The Head and The Heart
"Music for people who unabashedly sing and drum along on the steering wheel"
The sextet, largely made up of transplants to Seattle, made indie-music history by selling 10,000 copies of its self-released debut album through word of mouth. That effort, along with heart-on-the-sleeve lyrics and vocal harmonies inspired by gospel, old-time American ballads and a little something extra, earned the group a deal with Sub Pop, which re-released The Head and the Heart in early 2011.
The
guitar- and piano-driven group, accented by drums and violin, creates a
nostalgic atmosphere perfectly exemplified in "Down in the Valley." The
song is a musical journey of traveling around and looking for that
indefinable something, only to realize that, for better or worse, "I am on my way back to where I started." The Head and the Heart appear on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Monday, July 23rd on their way to their first-ever Northampton appearance on Saturday, July 28th.
Lost in the Trees
Led
by Ari Picker, who studied film scoring at Berklee, Lost in the Trees
creates a cinematic blend of storytelling and strings. There's freshness
and excitement to the music he writes, and that comes through in his
arrangements of cellos, violins, tubas, French horns, guitar and more.
This North Carolina band is not to be missed. PASTE describes them as “both heart wrenching and beautiful.” The Huffington Post says their music is “spellbinding in its musical ambition, touching in its intimacy, and often overwhelming in its emotional honesty.” They previously headlined the Iron Horse in 2010 and supported Neko Case at the Calvin Theatre in 2011.
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