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"To me they
are the hottest new band in folk music ... and one of the best" — Gene Shay, WXPN "The Folk Show",
Host; Philadelphia Folk Festival, Founder
I remember tossing a cherry bomb into a lake when I
was a kid. That's how Spuyten Duyvil affected me
when I first heard them and this CD conveys that
shock and excitement. Great original writing by
member Mark Miller ... and outstanding vocals from
Beth Kaufman blast this group into the
stratosphere ... They are so refreshingly original
there's no way to describe them in a few words.
— Rich Warren, WFMT's "The Midnight Special" and
"Folkstage", Host
Radio:
New Amsterdam (Release Date
6-10-2011)
—Airplay on Over 165 Stations
including Sirius XM's
"The Village"
—Nominated for Best American Roots Album - The
Alternate Root Reader's Choice Awards 2011
—Best New Artist of 2011
RadioCrystalBlue.net
—Top 40 Album Folk DJ Album Chart for 2011 (full
year results) at #38
—WMFT Rich Warren's Favorite
CDs of 2011 - Chicago, IL
—WXPN Year in Review
Gene Shay's Top Ten Host Picks 2011 -
Philadelphia, PA
—Kansas Public Radio
Best of 2011 - Bob McWilliams, Trail Mix
—WFDU Top Ten Folk CDs
of 2011 - Ron Olesko, Traditions - Fairlawn, NJ
—WDCB #4 Fave Song 2011 (Freight
Train/Louis Collins) - Lilli Kuzma, Folk Festival
- Glen Ellyn, Chicago, IL
—WFUV Best of 2011 Staff
Picks - John Platt Honorable Mention - New
York, NY
—WVPE Top 30 Albums of
2011 - Al Kniola & Norm Mast, The Back Porch -
South Bend, IN
—WTUF Best of 2011 -
Donna Mavity, Donna's Americana Hour -
Thomasville, GA
—WMSC Favorite Songs of
2011 (One Fine Day) - Joe Pszonek, Radio Nowhere -
NJ
—"The Year’s Best
Mostly-Covers Album" runner up honors from Cover
Lay Down
—#3 of the 'Top 5 Most
Added' artists on the Americana Music
Association's Americana Airplay Chart
—Top 100 on the Americana Music
Association's Americana Airplay Chart for 11 weeks
reaching #66
—Top 10 on the Roots Music
Report's New York: Roots Radio Airplay Chart for
14 weeks reaching #8
—Top 50 on the on the Cashbox
Magazine / Roots Music Report's Roots Country for
14 weeks reaching #15
—Top 50 on the Cashbox Magazine
/ Roots Music Report's Internet Airplay Folk Chart
for 11 weeks reaching #9
—Top 70 Folk DJ Album Chart for
14 weeks reaching #9
—Top 66 on the Alternate Root
Top 66 International Airplay Chart for 10 weeks
reaching #46
—Top 10 on KAXE, Minnesota
—Top 15 at WAGS (SC); WERU (ME), WHAY (KY); WWUH
(CT)
—Top 40 at Cold Spring Radio; KZMU (UT); WMBR (MA);
WVIA (PA)
—"CD of the
Week" Rich Warren WFMT's The Midnight
Special April 2011
—New and Highly Recommeded, Ron Olesko WFDU’s
Traditions August 2010 (In Spite Of The Devil)
+ March 2012 (New
Amsterdam)
—Rich's Picks, Rich Warren WFMT's The Midnight
Special November 2010 + December 2010 + April 2011
—New Voices For The New Year, John Platt
WFUV’s Sunday Breakfast January 2011
—Hudson Valley Spotlight, Kathy Millar WHUD May 2011
Festival Selections
—Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Most Wanted Artist 2011
—Caramoor American Roots Festival Artist 2011
—Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Emerging Artists 2010
—Huntington Fall Festival Artist 2010
Showcase
Selections
—Formal Showcase
Artist 2011 North East Regional Folk Alliance Conference
Sponsored by the
Philadelphia Folk Song Society
—Formal Showcase
Artist 2011 Midwest Regional Folk Alliance Conference (FARM)
—Suzi Wollenberg Folk DJ Showcase
Artist 2010 North East Regional Folk Alliance Conference
Selected by WFUV's John Platt
Praise for New Amsterdam (release 6.10.2011):
"Spuyten Duyvil's
songs draw on the roots of American
music and
history, but in the hands of eight superb
performers they crackle with energy that's both contemporary and
downright irresistible." —John Platt, Director of
Communications &
Special Projects, " Sunday Breakfast"
Host
WFUV
Radio
"With "New Amsterdam", Spuyten Duyvil delivers a wonderfully boisterous
collection of songs that define what "roots" music should sound like.
Spuyten Duyvil roll like an old time tent show, but instead of selling
worthless snake oil, they deliver a package of gems, well crafted tunes
and stories that are pure fun to listen to." —Ron Olesko, "Traditions"
Producer/Host WFDU
"Wow… from the opening notes on New Amsterdam, the energy, the
excitement, and the
pure joy of playing and singing together is palpable. Spuyten Duyvil is
more than a band, it’ s a community.
Infectious and fun- inviting us in to sing, dance, and celebrate. I’ m
basking in their musical glow." — Joe
Crookston, Songwriter/Performing Artist
"From the first note Spuyten Duyvil grabs your attention, drawing you
in with their joyful, uplifting and spirited music. This is
contemporary old time music at its best played with heart, soul and
sass." —Maggi Landau, Producer, Caramoor
American Roots Music Festival
"I can't remember when I enjoyed an evening of music more than at the
WFUV Living Room show watching Spuyten Duyvil. The group possesses an
incredible musical energy that was immediately infectious to everyone.
It was like getting your favorite friends together to play and they all
happened to be really great musicians!" —Tina Shafer, Artistic Director
of SongCircleMusic
(songwriting credits include Celine Dion, Phoebe Snow, and Donna
Summer)
Bio:
In the beginning, there is a
gift… A wife gives her
husband a Bouzouki
to cure the sadness in his soul. Having spent his youth making music on
computers for
video games, he is confused by all of the strings. He does not know
what to do.
He finds a copy of Rise Up Singing
and learns. She sings. They sing
together. The old songs make them happy. Friends stop by their covered
stone porch to listen and play. There is bbq. There is a guitar and a
fiddle and a bass. And there is Spuyten Duyvil.
Local history is mined for tales of the peculiar individuals and
accidents of history that make New York 'the island at the center of
the world'. Songs are written. 'Original traditionals' wander 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.
It sounds good. It is lyrical, it is mystical, it is strangely familiar
and it grooves. There are gigs. There's an EP: 'In Spite of The Devil'.
People hear it on the radio. And so it gets pretty interesting for the
husband, the wife, their small tribe of friends and the Bouzouki.
The band grows; it adds a Chicago-style harmonica, a drummer, a wicked
lap steel.. Now it rocks. It play
s unapologetically amped Up umericana. It mashes up the blues, the Olde
Timey, gospel, bluegrass, jug band, Appalachian, punk rock and second
line music. It plays festivals, listening rooms, coffee houses,
museums, Irish pubs, and live radio shows.
Spuyten Duyvil brings the energy and the excitement to every show. It
wakes people up.
The band hooks up with the right producer. There is a CD. New
Amsterdam. The band thinks it's pretty good.
More Quotes:
"Spuyten Duyvil were
standouts at the Falcon Ridge Emerging Artists
Showcase this year. They draw on traditional roots,
but with a contemporary point of view and a truly
spirited presentation." John Platt, Director of
Communications & Special Projects, " Sunday
Breakfast" Host WFUV Radio
"Your album ( In
Spite of The Devil) is one of the freshest
I've heard this year and I feel you deserve to be
heard by audiences across the country" —Ron Olesko,
"Traditions"
Producer/Host WFDU 9/9/2010
"This group is terrific! High energy and original
approaches to their own songs and traditional
tunes." —Wanda Adams Fischer, The
Hudson River Sampler Producer/Host WAMC
2/1/2011
"Spuyten Duyvil, a band from just outside the
environs of New York City (Yonkers to be exact) ..
has just self-released a debut CD that's among the
finer roots-based collections I've heard all
year--on any label." —Billy Altman, The
Bluegrass Special 12/2009
"Your performance on the Chapin Rainbow Stage was
one of the weekend highlights and helped make a
glorious weekend even more memorable. I have had
nothing but glowing reviews and comments from those
who attended. It was a pleasure working with you..."
—John Chicherio, Performing Arts Director, Huntington
Arts Council 10/2010
" ...at Falcon Ridge...they ... sounded great on the
main stage as part of the Emerging Artists Showcase.
What does resonate with me about Spuyten Duyvil is
that for me they capture an important spirit of folk
music. They are probably best heard at festival and
farmers markets. On some Saturday's they play at the
Hastings Farmers Market. Local food, local music; it
doesn't get much better than that. Besides Falcon
Ridge, they also recently played at the Huntington
Folk Festival... Yet where they seem to be at their
best is swapping songs and stories late at night on
a hill in Hillsdale, NY, or other places where the
hard core folk music fans gather. So, pay attention
to their calendar of events, and seek out
opportunities to hear them live." —Aldon Hynes, Orient Lodge,
An Eclectic Blog at the Intersection of Technology
and our Social Lives 8/9/2010
"Spuyten Duyvil is a band that can perform songs in
a variety of styles without sounding like just a
visitor to any of them. They have a writer who can
deliver those songs, and a lead singer who can put
them across beautifully….the band is tight… 'In
Spite of the Devil' offers a fair survey of what
makes this band so good…and I can't wait to hear
what they do next" —Oliver di Place, a music blog
7/2010 ~~ Full review at: http://oliverdiplace.blogspot.com/2010/07/spuyten-duyvil-in-spite-of-devil.html
"I know my musical tastes are broad and occasionally
arcane and nobody can expect for everyone to agree
with them on anything, but I find it hard to imagine
a music lover not loving Spuyten Duyvil. They are
just so much fun. They play high energy roots party
music. Have them play a rave and the kids would go
wild dancing. Have them play my crowd and we'll hoot
and holler and dance in our seats. The name Spuyten
Duyvil comes from the name of the southwest corner
of the Bronx and the creek that separates it from
Manhattan. There are many theories what the Dutch
name means but I'll go with spinning devil as there
is a maelstrom there. —Gordon Nash, Wise
Madness, On Your Radar - 3/8/2011
"They cover the whole spectrum of Americana - Civil
War, early Americana (like in Colonial). Great
arrangements and beautiful harmonies. They hit on
something very special here and I love it. I'm
having them back. Trust me." —Elliot Glick, The
Starving Artist
The band members of Spuyten Duyvil (a phrase taken
to mean "In spite of the Devil") are considered some
of the finest musicians in their slice of New York."
"With lyrically driven songs ... Spuyten Duyvil has
carved out a unique niche for itself amid lovers of
folk and old-time cowboy music."
Fans of Spuyten Duyvil ... are drawn to their
riveting storytelling and melodic harmonies...
"their music is incredible", said Marissa
McLaughlin, who heard the group perform at An Beal
Bocht last week. "No one's making music like this
around here. It's so complex and interesting." —The
Riverdale Press 12/2009
For
more
information
about the band please
contact us via email. The Band:
Mark Miller, Tenor Guitar, Vocals
and Bouzouki
Beth Jamie Kaufman, Vocals
Tom Socol, Guitar, Dobro
Anna Leinbach, Fiddle and Vocals
Jim Meigs, Harmonica
Lou Geser, Drums
John Neidhart, Bass and Vocals
Rik Mercaldi, Lap Steel Guitar, Guitar, Mandolin and Vocals
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