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SESSION AMERICANA

Musiclee.ie presents

SESSION AMERICANA

Session Americana sit tightly around a small round cafe table, ambient mics tuned to catch the complete sound of the voices and instruments. A suitcase drum kit, an old electric bass, a field organ and a collection of acoustic instruments. “Eight years ago I had an idea to apply a traditional Irish music session—where musicians sit around in a circle and play fiddles—to Americana, hence the name ‘Session Americana,’” ringleader Ry Cavanaugh reveals. He contacted five other musicians and began a Sunday night residency at Toad in Cambridge, Mass. The initial patchwork of a band stayed together for four years and made the highly esteemed 2005 debut Hi-N-Dry.

These charter Session Americana members have worked with such diverse and respected artists as Treat Her Right, Patty Griffin, Lori McKenna, The The, Dennis Brennan, and Kris Delmhorst, to name just a few.

“We started haphazardly with no rehearsals doing traditional country songs, a Band tune or two, and a bunch of Boston community songs by songwriters like Jimmy Ryan, Mark Sandman [Morphine], and Dennis Brennan.” Over four records, however, Session Americana has grown into writing its own well-crafted vibrant take on traditional Americana.

Check them out here: http://www.sessionamericana.com

• Ry Cavanaugh – Guitar, Mandolin • Dinty Child – Pump Organ, Mandocello • Jim Fitting – Harmonica • Billy Beard – Suitcase Drum Kit • Kimon Kirk – Bass • Laura Cortese – Fiddle • Matt Malikowski – Engineer

Winner “2005 Best Folk Act” – The Boston Music Awards Winner “Best Roots Act 2006” – Improper Bostonian “Best of Boston” Issue Winner “Best CD” 2007 – Improper Bostonian samericana 20 Nominated “Best Roots Act” 2007 – WFNX/Boston Phoenix Best Music Nominated “Best Live Act” 2007 – The Boston Music Awards Nominated “Best Americana Act” 2008 – The Boston Music Awards

PRESS

“Genius … Jaw-dropping vocals … Session Americana is blessed in this regard: …musicianship that sets the standard for the genre in  Boston and vocals that do the same” — NE Performer Magazine

“No egos, no big production, just some great songs stripped down to their bare essentials and performed with a real genuineness of spirit and emotional authenticity… it’s beautiful.” (Brian Mosher) — The Noise

“An eclectic, swinging tour de force” — The Boston Globe

“[This] local country-folk megagroup’s double CD is one of the most loose, spontaneous, warm, and homespun acts of community and decency since the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s Will the Circle Be Unbroken.”— The Boston Phoenix

TICKETS

€15 (€13 for members on www.musiclee.ie) available online from WAV Tickets [Lo-Call 1890 200 078] (50c per ticket service charge applies on phone or creditcard bookings from WaV).

Strictly over 18′s, I.D. may be required.

AFTER THE GIG

Whelan’s Indie DJ in the bar and Sonntags upstairs from 11pm til late or you might even catch the end of Jaime Nanci and the Blue Boys in the front bar (9pm, Free).