BDXKE4a4EII9M7QtgnuCYV8ll1sNBuYCQQrEw7RBEFtp9gVyrHrkM5StvvFkpgGTKLPc8Fei8TuNCAysZb4qJbIZza9SoHx-2BPs-2FzhYw3m5Qmr22qT8Uv-2F43icRniZOo653-2FVQlnAw05xSrO45ZqYU3Il8iTtun7u6i5yYFXeX58EpKTVG5Ml4w0cvYfOHAEMSh-2BHiO2y8prNAd8hgEygh8dR0rsPgQTM-2FpxYWeBXKUibGQb0t-2BasTQFj0BRy-2F0OhAacy1ToM-2B3Luq&amp;data=05%7C01%7C%7C18a8525080034d86df9308da793ef879%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637955608633911763%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=7a8FDwvrVaU0GPuergx62UrofrH%2FC0FvLAfnthiUFeg%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Time Will Die And Love Will Bury It<\/a>.\u201d <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe recorded \u2018Where Myth Becomes Memory\u2019 during the lockdown in January 2021,\u201d said Spence, during a phone interview last week from his home in Brighton, England.<\/p>\n<p>Last week was Brighton to Brighton for Spence \u2013 southern England to Allston, Massachusetts<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe planned to release the album in November 2021. But without being able to tour it, we pushed the release date back to February 2022. Touring is so important. So, the delay was inevitable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rolo Tomassi formed in February 2005 in the town of\u00a0Stocksbridge with Spence and his sister Eva (Spence) Koman forming the nucleus of the band. They released their debut album \u201cHysterics\u201d a few years later.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe released \u2018Hysterics\u2019 in 2008 \u2013 my 20th birthday,\u201d said Spence. \u201cIn 2012, we got two new members \u2013 replacing 50 per cent of the people who wrote the music. It was a big shakeup.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new members were Cayford and Fairweather.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were all in a lot more harmony together,\u201d said Spence. \u201cOur band comes primarily from a hardcore background. Screaming vocals was the vocal style of the bands at that time. At the base of it, we\u2019re a heavy band so we used screaming vocals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rolo Tomassi is a band with heavy hardcore influences along with ambient music in its DNA. If you listen, you can hear the influence of acts like Steve Reich, Brian Eno and Stars of the Lid.<\/p>\n<p>Rolo Tomassi uses both dirty (screaming) vocals and clean vocals. It varies from song to song. One minute, the music is whispering sexy things in your ear and the next minute, it punches you in the face.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe go with how the music comes,\u201d said Spence. We don\u2019t write with scream or clean in mind.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEva is a great vocalist. She has an intensive vocal warmup before shows. It\u2019s all about conditioning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Video for Rolo Tomassi \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/MA315mvXrCs\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/MA315mvXrCs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The show at Underground Arts, which has Cryptodira and Callous Doaboys, as opening acts, will start at 8 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are $15.<\/p>\n<p>Other upcoming shows at Underground Arts are Hail the Sun on September 3 and Scene Queen on September 7.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16708\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16708\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16708\" src=\"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/d.-woods-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-16708\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Donovan Woods<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Donovan Woods may have had a lot of shows cancelled because of the pandemic but he\u2019s making up for it now.<\/p>\n<p>The veteran Canadian singer\/songwriter has embarked on a 35-date tour across the states and Canada that started on July 23 in Sarnia, the Canadian town where he grew up, and ends on October 9 in Los Angeles. Three weeks later, he travels overseas for a nine-show tour that visits Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium and the U.K.<\/p>\n<p>The massive tour touches down in this area on September 3 when Woods shares the bill with Matt Nathanson at the Keswick Theatre (291 N. Keswick Avenue, Glenside, 215-572-7650,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.keswicktheatre.com\/\">www.keswicktheatre.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Woods, a JUNO Award winning singer-songwriter, will support\u00a0Matt Nathanson\u00a0on his U.S. tour and then will share the bill with Aoife O\u2019Donovan in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>His most recent release, \u201cBig Hurt Boy EP,\u201d was released March 18, 22.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI cut the EP at Union Street Studio in 2021,\u201d said Woods, during a phone interview last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI guess this is a support tour for the EP. It\u2019s just a support tour to be exposed to like-minded fans of Nathan\u2019s. It\u2019s great to be out with him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nathanson\u00a0is a singer-songwriter from Massachusetts whose music is a blend of rock and folk. In addition to singing, he plays acoustic and electric\u00a0guitar and has played both solo and with a full band. His work includes the platinum-selling song, \u201cCome On Get Higher.\u201d One of his hit songs, \u201cGiants,\u201d was the opening music for the\u00a02016 World Series of Poker\u00a0in\u00a0Las Vegas\u00a0on\u00a0ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wrote the title track of his latest album together a few years ago,\u201d said Woods. \u201cWe were both in Nashville and got hooked up via a mutual friend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m in Nashville quite a bit \u2013 about one week out of every month. I live in Toronto, and I do a bit of recording in Nashville. I grew up in Sarnia and lived there until I left for college. I went to the University of Guelph and studied English.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Woods released his first album, \u201cThe Hold Up,\u201d in 2007. He has released six more LPs since then. The most recent is \u201cWithout People,\u201d which came out in 2020 and as a deluxe edition in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did a few Livestream shows during the pandemic,\u201d said Woods, who was the winner of the 2019 JUNO Award for \u2018Contemporary Roots Album\u2019. \u201cI did one thing in an empty auditorium in Toronto.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, Woods is introducing live versions of songs from \u201cBig Boy Hurt\u201d to his audiences.<\/p>\n<p>According to Woods, \u201cI wanted to get back to the feeling that my early recordings had.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, I tour solo and with my band. I didn\u2019t have a band for a long time. It\u2019s like night and day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m performing solo on this tour with Matt. Solo, I can do songs I don\u2019t usually do. When I performa lone, I have a lot more leeway.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Video link for Donovan Woods \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/9EKhuw-a5L8\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/9EKhuw-a5L8<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The show at the Keswick Theatre will start at 8 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are $39.50 and $49.50.<\/p>\n<p>Brian Quinn might just be the busiest professional musician in Montgomery County.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16709\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16709\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16709\" src=\"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/candlebox-350x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"250\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-16709\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Candlebox<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The King of Prussia resident is a talented guitarist who performs solo and duet shows locally on a regular basis \u2013 and he is a member of the veteran Seattle-based rock band\u00a0Candlebox.<\/p>\n<p>Several area venues have hosted shows by\u00a0Candlebox\u00a0Unplugged, featuring Quinn, a guitarist originally from Pennsylvania\u2019s Anthracite region, and Kevin Martin, lead vocalist and only remaining founding member of\u00a0Candlebox.<\/p>\n<p>On September 4, Live! Philly Casino (900 Packer Avenue, Philadelphia, <a href=\"http:\/\/philadelphia.livecasinohotel.com\/\">philadelphia.livecasinohotel.com<\/a>) will host the only area show on the current tour of\u00a0Candlebox\u00a0Unplugged.<\/p>\n<p>Candlebox\u00a0Unplugged does not mean that\u00a0Candlebox\u00a0is breaking up \u2013 or even slowing down slightly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe full band is going out soon,\u201d said Quinn, during a phone interview in April from a tour stop in Indiana.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCandlebox\u00a0has a run of shows in May in Florida. We\u2019re playing in Alaska on June 11. It will be the first time\u00a0Candlebox\u00a0has played Alaska since I\u2019ve been in the band.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlaska and Florida are my last two states to visit. Hopefully, my wife Denise and I will be able to take a vacation in Hawaii later this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>From May through October,\u00a0Candlebox\u00a0has shows in Florida, Alaska, Louisiana, Texas, Illinois, Georgia, Ohio, California, New York, Washington and Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re pretty busy the whole year,\u201d said Quinn. \u201cI\u2019ll have time off in the summer to do some solo acoustic shows and then\u00a0Candlebox\u00a0starts up again at the end of August.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Candlebox\u00a0is touring in support of its new album, \u201cWolves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe recorded \u2018Wolves\u2019 in September 2019,\u201d said Quinn. \u201cBecause of the pandemic, it wasn\u2019t released until September 2021. It was supposed to come out in April 2020, but we had to sit on it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe waited until things with COVID started to settle down and touring became available. We started laying live again in August 2021. We played a lot of places and 97 per cent of the shows were well-attended. People were glad to get back out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Doing band shows had a special attraction for Quinn, who had performed mostly acoustic shows \u2013 seated acoustic shows.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt felt great to perform standing up,\u201d said Quinn. \u201cWe started in August and didn\u2019t finish until November. We got a lot of shows in. It was the longest tour we\u2019ve done since I\u2019ve been in the band.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis has been an album support tour for \u2018Wolves.\u2019 It\u2019s strange because by the time the album came out, it was already old for us. We already had a pile of new ideas before this album was even out. To get ready for the tour, we had to critically listen to the record and look at the album notes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Candlebox\u00a0may be a band from the Pacific Northwest, but Quinn is a Pennsylvania boy all the way.<\/p>\n<p>In the late 1990s, Quinn moved from his hometown of Pittston (PA) to Philadelphia. Soon after arriving, he co-founded the Philadelphia-based rock band\u00a0Octane\u00a0(2000-2005).\u00a0During this time, Quinn was named \u201cBest Guitarist\u201d in the Philadelphia region by the Philadelphia Music Awards in 2001 and 2004.<\/p>\n<p>After five successful years with Octane, Quinn left the band to form a blues-based hard rock band that would later become known as\u00a0Fosterchild. Then, Quinn joined\u00a0Candlebox\u00a0a few years ago when the band needed to replace its guitarist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKevin (Martin) and I were labelmates when I was with Fosterchild,\u201d said Quinn, who now lives in the Philly suburbs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe met at a label showcase and stayed in touch after that. I played on two tunes with his side project Le Projet. When personnel changes started with\u00a0Candlebox, he asked me to join the band. I\u2019ve been with the band since 2015.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Video link for\u00a0Candlebox\u00a0\u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/RIt37__QhRg\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/RIt37__QhRg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The show at Live! Philly Casino will start at 8 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Jamey\u2019s House of Music (32 South Lansdowne Avenue, Lansdowne, 215-477-9985,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jameyshouseofmusic.com\/\">www.jameyshouseofmusic.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>is a prime destination to hear folk, jazz and blues music every Thursday through Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cThursday Night Jazz Jam\u201d and the \u201cSunday Blues Brunch &amp; Jam\u201d are regular features on Jamey\u2019s calendar while Friday and Saturday night shows feature national and regional acts.<\/p>\n<p>The shows this weekend are Nick Black and Matt Walden on September 2 and Moon Festival Celebration on September 3.<\/p>\n<p>The shows at Jamey\u2019s on Friday and Saturday will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 for Friday and $15 for Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cThursday Night Jazz Jam\u201d and the \u201cSunday Blues Brunch &amp; Jam\u201d are regular features on Jamey\u2019s calendar while Friday and Saturday night shows feature national and regional acts.<\/p>\n<p>Jamey\u2019s has started a popular \u201cGuest Singer Series\u201d featuring many of the best singers in the region performing a set from 7-8 p.m. with the backing of the Dave Reiter Trio and occasional guest musicians.<\/p>\n<p>The Philly Blues King are a veteran outfit comprised of David Reiter on guitar, keyboards and vocals, Maci Miller on vocals, Bill Marconi on drums and vocals and Reilly on bass guitar. They have performed together for 15 years (except for Miller) and are the house band for Jamey\u2019s House of Music. They are well known for tight, jazz inflected classic blues.<\/p>\n<p>Reiter performs on a seven-string guitar and Reilly plays a fretless five string bass and that sets the group above the ordinary. The three veteran musicians have each spent decades playing the blues professionally and have backed many well-known national artists. Maci Miller, an internationally recognized jazz singer based in Philadelphia, joined the Blues Kings and quickly established herself as a top-flight front woman.<\/p>\n<p>Video link for Philly Blues Kings \u2014\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/bAnBVLc7Wsg\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/bAnBVLc7Wsg<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The show at Jamey\u2019s House of Music on August 28 will start at noon. Admission is free.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16710\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16710\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16710\" src=\"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/chestnut-grove-22-350x233.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-16710\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chestnut\u00a0Grove<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Chestnut\u00a0Grove will play on September 3 at Phantom Power (121 West Frederick Street, Millersville, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phantompower.net\/\">www.phantompower.net<\/a>)\u00a0with a focus on its latest album, \u201cThe Album.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The band has its roots in the Delaware Valley, has played gigs at the Ardmore Music Hall and recorded \u201cThe Album\u201d at BarnSound Studios in Newtown Square with producer Derek Chafin.<\/p>\n<p>Chestnut Grove was formed by\u00a0James Daniels, John Tyler, Sean Murray\u00a0and\u00a0Dee\u00a0Gerhart\u00a0in 2011 during their senior year of high school. The band\u2019s name was chosen in memory of would-be member and guitar player Matt Barber, who passed away tragically in a car accident on\u00a0Chestnut\u00a0Grove\u00a0Road.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been together for more than a decade,\u201d said\u00a0Gerhart, during a phone interview. \u201cWe\u2019ve been touring heavily since 2015.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe all graduated from high school together in 2011 \u2013 Boyertown High School. Our drummer James played with our guitar player John. I was doing acoustic singer\/songwriter doing open mics. We weren\u2019t drawn together musically.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn my senior year, I was in a talent show at Boyertown High. I did some numbers like \u2018You Really Got a Hold On Me\u2019 with Zach Winkler. They approached me and it rolled on from there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe covered a lot of Led Zeppelin, Cream, Jimi Hendrix. I was the only one singing. We immediately started working on some originals. We were trying to be a jam group but drifted more to singer\/songwriter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s collective songwriting. It\u2019s mainly driven by me and James, but everyone has an input. Each has their own part of the puzzle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2015,\u00a0Gerhart, Winkler, Daniels, Tyler and Gary Geers, with the help of friend\/engineer Owen McGreehan, released their self-produced album,\u00a0\u201cPerkiomenville,\u201d\u00a0to a sold-out hometown crowd at\u00a0World Cafe Live\u00a0in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe recorded that album at our barn studio in Perkiomenville,\u201d said\u00a0Gerhart. \u201cIt had 10 tracks with a vert rootsy, Americana feel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2016, the band recorded the EP \u201cLet it Down\u201d with critically acclaimed producer Bill Moriarty, who has worked with notable artists like Modest Mouse and Philly&#8217;s own Dr. Dog. This EP featured a collection of songs including \u201cWhiskey Hand&#8221; and \u201cLet it Down,\u201d two of the band&#8217;s first hits.<\/p>\n<p>The band released the EP \u201cBlack Champagne\u201d with Mad Dragon Records in 2018, signed a deal with Nimbleslick Entertainment, and began touring the East Coast and Midwest. Chestnut Grove has headlined venues including the Trocadero, World Cafe Live, and Ardmore Music Hall, while continuing to gain popularity in their home city of Philadelphia and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, Chestnut Grove began recording their first full-length studio album when home from touring. In 2020, they released the single \u201cGolden Age,\u201d which received praise from American Songwriter Magazine. The band&#8217;s ambitions for 2020 had also included completing and releasing the new album and embarking on a US tour\u2013goals ultimately derailed by the global pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Undeterred, Chestnut Grove went back to the studio with producer Derek Chafin (AKA \u201cChestnut Grove\u2019s sixth man\u201d) and finished \u201cThe Album\u201d featuring singles \u201cGolden Age,\u201d \u201cAin&#8217;t Got Nobody,\u201d \u201cNewspaper Hats,\u201d and fan favorite \u201cI Know Somebody.\u201d This album was released in 2021 at Ardmore Music Hall and virtually streamed via <a href=\"http:\/\/nugs.net\/\">Nugs.net<\/a>, followed by appearances on Radio 104.5 and 88.5 XPN.<\/p>\n<p>Video link for Chestnut Grove &#8212;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/sWBiFGvzK_Q\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/sWBiFGvzK_Q<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The show at Phantom Power, which also features Consider the Source, will start at 8 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are $15.<\/p>\n<p>Video link for Chestnut Grove &#8212;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/sWBiFGvzK_Q\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/sWBiFGvzK_Q<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Two-and-a-half years ago,\u00a0HumblemanBand, one of the Philadelphia area\u2019s longest-running rock bands, released its most recent album, \u201cBeautiful Day.\u201d The album officially dropped with a \u201cHumblemanBand\u00a0CD Release Party\u201d at Rittenhouse Soundworks in November 2018.<\/p>\n<p>On November 2019,\u00a0HumblemanBand\u00a0played a special area show at its favorite local haunt \u2014 the Mermaid Inn in Germantown. Little did they know it was to be their last show for an extended period of time.<\/p>\n<p>Now, after a long layoff caused by COVID-19,\u00a0HumblemanBand\u00a0is hitting the stage again. On September 3, the band is performing at Gorgas Park (6300 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/humblemanband\">www.facebook.com\/humblemanband<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe\u00a0HumblemanBand\u00a0was formed in 1999,\u201d said guitarist\/songwriter\/vocalist\/founding member Charlie Cooper, during a phone interview from his home in Germantown. \u201cI was in a band with our drummer Buck Buchanan. Three of us were living near each other in South Philly and we gradually picked up people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe third guy was bassist Bruce Koch, who just died two years ago from a stroke. That was a real loss \u2013 as a friend and as a bandmate. We weren\u2019t sure we were going to pick up the pieces. We were using hired hands to fill in. We then added a permanent bass player \u2013 Boz Heinly, who lives in Plymouth Meeting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, there are five of us in the band and we get along really well musically and as friends. We have a lot of respect for each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The band also has had respect for COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen COVID shut down things, we shut down,\u201d said Cooper. \u201cI was just laying low \u2013 playing guitar. We started up again in September 2021, but that didn\u2019t last long because of omicron.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI went through a dry period during lockdown. Then I got introduced to \u2018The Artist\u2019s Way.\u2019 You have to do writing exercises every day and it helped. I ended up writing three new songs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Artist\u2019s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity\u201d\u00a0is a 1992\u00a0self-help\u00a0book by American author\u00a0Julia Cameron. The book was written to help people with\u00a0artistic\u00a0creative\u00a0recovery, which teaches techniques and exercises to assist people in gaining self-confidence in harnessing their creative talents and skills. The program is focused on supporting relationships in removing artistic blocks and fostering confidence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThings were chugging along and then our previous vocalist Kim Epson decided she wanted to do things elsewhere,\u201d said Cooper. \u201cSo, we got a new singer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The band\u2019s current lineup includes Wain Ballard on guitar, Katie Tuner Drake on vocals, Heinly on bass, Buchanan on drums and Cooper on vocals and guitar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe seem to have a cycle of putting out an album every five years,\u201d said Cooper. \u00a0\u201cWe put out an album a few years ago called \u2018Least Bad of Humbleman 1984-2009.\u2019 That album was a 25-year compilation starting with our days in 1984 as a punk band called The Proles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur most recent previous album was \u2018Late Bloom\u2019 in fall 2015 was self-produced \u2013 and mostly D.I.Y. \u201c\u2018Beautiful Day\u2019 was also self-produced \u2013 and also mostly D.I.Y. We recorded the album ourselves in our rhythm practice space and then did solos and vocals in my living room. For our previous album, we used CakeWalk. This time, we used REAPER.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>REAPER is a complete digital audio production application for computers, offering a full multitrack audio and MIDI recording, editing, processing, mixing and mastering toolset.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe spent most of this year making the new album,\u201d said Cooper. \u201cAfter finishing recording it ourselves, we sent it out for the mixing. We had Scoops Dardaris do it. We were extremely happy with the mixing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe mastered it at Rittenhouse Soundworks in Germantown. Jim Hamilton, a percussionist and tap dancer from the Kensington area of Philly who toured with Boyz II Men, put the studio together. He\u2019s a terrific talent \u2013 and he knows an amazing amount of people in the music world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>HumblemanBand, a rock quintet that is socially conscious, features songs that band members have written and arranged \u2013 songs with lyrics inspired by current events.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe went out to Standing Rock (Indian Reservation) in North Dakota,\u201d said Cooper. \u201cThat inspired a brand-new song \u2013 \u2018AIM \u201921.\u2019 The title stands for \u2018American Indian in the 21st century.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn \u2018Beautiful Day,\u2019 Kim wrote two songs, we did two covers, and I wrote the rest. The two covers were songs by the late Gil Scott-Heron \u2013 \u2018Lady Day and John Coltrane\u2019 and \u2018Alien.\u2019 Gil Scott-Heron was a very influential voice in music and activism and most-known for his song \u2018The Revolution Will Not Be Televised\u2019 and his poetry.<\/p>\n<p>HumblemanBand, like Scott-Heron, has consistently delivered social commentary and positive messages, often with humor and a light touch, using spoken word lyrics, and generally delivered with dance beat arrangement. His influence upon the band has been strong.<\/p>\n<p>Video link for Humbleman Band \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2F01Clk69MaAU&amp;data=05%7C01%7C%7C65bbc7d418774571985008da4f527b02%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637909513178999966%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=uxfECBKl4uYI%2Ba9g4M7sF3oc%2Fv4VuRMj91RArr067v4%3D&amp;reserved=0\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/01Clk69MaAU<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The free show at Gorgas Park will start at 3:30 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times Rolo Tomassi just released its sixth album, \u201cWhere Myth Becomes Memory,\u201d and arrived in America last week to begin a support tour for the album. 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