"Hello, Fronds!," writes Fern Knight. "We are happy to be almost at the mixing phase of our fourth album, Castings. Hear two rough mixes on our MySpace page: www.myspace.com/fernknight.
"We are describing it thusly: '...The new album is an 8-song song cycle exploring several memes of the Tarot that look to the past and the future to try and make sense of daily life. Recorded in a gothic mansion in the Brandywine valley in PA, the band seems to have wholly tapped into the dark vibes of the space. Under songleader Margaret Ayre?s unwavering direction, Fern Knight fuses her tightly arranged and smartly produced pop songs with symphonic art rock, progressive folk and old-school metal licks (horns up!)..."
"Thank you to Geoff Bucknum, Rosali Middleman and the dude bros for gear, assistance and support!"
Upcoming Shows:
Feb 16th - Linda Cohen Tribute
Featuring Stewkey (original member of Todd Rungren's Nazz)
Charles Cohen and Jeff Cain
Fern Knight
Ken Kweeder
Liz Fullerton
Film by George Manney
9pm
National Mechanics
22 S 3rd St
Philadelphia, PA
nationalmechanics.com/philadelphia-hours-directions
We had the honor of performing with Linda Cohen in '08 at the Tin Angel, before her untimely death on Jan 23, 2009 following her short battle with brain cancer.
Dances Of Vice "Le Sacre du Printemps"
March 21, 2009 - 7PM to 12AM
The Montauk Club - 25 Eighth Avenue, Brooklyn
ADMIT: $25 (TBC) - All age
Dances of Vice celebrates the arrival of spring in a festive ball on the day of the Vernal Equinox, featuring the music flourishes of:
Fern Knight (w/ guest drummer Brian Viglione of Dresden Dolls)
Lucas Lanthier
Nijinsky-inspired theatrical dance art by neo-baroque group Company XIV
the theatrical debut of Mister Burton's absurdist comedy of Victorian mouring (Friend of Whimsy's)
"Madame Theodora," and special guests The Royal Baritarian Players.
Our extended family up in Maine, Arborea, have put together a benefit comp for the UN World Food Program called "Leaves of Life" on which we contribute a new unreleased song, "Our Mother the Mountain". We are honored to be a part of this:
from their blog: The cover art is an Amazingly Beautiful drawing by Hanna Tuulikki (Nalle, and the Family Elan). The tentative release date for the comp is March 21st, 2009 and will be released on our label Borne Recordings/Acuarela (U.S. distribution through Darla Records). All proceeds are going to be donated to World Food Program (United Nations agency) to help with special and very important relief operations and emergencies in places such as Darfur region of Sudan, Uganda, and the Congo. The confirmed lineup is - Alela Diane (with Mariee Sioux), Rio en Medio, Marissa Nadler and Black Hole Infinity, Fern Knight, Devendra Banhart, Mi and Lau, Larkin Grimm, Arborea, Mica Jones, Big Blood, Micah Blue Smaldone, Cursillistas, Magic Leaves, Silver Summit, The Plains, Starless and Bible Black, David Garland, Citay, Ora Cogan, and Eric Carbonara.
Buck and Shanti have been working tirelessly on the above CD and also another release to come out later in 2009, a tribute to the music of Robbie Basho, father of the "American Raga." FK did a version of "Song For The Queen," a 9-minute beautiful saga; we are very proud of the results of our efforts. The CD features contributions from:
Arborea, Meg Baird, Steffan Basho-Junghans, Glenn Jones, more. TBR on Important Records.
Thank you, Buck and Shanti, for heading up these projects!
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