spuyten duyvil
  • "They're a mighty eight-piece powerhouse...Lead vocals are handled with guts and power by Beth Kaufman, who has a clear, gospel-tinged voice...Miller's songwriting is fantastic, too, channeling straight honky-tonk country one minute and drug-addled mystical blues the next...All the playing is hot."
    — Stephen D. Winick, Folklorist, Music Critic, Editor, The Huffington Post 4/5/2013


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From "New Amsterdam"
(Release: 6-10-2011)

Shady Grove
One Fine Day
Freight Train
Peace With the Damage

From "In Spite Of The Devil"
(c) 2009

Being Celeste
I Know You'll Leave Me
Rain and Snow

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Check out Spuyten Duyvil in the news! The Huffington Post Review by Stephan Winick and a great photo and kind words from The New York Times. Next up, we are we are back at Rockwood Music Hall Stage II for our third Snake Oil Review on May 26th. Hosted by WFDU's Ron Olesko, this fast pickin', trash talking throw down features Blind Boy Paxton and Lindsay Lou and the Flatbellys For a taste of us rocking live check out our YouTube Channel where we have just released a version of Shady Grove from the Snake Oil Review II at Rockwood Music Hall Stage II.


the band

Spuyten Duyvil's Alternative Roots sound wanders the last 100 years of American music conjuring embittered civil war veterans, recalcitrant small town bawds, suicidal bureaucrats, star crossed lovers and brave hearted fools navigating the mysteries of daily life.


So what does Spuy'ten Duy'vil mean?

spite + en dive + el” [Dutch slang]
1. a) in spite of the devil b) spitting devil
2. Creek connecting the Harlem and Hudson Rivers


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