Appleseed Collective
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Origin |
Ann Arbor | |
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Genre |
Folk, Americana, Jazz | |
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Years Active |
2010 - Present | |
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Label |
Earthwork Music | |
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Members |
Andrew Brown - guitar and vocals | |
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Contents
About
The Appleseed Collective is not a bluegrass band. It’s not The Hot Club of Paris. It’s not a ragtime cover band. The Appleseed Collective represents Americana music rooted in traditions from all over the world and from every decade, creating a live experience that welcomes every soul and is impossible to replicate. The Appleseed Collective actually describes its music as "Americana folk jazz"
Formed in 2010, The Appleseed Collective has toured the United States almost since the beginning and have become a force of nature powered by their local community and developed by a strong sense of do-it-yourself drive. In an age of corporations and climate change, the band’s commitment to buying & selling local, eating from gardens, and being their own bosses has led to the kind of success that feels simply organic.
Each part of the Collective comes together to form an amalgam of complementary and contrasting elements. With a Motown session musician for a father, guitarist Andrew Brown was exposed to pre-World War II jazz on a trip to New Orleans. Shortly afterwards a chance meeting introduced him to Brandon Smith, violinist, mandolinist and improvisatory magician who grew up playing old time fiddle music. Vince Russo, multi-percussionist and van-packing savant, blends influences of funk, jazz and rock n’ roll on the washboard. Eric Dawe comes from a background of choral singing and studies in Indian classical music and provides the bottom end on the upright bass. The whole band sings in harmony.
Discography
CD's/Digital downloads:
- Tour Tapes EP (2016) Bandcamp cdbaby iTunes
- Live at The Ark (2014) Bandcamp cdbaby iTunes
- Young Love (2014) Bandcamp cdbaby iTunes
- Baby To Beast (2012) Bandcamp cdbaby iTunes
Videos
External Links
Website
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram
Reverbnation
Bandcamp
Youtube
