I hope you’re all enjoying what has turned out to be a lovely month of March so far (at least here in the Northwest)…
We’ve been spending quite a bit of time in our home recording studios over the past few weeks and we’re looking forward to releasing more new music soon – we just released one of our latest demos, “Oh, Louise” as a free download on our website, and we’ll be playing another couple of new tunes for the first time on Friday at the Doug Fir here in Portland. We freely admit it: we love playing new songs. It’s always fun when you’re trying something out for the first time in front of an audience, and we’re very much looking forward to this weekend of shows and trying out a couple of the newest songs.
I’m also happy to say that we just got a shipment of vinyl copies of our latest record, “The King Can Drink the Harbour Dry”, and for those in the area…we’ll have copies with us at the shows this weekend. For those not in the area, we’ll ship it to you…they’re available on our online store, just click the link below : )
http://www.thedimes.com/store.html
I hope your week goes well and maybe we’ll see some of you this weekend? We’re at Doug Fir in Portland this Friday night (March 26th), and then off to Bend, OR on Saturday night – until then,
Johnny
Thanks to the kind folks at Indie Rock Cafe who, along with a very nice article and review, have given us their “Band of the Week” honors. They’ve got a great site and a nice collection of tunes from some great bands - click here to visit their page and read the article…
Hope your week is going well so far!
Johnny
Hi all – I hope this note finds you well – it’s been a busy year for us so far and we’re all glad to be back home for a Portland show at Holocene tonight (Friday night)…
We’ve been looking forward to this show from the moment it appeared on the calendar and we hope you can join us for a great night of music. If you are able to make it out, come up and say hi and congrats to Ryan – he and Kelly had a beautiful baby boy a couple of weeks ago and both Mom and baby are happy and healthy. And speaking of, this show will be Christi’s last show with us for a while as she and I are expecting our first…there most certainly is something in the water around here this winter : )
We’re looking forward to a fun night of music with good friends and a great stage to share it on – the show starts at 9pm and we’re on shortly after that, so come early! Have a great weekend and we hope to see you tonight at Holocene -
Johnny
Hi friends -
We’ll be taking part in a special benefit concert for Haiti this weekend (Sunday evening) at the Kennedy School here in Portland – the show starts at 7pm and was organized by our good friend (and sometimes bandmate) Mattie Kaiser. I know it’s last minute notice, but if you live in the area we’d love to see you there – there is still tremendous need in Haiti, it’s a free show and 100% of donations from this show will go to Parters in Health. And every little bit helps. Here’s the official press release:
On January 24th at 7pm at the Kennedy School, Classical Revolution PDX and friends will perform a free benefit concert to raise funds for relief in Haiti. 100% of donations received will go to Partners in Health. Classical Revolution is delighted to be joined by Matt Sheehy, Opera Theater Oregon, The Dimes, Sophe Lux, Travis Dow, James Faretheewell and many other special guests for a very eclectic and fun night of chamber music.
A silent auction will occur during the performance, with products and services donated by local artists and businesses. Items for auction include event tickets, fine photography, haircuts, massages, and many of the performers are donating private lessons.
Briana Ratterman, a member of Classical Revolution, has been working around the clock to help with the search for her father, Walt Ratterman, who has been missing since the earthquake. Ratterman is CEO and co-founder of SunEnergy Power International. He was in Haiti working on a project to improve the delivery of energy to health care facilities run by Partners in Health. “Our thoughts and love are with Briana and her family,” says Mattie Kaiser, Executive Director of Classical Revolution PDX. “We found it fitting to donate to the incredible work that that Walt and Partners in Health do to contribute to a better life in Haiti.”
