Katie Pearlman in Music Blog

September 11, 2009 - Last summer I devoted a posting to the Katie Pearlman Band and their performance some time ago at Lee's Campground, which is downloadable on the archive.org site. I was taken by the strong songwriting, Katie's soulfully appealing vocals, and the loose Jamband feel the group brings to the stage. After reading my posting Katie very kindly let me know of her website (www.katiepearlman.com) and its extensive holdings of live mp3's featuring the band on various gigs. There is much to listen to there, and the "document as you go" nature of the recordings means that some nights have better balance between the instruments and vocals than others (mostly good), but a listen through the collection gives you a good handle on the repertoire and the full breath of Katie's music.

When I first heard the Campground download, I didn't realize that Katie was the drummer in the band. She's solid there and helps drive the band into the grooves they deliver. That's all particularly clear on the mp3's we speak of today. Most importantly these mp3's reaffirm to me her talent and the direct hipness of the band.

There is also Katie the solo artist to be considered and appreciated. There's a new album of Ms. Pearlman in this light as well as some mp3's that showcase this part of her music. I'll do another posting on that soon. In the interim I once again recommend you listen to this band in action, live, on the mp3's and flac downloads and/or through their CD releases. There's a classic quality to the music, and it's cool listening for sure.

- Grego Applegate Edwards blogs on Music and Musicians, with some attention to guitarists, bassists, and other Create People.

http://www.gapplegate.com/musicalblog.html

Settling in...

August was a whirlwind of a month and the past couple of weeks, I have been catching up with what it's like to be home. If you missed what our schedule was in August, let me give you a quick recap. Jeff and I set out on the road on August 1st. Our first stop was Georgia. We played two really great shows (one of which we have recorded and have available on our website) and got to visit with family. The second show, the crowd flipped with Jeff's organ solos. In a day and a half, we drove from Georgia to Phoenix, Arizona. We played a great little venue in Phoenix and got a couple of hours of R & R at our hotel and then headed up to Utah. Our stop in Utah was Park City where we played a small venue, followed by an early morning set on Park City TV. We have 4 videos on youtube.com from that show. That was worth the trip. After Park City, we hauled it 43 hours home.

The following week I flew to Nashville for the Indiegrrl Music Conference. My brother and sister-in-law met me there so I combined business with pleasure for a weekend and flew home to play the Be-In festival on Long Island.

Now, two weeks later, I'm just trying to catch my breath, relax, and get ready for our CD Release Party coming up on November 1st. I have a few shows booked, but I'm going to take it easy for a few weeks. I can't tell you how excited I am for you to hear this CD.