Saturday, May 23, 2009
Hello friends,
Played a great show last weekend with Steve Forbert in Portland, Maine
and have an exciting show in NYC this memorial day. Really looking forward
to the upcoming summer tour dates. Some highlights include supporting
Freedy Johnston, another show with Steve Forbert, and lots of fun hometown
shows with friends. Non-musical highlights include Brooklyn Cyclones
baseball games on Coney Island, drinking iced tea on my stoop, and 3
weeks of bossing around pre-teens at rock n roll camp. Here are the
upcoming dates:
5.25 NEW YORK, NY Le Poisson Rouge w/ Vandaveer and
Jason Myles Goss
6.18 NORTHAMPTON, MA Iron Horse Music Hall opening
for Freedy Johnston!
6.19 BROOKLYN, NY Union Hall opening for Freedy Johnston!
6.21 BROOKLYN, NY Make Music NY Sackett Street Block
Party
7.02 CAMBRIDGE, MA Club Passim w/ Elana Arian
7.10 HOBOKEN, NJ Maxwell's opening for Freedy Johnston!
7.18 PRINCETON, NJ Indie Music Night w/ Sarah Donner,
Rebecca Loebe and Shannon Wurst
7.20 BROOKLYN, NY Union Hall w/ Rebecca Loebe, Shannon
Wurst, Rod Alonzo
8.16 BROOKLYN, NY Union Hall w/ Valorie Miller and
Joe Whyte
8.22 ROCHESTER, NY Abilene Bar & Lounge
8.23 ITHACA, NY Felicia's Atomic Lounge
9.12 SELLERSVILLE, PA Sellersville Theatre opening
for Steve Forbert!
Info on tickets, show times, etc here.
Hope to see you this summer!
Rebecca
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Two videos of us playing live on WDVX in Knoxville, TN just surfaced
thanks to the Knoxville News Sentinel's videographer Talid Magdy:
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Hello friends,
The southern tour was lots of fun. Here are some photos and videos from
the road:
"All the Birds" at BoBo
Gallery, Asheville, with Valorie
Miller singing harmony.
"Big City Lights" at Smith's
Olde Bar, Atlanta, GA
And some photos:
Car reaches 100,000 Miles Blue
Ridge Mountains
Savannah, GA Knoxville,
TN
Charleston, SC Pie
and Cobbler in Chapel Hill, NC
See you again soon,
Rebecca
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
After a grueling 8 hour drive, we made it to the North Carolina Outer
Banks and will take the scenic route to Wilmington tomorrow. I'm really
excited to play there especially after two very flattering articles
appeared about me in the local press today:
"An
Artist You Should Know About" (Star News)
"In
Her Dreams: Rebecca Pronsky follows her musical path" (Encore
Weekly)
Couldn't ask for a better welcome to a town I've never been too!
xo,
Rebecca
Monday, March 30, 2009
Hello
friends!
It's way way too cold here in Brooklyn so my southern tour can't come
soon enough! Rich and I will be doing 9 shows down south,
beginning next week.
As with all of our southern tours, when we're not in the car, we'll
be eating bbq, thrift shopping and looking for the best coffee spots,
so suggestions for all three are welcome.
We'll be returning to some of our favorite southern cities and also
checking out some coastal spots for the first time. Please send out
your friends, relatives, or yourself! Here are the dates:
Thursday, April 9 - WILMINGTON, NC - Bottega
Gallery
Friday, April 10 - CHARLESTON, SC - Notso
Hostel
Saturday, April 11 - SAVANNAH, GA - Sentient
Bean
Tuesday, April 14 - ATLANTA, GA - Smith's
Olde Bar w/ TBA
Wednesday, April 15 - ATHENS, GA - Flicker
Bar w/ Nanny Island
Thursday, April 16 - KNOXVILLE, TN - WDVX
Blue Plate Special
Thursday, April 16 - ASHEVILLE, NC - BoBo
Gallery w/ Valorie Miller
Friday, April 17 - CHAPEL HILL, NC - The
Cave w/ Valorie Miller
Saturday, April 18 - NORFOLK, VA - The
Boot w/ Dame Satan & Sarah Carter
Showtimes, ticket prices, more details here.
The new EP is available digitally on iTunes, eMusic, Amazon and Napster,
and of course, at shows!
All the best for a swell spring,
Rebecca
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Hey everyone,
The EP Release at Union Hall show was a big success! Thanks to everyone
who attended. Here's a nice shot of the band that night:
Photo by Greg Hoy
And here's a clip of one of my new tunes that we played that night:
Video by Margaret Hellerstein
The EP is now finally available for digital download on iTunes,
eMusic,
Napster,
and Amazon.
Look for me on tour in the south in April. Looking forward to that!
Best,
Rebecca
Friday, March 6, 2009
Hi there friends,
In like a lion, eh? They weren't kidding. This month has started off
cold and snowy in Brooklyn but I'm heading south for a tour in April
so I'm just waitin' on that. In the meantime, I'm playing a few gigs
mid-month in upstate NY, the Berkshires and doing an Release show in
Brooklyn for my new EP "The Best Game in Town."
If you haven't gotten a copy of the EP yet, they are available at shows
and online here.
Here's where I'll be in March:
Wednesday, March 11 - Poughkeepsie, NY
WVKR 91.3, Vassar College, Regional Frequency Radio
Saturday, March 14 - Pittsfield, MA
Mission Bar & Tapas
Sunday, March 15 - Saugerties, NY
Muddy Cup/Inquiring Minds Bookstore
Monday, March 16 - Brooklyn, NY
Union Hall (Full Band EP Release Show!!)
Then, in April: Charleston, Savannah, Athens, Knoxville, Asheville,
Chapel Hill, Norfolk. See dates so far announced here.
Don't forget Daylight Savings Time begins this Sunday! It'll be lighter
later, baby!
Best,
Rebecca
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Hello friends,
I'm so excited to report that my new EP is done and you can get one
if you come see me play. The EP 'The Best Game in Town' will come with
me only to shows, at least for a while. By the spring it will be available
digitally and through my label. For now, come see me play and have something
to listen to on the way home!
Rebecca
Monday, January 19, 2009
Hello friends far and wide,
It's a new year; we're on the eve of a new president, and I, myself,
cannot wait to watch the big speech tomorrow. Before I get caught up
in the insanity, I thought I'd let you know what I've been up to lately
and where you can come see me play in the next couple months.
WHAT'S HAPPENING:
* My album 'Departures & Arrivals' made the Critic's Pick
Top Ten Albums of 2008 in the Philadelphia City Paper! Pretty
exciting!
* At the end of this week I will head into the studio to record
a crop of new tunes which I will release as an EP soon after.
I'm really looking forward to finally recording with the very talented
band members I've been playing with for over a year now.
* In February, I'm doing two shows in the Philadelphia area, opening
for Catie Curtis and Loudon Wainwright III plus a short New England
tour where I'm hitting Northampton, Boston, and Portsmouth. March and
April include shows in Berkshire country and upstate NY plus a tour
down south (currently in the planning stages).
UPCOMING SHOWS:
Saturday, 2.07 Phoenixville, PA - Steel City Coffee House
opening for Catie Curtis!
Sunday, 2.08 Easthampton, MA - Eastworks w/ Dennis
Crommert and Lucy Wainwright Roche (This is a house concert; please
email cornsnakebooking@gmail.com if you'd like to attend)
Monday, 2.09 Portsmouth, NH - Red Door w/ Lucy Wainwright
Roche
Tuesday, 2.10 Cambridge, MA - Toad 8PM w/ Jenee Halstead
Thursday, 2.12 Brooklyn, NY - Freddy's Backroom w/
Greg Hoy Annihilation
Thursday, 2.19 Sellersville, PA - Sellersville Theatre
opening for Loudon Wainwright III!
(Show times, ticket info, and and confirmed March and April shows are
all here.)
This winter I've been determined not to get the seasonal blues. I even
bought one of those lamps that simulates natural sun. It is so bright,
it might be giving me a tan. And, I got out of the city this weekend
and had a chance to go showshoeing and commune with real, white snow,
free of city grime. Has anyone gone showshoeing before? It is pretty
fabulous.
See you soon and happy inauguration!
~ Rebecca
Friday, December 5, 2008
Hey Friends,
The short days are finally upon us. I've seen quite a few movies and
knitted lots of mittens and scarves as of late. I'm all set to record
the new EP in January and will have it out soon after.
Some exciting news to report: My music series the
Brooklyn Songwriters Exchange, just got a big sponsorship from BMI
and we are gonna be churning out some excellent shows in 2009 with the
best songwriters in NYC and beyond. In addition, shows will now be free
to attend!
In the meantime I wanted to let you know about a few gigs I'll be playing
this month:
Sunday, December 7- BEACON, NY @ Songwriters
Sundays
* solo in-the-round w/ Ethan Lipton + Bob Huff, hosted by Stephen Clair
Sunday, December 14 -PHILADELPHIA, PA @ Tin
Angel
* solo in-the-round w/ Lucy Wainwright Roche + Nicole Reynolds
Monday, December 15 - BROOKLYN, NY @ Union
Hall
* full band show w/ Andy Friedman & the Other Failures + Devon Sproule
At this time I can't help but remind you that indie music CDs make great
holiday gifts, so order a copy of "Departures & Arrivals"
for a friend on Amazon,
J&R,
Barnes
& Noble or at these fine retail locations!
For times and tickets go here.
Enjoy all your holidays and the rest of '08!
All the best,
Rebecca
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Hey friends,
Today is the first day of fall -- Happy autumn!
The summer ended very nicely with excellent shows this past month. I
opened for a bunch of really talented folks and played some new spots.
Some non-musical tour highlights of the past month:
* Visiting the Charlottesville Obama office where I got to have my picture
taken with a lifesize cardboard Obama (he is SO tall).
* Finding a gatorade bottle full of gorgeous handpicked wild roses,
left for me by an anonymous fan after a show.
* Stopping in Providence, RI where I went to college and eating a grilled
muffin at my favorite diner in the world.
NEW EP IN THE WORKS:
If you've been to see me play lately you know that I've been playing
lots of new songs. Due to popular demand we're going into the
studio in January to record an EP of the new tunes, which will
be available at shows this spring! Can't wait to get that out to you.
In the meantime, I've got some fun gigs lined up this month:
Thursday, October 9
@ Midtown Coffeehouse
DANBURY, CT
This is open to the public, so please come!
Saturday, October 11
@ Attucks Theatre
NORFOLK, VA
opening for The Bowerbirds!!
Tuesday, October 21
@ Union Hall
BROOKLYN, NY
Brooklyn Songwriters Exchange w/ the Jack Grace Band and Libby Johnson.
Show times and more info here.
Later this fall: Philadelphia, Baltimore, DC, and more. Hope to see
you soon.
xo,
Rebecca
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Hello people,
September looks like it's gone from a lazy month to a crazy month as
I've added some late minute shows around the northeast. I'll be in VA,
DC, MD, PA and MA and sharing stages with some great artists including
Erin McKeown, Catie Curtis,
and Kris Delmhorst among others.
Details later, but first here's some highlights from August:
* My first show in Ithaca was a swell one and I also made the papers.
The Ithaca Times recommended our show touting my
"brutal cutting lyricism and jazz-trained voice." Not
bad. Bonus: I got to check out the great farmers market up there and
eat some really fabulous homemade muffins.
* My monthly music series, the Brooklyn Songwriters Exchange,
was featured in the Brooklyn Courier. Read the article
here.
* I sang at my friends' wedding and afterward I was bombarded by hilarious
commentary from older guests like "You got talent, lady! Yer goin'
straight to Broadway!"
And so it's onward to Broadway... er the highway. Here's where I'll
be this month:
Monday, September 1
Gravity Lounge
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA
*opening for Erin McKeown!
Tuesday, September 2
IOTA Club & Cafe
ARLINGTON, VA
*w/ awesome DC band The Charm Offensive
Friday, September 5
Narrows Center for the Arts
FALL RIVER, MA
*opening for Catie Curtis!
Saturday, September 6
Center for the Arts in Natick
NATICK, MA
*opening for Kris Delmhorst!
Thursday, September 18
Coffee East
EASTON, MD
*opening for Caroline Herring
Friday, September 19
Steel City Coffee House
PHOENIXVILLE, PA
*w/ John Conahan
Hope to see you. And remember, if you can't make it, you can always
send your friends and find out later if you share the same taste in
music. ;)
Best,
Rebecca
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
One more night out west. We head home to NYC in the morning. Here's
some photos of the highlights of the Bay Area Tour '08:
SF Hootenanny Night at Cafe International
Celebrating Songwriters at the Left Coast Cyclery in Berkeley
Middle Reach Concert at the awesome C. Donatiello Winery.
I'm writing this from our lodge near Yosemite. Wilderness with wireless.
Go figure.
xo,
Rebecca
Monday, June 30, 2008
Hey guys,
I'll be out in the Bay Area in just two weeks. Really looking forward
to eating some great burritos and playing music.
Here's where I'll be. Hope you can make it or send your friends who
live out there:
July 12 - SAN FRANCISCO, CA SF
Hootenanny at Cafe International (solo show)
July 13 - SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Make
Out Room w/ Ash Reiter and Jen Grady (solo show)
July 18 - SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Bazaar
Cafe w/ The Courtney Janes (duo show w/ Rich on guitar)
July 19 - SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Mama Art
Cafe Afternoon Music (duo show w/ Rich on guitar)
July 19 - BERKELEY, CA - Left
Coast Cyclery Celebrating Songwriters (duo show w/ Rich on guitar)
July 20 - HEALDSBURG, CA - C.
Donatiello Winery Live from the Middle Reach concert series
Times, tickets and more info here.
xo,
Rebecca
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Greetings
from Brooklyn where the ACs are working overtime and it hit a sweet
99 degrees on Monday.
It looks like my summer dates are for the most part finalized and there's
even more shows than I had expected.
I just added two last minute dates this month in Charlottesville and
Washington, DC. I'm off to the west coast in July where I will be doing
a bunch of shows in and around San Francisco and, in August I'll be
heading upstate as well as starting back up my old music series the
"Brooklyn Songwriters Exchange" this time at Union Hall. More
on all that soon.
Here's where I'll be in the next few weeks:
Thurs June 12 - PHILADELPHIA, PA - Tin Angel - 8:30PM
(w/ Jenny Scheinman)
It's been a while since I played at the Tin and I'm very glad to be
back. Opening the night for violinist and songwriter Jenny Scheinman.
Jenny's played violin behind pretty much every big songwriter of our
time, but now ventures out on her own behind a new record. I'm playing
duo with Rich on guitar. $12 http://www.tinangel.com
Sat June 14 - EASTON, MD - Coffee East - 8PM (w/ Lucy
Wainwright Roche)
My last show at Coffee East was a ball and I'm so glad I'll be back
once more, this time with my old friend Lucy Wainwright Roche, who happens
to have an excellent new record out called "8 More." We're
both playing solo. $12 http://www.coffeeeastmusic.com
Wed June 18 - CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA - Gravity Lounge
- 7:30Pm (w/ Lucy Wainwright Roche)
My first time at this great venue. I'll be joining Lucy for another
night. This show just came through and we may or may not be playing
in-the-round with a local artist so check for updates. I've never been
to C-ville so send any of your friends down there to greet me. $TBA
http://www.gravity-lounge.com/
Fri June 20 - WASHINGTON, DC - IOTA Club & Cafe
(in Arlington) - 9:30PM (w/ Dean
Fields)
Sharing the night with Richmond, Virginia based songwriter Dean Fields.
This club is super great and showcases excellent music 7 nights a week.
Can't wait to get back to DC. Duo show with Rich on guitar. $12 http://iotaclubandcafe.com/
Wed July 2 - BROOKLYN, NY - Old First Church - 9PM
- Summer Music Festival
Free music at this great staple of the Park Slope community every Wednesday
night this summer. Right on the corner of Carroll St and 7th Ave. Free,
http://www.oldfirstbrooklyn.org/
See you in the sun,
Rebecca
Sunday, June 1, 2008
It is officially super warm, perfect-for-touring weather! I had a great
time up in Boston at the Campfire Festival and am really enjoying the
album I snagged from fellow performer Jenee
Halstead.
Back at home last week I did another fun show at Union Hall. Here's
us:
(photo by Alana Quirk)
Just three more shows out east before I head to San Francisco.
I still have a couple open dates in the Bay Area so if you have any
ideas, let me know.
See you out there!
Rebecca
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Played two fun shows this past week in NYC and Philly. Here's a video
of the full band playing a new tune at Union Hall:
See you in Maryland next weekend.
xo,
Rebecca
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Hello Friends,
I 'm very happy to announce a string of excellent shows coming up around
the northeast. I'm really looking forward to sharing the stage with
some amazing talents. Hope to see you:
Mon, April 28 - BROOKLYN, NY - Union
Hall - 8:30PM (w/ Haunt
and The Everybodyfields)
So glad to be back -- with my full band -- at Brooklyn's coolest venue
in what is sure to be a terrific show. Haunt (from Northampton) opens,
followed by me and my band, and then the The Everybodyfields from Johnson
City, Tennessee, a constantly-touring alt-country group. Don't miss
it., $8
Tues, April 29 - PHILADELPHIA, PA - World
Cafe Live - 8PM (w/ Bronwen
Exter and Carsie
Blanton)
Misty voiced Bronwen, sassy Carsie and I take over the upstairs of World
Cafe Live and play in the round, campfire style. It'll probably be the
most eclectic round I've ever done and also, I'm guessing, one of the
best. $6.
Fri, May 9 - BALTIMORE, MD - Baltimore
Chop Shop: Books, Music & Coffee - 8PM
My first gig ever in Baltimore (not sure why this took so long). This
is a FREE SHOW, so come on down and send your friends too. 625 Washington
Blvd. between MLK and Camden Yards.
Sat, May 10 - EASTON, MD - Coffee
East - 8PM (opening for Peter
Case!)
Very excited to open for the legendary Peter Case. Woohoo. $15.
Looking ahead:
End of May, early June: I'll be up in New England, and back down in
the DC area.
July: Bay Area Tour!!
Thanks for stickin' with me.
xo,
Rebecca
Monday, February 25, 2008
We're back from a week down south. Here's photos of my two favorite
shows of the tour:
WDVX 89.9 - Knoxville, TN -- Enjoyed being back again
on this great station. We shared the hour broadcast with the amazing
cowboy band Sons of the San Joaquin.
Their songs made me dream of the old west and their harmonies made me
grin like a little girl. (Photo by Peter Scheffler)
Flicker Theatre & Bar - Athens, GA
-- A great night. We opened for the totally awesome local band
The Ones, whose tropicalia/60's pop knocked my socks off. These
guys and gals are the real deal. (Photo by Yong-Kai
Xu)
Looking forward to playing in DC this weekend with
Eilen Jewell and then taking a little time off of playing to regroup
and begin booking my summer shows.
Also, while we were away, my new buttons came in the mail:
They are free at shows. Now that the record has been out for a few months,
we'll be touring in support of the new pin until further notice... ;)
xo,
Rebecca
Friday, February 8, 2008
Happy leap year!
February will be an exciting month as I'm heading down south to tour
and hopefully warm up a bit:
Sun Feb 17 - JOHNSON CITY, TN
Tues Feb 19 - ASHEVILLE, NC
Wed Feb 20 - KNOXVILLE, TN
Thurs Feb 21 - FLAT ROCK, NC
Fri Feb 22 - ATHENS, GA
Sat Feb 23 - CHARLOTTE, NC
Showtimes and more info here.
'Departures & Arrivals' recently got a nice review from Americana
UK. The review is entitled 'A huge voice with songs to match: file
under talent yet to be discovered.' Read it here.
That's it for now. Stay in touch and see you soon!
xo,
Rebecca
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Hi
Friends,
Hope you're enjoying the new year so far. Since my last news installment
the record has continued to make headway. It is now available at many
retail stores on the east and west coasts and
I just got word it was picked up by a distributor in the Netherlands
too!
Hilarious but true: You can get my songs as ringtones
here or on iTunes!
Everytime the phone rings hear your favorite Rebecca Pronsky tunes.
I've been working on some new songs and I've got a ton of great gigs
lined up this winter - spending January in the northeast: reuniting
with my full band in NYC for our first gig together since September,
and doing a solo tour to Boston, Northampton, Philadelphia and the Hudson
Valley at the end of the month. Dates are here.
Up next: February: Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia.
See ya 'round,
Rebecca
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Hello Friends,
The holidays are upon us and I am making it my business to get out there
in the cold and play a bunch of shows between now and Christmas.
This weekend I'll be visiting the snowy Hudson Valley, playing in Saugerties
and Woodstock. Next weekend I'm doing shows at two cozy venues: The
Space in CT where I'll be opening for the great Tracy Grammer and Pete's
Candy Store in Brooklyn.
Did I mention that CDs are awesome holiday gifts?! Well they are, especially
when you give people CDs of independent artists, whom they might not
hear about otherwise. Be that coolest of relatives or friends this season.
You can buy 'Departures & Arrivals' from lots of online and retail
shops. Go here
for a full list.
If you order direct
from Nine Mile Records, you'll get a special holiday discount. All
their titles are only $9.99, including mine, so stock up.
Thanks so much for all your support this year. I played nearly 70 shows
in 17 states. Whew! What an adventure.
I'll be kicking off the new year with a full band show in NYC, a bunch
of shows around the northeast in January (Boston, Northampton, Philadelphia,
Upstate) and a south tour through North Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia
in February.
Keep those sweaters on,
Rebecca
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Hello!
Got back yesterday from doing a couple shows in New England with my
friend Lucy Wainwright Roche.
Here's a nice shot of us singing together on Sunday at Mocha
Maya's in Shelburne Falls, MA:
Photo by Sarah
Woolf
We're heading back out on the road together in January for some more
shows and promise some new harmonies for then.
In other news, Departures & Arrivals is finally available on iTunes.
Go download it!
See you soon,
Rebecca
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Hey all,
I had a great time opening for the lovely Garrison
Starr at the Tin Angel in Philadelphia last weekend. Here's a photo
of the show:
Photo by Patty Bonfig
Also, FYI, this is the last photograph of me with this guitar because
today I got a new one! It's hard to part with something so much a part
of my history ( I've had that Taylor 612CE since I was 18). And yet
it wasn't really right for me anymore. It was time to get something
more in line with the sound I'm going for these days.
I'm very exciting to start playing out with my newly acquired Guild
F50R which I got from
Mazzotti Music:
It's weird to grow up.
xo,
Rebecca
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Wow.
The Jewish Exponent in Philadelphia did a feature on me and said some
really nice things about the new record, including "the singer
displays the same remarkable mix of grace and grit as Neko Case."
Read the article here.
Rebecca
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Hello Friends,
Today is the national release date of my new record "Departures
& Arrivals." Yay! Yay, indeed.
Some of you already have it thanks to your pre-orders or purchases at
live shows over the last couple weeks. If you don't have the CD, it
is now available online via Nine Mile Records, CD Universe, J&R,
and Barnes & Noble. You can order it directly from those retailers
here.
New Yorkers, you can buy the CD at my favorite NYC indie record store
Etherea, in the East Village: 66 Avenue A btw 4th and 5th St. I'm
also on the listening station there too.
My distributor will be getting the CD into more record stores in the
next couple months and on digital downloads as well.
I'll keep you posted...
xo,
Rebecca
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Hey all,
Last night was my big hometown CD Release show at Union Hall. Thanks
to everyone who came out and supported. It was a great show and we packed
the place!! It was so nice to play with a band again and share another
evening with my good friend Lucy
Wainwright Roche. I'm glad I got to kick off my fall release schedule
at home in Brooklyn. Here's some photos of the night:
About to perform "Big City Lights" with Lucy on harmonies.
Singing with Lucy on her song "A Bridge"
I will be playing lots of shows in October and November all over the
northeast to celebrate the release. I'm excited to be returning to some
of my favorite spots like Toad in Boston, the Tin Angel in Philly, The
Space in Hamden and the Red Door in Portsmouth. Some new things are
set up too -- my first time at the Dewey Beach Americana Festival, and
also playing the highly regarded NJ Songwriters in the Round at Maxwells
in Hoboken and a spot at the Rosendale Cafe in the Hudson Valley.
If you can't make it to a show, you can buy the CD directly from Nine
Mile Records here:
Do it. You won't regret it.
Thanks for all your support with this release.
xo,
Rebecca
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Southern California is a land like no other. As a New Yorker, I feel
almost completely out of my element. Palm trees and desert, and everything
else is so new! The ocean is on the wrong side! Mexican food is everywhere
and is actually good.
We were received well down here. Here are photos of our shows in LA
and San Diego:
Lestat's - San Diego
Room 5 - LA
I can't wait to get home. It's been a long tour and I'm missing my hometown.
I gotta get prepared with the band for the Union Hall CD Release show
on September 18.
See you soon,
Rebecca
Friday, August 17, 2007
Greetings from the SF Bay area and the middle of the tour!
We've had a very varied group of shows in all sorts of venues: coffeeshop,
jazz club, record store and even one in a blues bar. When you're planning
a tour it's very complicated to work out something perfect in every
city on all the dates you want. Some shows are easier to secure than
others; some come through at the last minute. Our show at Luna Jazz
in Eugene, OR was terrific. We played with Rachel
Sage. In Portland, we did a fun in-store performance at Millennium
Music, a great record shop (see photos). Then, yet again the Bay Area
came through delivering two excellent shows for us at Mama Buzz Cafe
in Oakland and back at the Hotel Utah in SF.
I am enjoying seeing San Francisco again, since I haven't been back
since last summer and it's definitely the most exciting city we've played
in yet, although I really dug Seattle. We head to southern California
today for our final dates in SLO, LA and San Diego.
It feels great to have the new record with me and I hope to sell out
of all the copies I brought with me so I don't have to lug them back
on the plane and into my overcrowded NYC apartment. More tour reports
soon.
xo,
Rebecca
Sunday, August 5, 2007
Friends!
The CDs are here!
... and just in time cause I'm leaving tomorrow for my west coast tour.
CDs are not officially released till October but you can get one at
shows until then.
The record has already gotten some advanced press. Oakland's East Bay
News did a feature on me for my upcoming show
there on August 14 and said some very nice things about the record.
NYCers, save the date:
Tues, Sept 18 at Union Hall -
CD Release show!
It's gonna be a good one and your only chance to get the record early!
Enjoy the rest of the summer.
Rebecca
Saturday, July 14, 2007
Hello out there,
Like most of us, I've had a "top ten" albums list for a long
time, but recently I've been hearing such great music from indie artists
who I've shared bills with or just heard through the grapevine that
I find myself listening almost solely to my contemporaries. Many of
the artists I used to swear by haven't got me stirred up with new records.
So I wanted to share what music has really got me going lately. Here's
my indie top-ten list in no particular order:
1. Merrie Amsterburg - Little Steps
2. Paul Schneider - Escape Velocity
3. Valorie Miller - Folk Star
4. Hoy - Forever Endeavour
5. Friendly Bears - On Oceans, Light, and Sleep
6. Innocence Mission - Glow
7. Luke Brindley - S/T
8. Deb Talan - A Bird Flies Out
9. Jennifer Greer - The Apiary
10. Lucy Wainwright Roche - 8 Songs
If you like good stuff, I suggest giving these songwriters a good listen.
Happy hot July,
Rebecca
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
I'm
so excited to announce that my new record is going to be released by
Nine Mile Records, a great indie label in Easthampton, MA. The new
record is called "Departures & Arrivals" and
has a national release date of October 9.
This record has been a long time coming. We began recording over the
winter and I cannot wait to get it out there! I have so many people
to thank for helping make it happen. More updates when I have them.
I'm also looking forward to touring out west again next month -- it's
been a year since I was there. Tour dates are here.
I'm playing my last show in NYC for a few months next Tuesday at Union
Hall. Come check it out. They also have indoor bocci and that's pretty
damn cool.
xo,
Rebecca
Saturday, June 30, 2007
Finally back from touring the south. What a whirlwind
week. We had a whole mix of shows: good, bad, weird and amazing. The
highlights were definitely Asheville, NC, where we spent a couple days
with my friend and exceptional songwriter Valorie
Miller, and Knoxville, TN, where we appeared on WDVX's "Blue
Plate Special" noontime show for both a radio audience and
a live studio one as well. Here are some photos.
In Asheville at the Root Bar, Rich sits in on Valorie
Miller's set, with Mike Holstein on bass.
"Blue Plate Special" live show on WDVX
in Knoxville, TN
Overall, the tour was an education. We played almost all new cities,
got a good sense of the music scene down south, and made some new friends.
We will be visiting many of these cities again when the record is released
For now I'm relaxing and then planning to solidify everything for August's
west coast tour.
Rebecca
Sunday, May 27, 2007
Hello! Happy memorial day weekend -- Hope you're all having fun out
there.
I am very excited about the way the record is coming along and I've
decided to take a little more time with it so that it comes out just
the way I want it. In the meantime, I'm putting together a short 4-song
EP to sell at upcoming shows. There'll be a bonus track on there too
that won't be released on the CD, so it'll be worth your while to pick
it up.
This month I'm playing in NYC, Boston and DC and I will also be doing
an awesome week-long tour of the south, heading to Nashville for the
first time and also visiting Athens, GA; Knoxville, TN; Asheville, NC;
Chapel Hill, NC; and Charlotte, NC. ! I'm really excited about this.
Hope to see you on a warm night this month.
xo,
Rebecca
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Hi Friends,
This will be a slow month of gigging for me as I'm doing a lot of work
on my record. It is coming along nicely and I should have some tunes
up for you to preview in a couple weeks. In the meantime, I'm planning
some major touring for the summer to the south and west coast. Check
out what's booked so far.
For now, I'll be playing one big show this month in Brooklyn. It's going
to be fabulous. I'm very excited because I put the bill together myself
and will be joined by some terrific songwriting talent:
Saturday, April 28, 8PM at the Greenwood Cemetery Chapel
Best of the Brooklyn Songwriters Exchange
w/ Ana Egge, Crescent & Frost, Rebecca Pronsky, Valorie Miller
Details here.
"Saved in Time" - Concerts at Greenwood - is presented in
partnership with Greenwood Cemetery, the Brooklyn Lyceum, and the Brooklyn
Songwriters Exchange.
Hope you can make it. If not, see you next month!
Best,
Rebecca
Saturday, March 24, 2007
Hello friends!
Just did a couple tour dates in New England. I started at The Space
in Hamden, CT and played a really fun night there. Great people! Then
we played Toad in Cambridge, a college gig and an awesome loft party
in Somerville. Unlike most New Yorkers, I love Boston and always enjoy
doing music there. I always find the audiences there to be attentive
and appreciative listeners.
I won't be playing much in April or May because I am finishing up the
CD and getting ready for the release. Then in early June I will be playing
CD release shows in NYC, Boston, and Philly and doing a week long tour
of the south, playing in Chapel Hill, Asheville, Nashville, Knoxville,
Charlotte, and Athens in late June. There's also a west coast tour in
the works for August. Woohoo. See what's booked so far here.
Can't wait to get this record to you.
xo,
Rebecca
Sunday, February 26, 2007
Greetings.
Our south tour was so much fun. We had beautiful weather and great shows.
Eddie's Attic was the real treat of the tour. Everyone there was wonderful
and I played for one of my favorite audiences thus far. Here area some
photos of us down south:
Live on the air on WUGA - Athens, GA
Eddie's Attic - Decatur, GA (photo by Michael Clifton)
Neutral Ground - New Orleans, LA
We're back home now and it's snowing. We'll be working on the record
again and keep you updated on it.
Talk soon,
Rebecca