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Life in a Blender and Fessenden’s “FRANKENSTEIN CANNOT BE STOPPED” (truly)!

27 Friday Jun 2014

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Don Rauf, dread central, fangoria, frankenstein, frankenstein cannot be stopped, here comes the flood, larry fessenden, Life in a Blender, music news nashville, music video, Pete Chianca, Popdose, theatre 80, UK Horror Scene, UKHORRORSCENE.COM, Wicked Local

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On Monday June 23rd, Popdose premiered Life in a Blender’s first official video, “Frankenstein Cannot Be Stopped” from their new acclaimed album We Already Have Birds That Sing. The video was created and directed by award-winning art-horror filmmaker, Larry Fessenden (Wendigo, Habit, The Last Writer).

Watch premiere here. 

Since the premiere, the video has been written about and shared on social media by fans and critics alike, including many excellent music and horror journalists and bloggers from NYC (Fangoria) to Massachusetts (Peter Chianca’s Wicked Local) to Nashville (MusicNewsNashville) to the Netherlands (Here Comes The Flood) to the UK (UKHORRORSCENE) and Japan.

Steve Barton/Dreadcentral.com describes the song and video as “a treat for you guys who love both Frankenstein’s monster and ghoulishly groovy tunes!” Wicked Local journalist Pete Chianca writes “Life in a Blender continues to promote their utterly original album “We Already Have Birds That Sing” with a suitably creepy video for the track “Frankenstein Cannot Be Stopped” . For anyone who thought the song might be a metaphor for man’s inhumanity to man, the video pretty much confirms that no, it’s about Frankenstein.”

“Frankenstein Cannot Be Stopped” written by Life in a Blender’s frontman, Don Rauf, is a song about a man watching the tragic film Frankenstein, hoping against hope for a different outcome. Rauf says, “It’s about that feeling you get when you watch all great tragedies. You think somehow Othello won’t murder Desdemona. Somehow Frankenstein won’t kill that little girl. Filmmaker Larry Fessenden did an amazing job capturing that feeling of the distraught theater-goer who can’t accept the inevitable–the horror will never change and yet he can’t stop himself from seeing it over and over… We were fortunate to film at Theatre 80, which has a great history as a film revival house. Throughout the 1980s, I saw many a great double bill there, including the original Frankenstein. Larry not only captured the magic of Theatre 80, he nailed the feeling of the original Frankenstein, replicating the pivotal monster-girl scene from the movie, and in some scenes, bringing life to a lifeless puppet.”

Fessenden says, “I have always loved the design of the classic flat-top Frankenstein Monster, and as I patched these images together I was amused to see how subtle differences in the performance of the puppet and of Mike Vincent in the mask would evoke specific cinematic incarnations of the monster, from the original Karloff portrayal to Glenn Strange to Fred Gwynne (The Munsters), and even the image on the Aurora Model Kit cover from the ’60. I leave it to aficionados to contemplate the distinctions. I really responded to Don’s song, and the pathos in it. In the 80’s I used to go to the movies at Theater 80 St Marks where we filmed this video and I’d yell at the screen, always wishing the monster would get away from that angry mob.”

LARRY FESSENDEN, winner of the 1997 Someone to Watch Spirit Award, and nominee for the 2010 Piaget Spirit Award for producing, is the writer, director and editor of the award-winning art-horror trilogy HABIT (Nominated for 2 Spirit Awards), WENDIGO and NO TELLING. His climate change themed horror film THE LAST WINTER (Nominated for a 2007 Gotham Award for best ensemble cast), premiered at the 2006 Toronto Film Festival and is distributed through IFC. Fessenden directed SKIN AND BONES for NBC TV’s horror anthology FEAR ITSELF and he directed the feature film BENEATH for Chiller Films. He has produced dozens of film in and out of the horror genre, including STAKE LAND, THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL, WENDY AND LUCY and THE COMEDY. Fessenden was awarded the 2007 Sitges Film Festival Maria Award for his work as a producer, actor and director in genre film, and he won the 2009 Golden Hammer Award for “being such an inspiring force in the industry.” In 2011, Fessenden was inducted into the “Fangoria Hall of Fame” and was honored by the UK’s Total Film as an Icon of Horror during the Frightfest Film Festival. Fessenden has operated the production company Glass Eye Pix since 1985 (“one of the indie scene’s most productive and longest-running companies” — Filmmaker Magazine), with the mission of supporting individual voices in the arts.

Arts Brookfield presents Life in a Blender in NYC Wednesday July 30th. FREE. Lunchtime concert 12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m.

LIFE IN A BLENDER outdoor concert

Don Rauf – vocals; Al Houghton – guitar; Mark Lerner – bass; Ken Meyer – drums; Dave Moody – cello, guitar; Rebecca Weiner Tompkins – violin

Wednesday, July 30, 2014
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
One New York Plaza
New York, NY 10004
FREE (ALL AGES)

more info:
http://www.lifeinablender.net
http://www.glasseyepix.com

End of year news for Jen Chapin’s ‘Reckoning’!

29 Sunday Dec 2013

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Chris Griffy, Examiner, Go Away, Harry Chapin, Jen Chapin, Kacey Musgraves, Pete Chianca, Pollstar, Reckoning, Sammy Witness, Whyhunger, Wicked Local

New York, NY — Jen Chapin’s Reckoning has landed on a couple end of year best lists.

The album is no. 20 on Chris Griffy’s, Examiner’s Best Americana albums:

“Jen Chapin inherited the very best of her father Harry’s talents but has not been content to rest on his legend, instead writing a new chapter to the urban folk book her dad began with her own jazz-tinged offering “Reckoning.” From the album’s standout track “Don’t Talk” to the socially conscious “Feed Your Baby”, every track on “Reckoning” is poetry.”

Jen’s song, “Go Away” also landed on Pete Chianca, Wicked Local’s “23 stellar songs from 2013” list. Pete writes that “Jen Chapin, Kacey Musgraves and Sammy Witness were among a slew of strong female voices from 2013.”

““Go Away” from “Reckoning,” Jen Chapin. Jen is far funkier than her father Harry ever was, and this spare, sly track packs the same punch whether you decide she’s talking about a neglectful lover or a needy child. Or possibly both.” Peter Chianca, Wicked Local

Please also click here to read Pollstar’s in-depth, wonderful interview with Jen about her Reckoning, life, music, activism and lifelong involvement with Whyhunger. 

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Photo of Jen Chapin: Nathan Leatherman (2013)

 

American Songwriter premieres Jen Chapin’s new video, “Go Away”

22 Wednesday May 2013

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American Songwriter: Excusive Premiere: Jen Chapin’s “Go Away”

American Songwriter premiered Jen Chapin’s new video for “Go Away”, one of the evocative and provocative tunes from Jen Chapin’s upcoming new album, Reckoning (release date: May 28th).

American Songwriter also published an essay Ms. Chapin wrote about her personal backstory to this song.

Watch video and read this exclusive here: http://www.americansongwriter.com/2013/05/video-premiere-jen-chapin-go-away/

“It’s probably no surprise that Chapin seems to naturally inhabit the characters in her songs — her father was Harry Chapin, one of modern music’s greatest storytellers. But Jen is far funkier than her father ever was, even as she paints sometimes grim tableaux of frustrated wives, struggling mothers and a challenged populace….That Chapin can find joy among “the ducks and the dreamers,” as she sings on the Sondheim-esque “Paris,” speaks to her formidable — and ever-developing– talents as a songwriter and a storyteller.” Peter Chianca, Wicked Local
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Martha Redbone on Many 2012 Best Lists!

07 Monday Jan 2013

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Best albums of 2012, Blogcritics, Country Universe, David Hoffner, Dennis Brunnenmeyer, Hearth Music Blog, Independent Clauses, John McEuen, KVMR, Martha Redbone, No Depression, Peter Chianca, Popheaven Magazine, Sam Gazdziak, Songs of William Blake, Ted Gioia, The Garden of Love, Wicked Local

New York, NY — Martha Redbone’s beloved The Garden of Love – Songs of William Blake, produced by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Founder and Grammy Award Winner John McEuen and David Hoffner has landed on many Best Recordings of 2012 lists:

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As of January 7, 2013:

Blogcritics: My Ten Favorite Recordings of 2012 (No. 1)!

“Martha Redbone Roots Project – The Garden Of Love – The Songs Of William Blake. When most people refer to Americana or roots music they tend to forget about two important musical traditions. Redbone and her band created an album which blends the Native, African, and Anglo/Irish/Scot American roots of North American music with the words of poet William Blake. The result are wonderfully vivid versions of Blake’s work. With Redbone’s splendid voice leading a masterful group of musicians, you’ll not only gain a new appreciation for the poems but broaden your definition of roots music. ” Richard Marcus

Country Universe’s Top Albums of 2012

#40
The Garden of Love – Songs of William Blake

Martha Redbone Roots Project

Individual rankings:  Sam – #12

The combination of a modern soul singer, an 18th-century Romantic poet and bluegrass music shouldn’t work, at least on paper.  However, when there are talented people like Martha Redbone and John McEuen of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band involved, the results can be fantastic.  Redbone and collaborator Aaron Whitby drew from the works of William Blake and McEuen and a host of talented musicians helped recast the poems as bluegrass songs.  The resulting songs sound more like Harlan County than Blake’s native London, and Redbone’s vocals are gorgeous throughout.  For music lovers, discovering hidden gems like this album is the equivalent of finding a winning lottery ticket on the street. – Sam Gazdziak

Pete Chianca’s 22 stellar songs from 2012/Wicked Local:

““I Rose Up At The Dawn of Day” from “The Garden of Love,” Martha Redbone Roots Project. Redbone’s album sets William Blake’s poetry to rich, twangy Americana, and this gospel stomper shows just how effectively she does it.”

Ted Gioia: The 100 Best Albums of 2012 (all styles, all genres):

No. 1.  Martha Redbone
The Garden Of Love: Songs Of William Blake
Americana / Britannia Fusion

Heaven Magazine (The Netherlands) Top Ten List from Pieter Wijnstekers

A List of Lists: No. 5 on Hearth Music Blog’s choices on No Depression

HEARTH MUSIC (blog)

  1. Rayna Gellert – Old Light
  2. Jenny Ritter – Bright Mainland
  3. Le Vent Du Nord – Tromper le Temps
  4. O’Brien Party of 7 – Reincarnation Songs
  5. Martha Redbone’s Roots Music Project – Garden of Love: The Songs of Wiliam Blake
  6. The New Young Fogies – Volume One
  7. Zoe Muth & the Lost High Rollers – Old Gold
  8. Black Prairie – A Tear in the Eye is a Wound in the Heart
  9. Eric Bibb – Deeper in the Well
  10. John Doyle – Shadows & Light

Top 36 Songs of the Year: independent clauses

No. 17. I Rose Up At The Dawn of the Day

KVMR Staff Top Picks 2012

On Radio Host Dennis Brunnenmeyer’s list.

And 2013 has begun with the Martha Redbone Roots Project charting at No. 5 for January on the EuroAmericana Chart.

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