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SCHNITZEL
 COPPER
SAILS
Those
new to Copper Sails will be excited by its energetic and powerful live shows;
the band leaves its audience with hooky melodies to savor a unique musical
experience. At any given Copper Sails' show, the audience will hear well-crafted
original material in addition to well-known covers. Copper Sails' shows flow
from original to cover in a seamless progression that leads the listener on a
musical journey.
The audience is treated to re-arranged classics
such as Run Like Hell and I Will Follow. Copper Sails regularly plays to
packed crowds in college towns such as Blacksburg and Charlottesville and has
traveled as far north as Dartmouth, New Hampshire, and as far south as
Jacksonville, Florida.
When listening to Copper Sails' music, fans will
be treated to well-blended harmony, unique melodic interplay, carefully
constructed instrumental passages, and introspective songwriting. The band's
lineup features Jim Courtney-drums, Jonathan Crawley-guitars, vocals, Kyle
Crosby-keyboards, and Boomer Muth-vocals, bass.
Formed in 1995, Copper Sails has played
festivals, fraternities, and clubs along the east coast sharing the stage with
such major label acts as Collective Soul, Sister Hazel, Train, Fighting Gravity,
Blue Oyster Cult, Molly Hatchet, War, Loverboy, the Wailers and Sixpence None
the Richer. Copper Sails has sold over 2000 copies of their three independent
releases, and the band's MP3's have been frequently downloaded from Napster and
MP3.com.
Fans can discover the infectious songs of Copper
Sails by picking up their self-titled debut CD or their August 2000 release Some
Strange Reason on Frozen Rope, produced by Brad Wells, and distributed by
Planetary.
Website:
www.coppersails.com
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THE TATERS
PENNYSHAKER
Formed in 2001, Pennyshaker began in Richmond,
VA. Original music was the focus, created by way of influences like Jill Scott
and Jimi Hendrix. The sound was slightly retro, but in a way limited to
emulation - not simulation. With powerful vocals, guitar driven rhythm, and
infectious melodies, Pennyshaker delivers edgy neo-soul fused with rock and
blues.
Pennyshaker's songs are created in real time by
real players. The music is touched by digital but based in analog. The songs are
written by the collective with each player contributing their own feeling and
interpretation of the idea at hand. Although the band consists of experienced
players, each talented at their own instrument, the purpose of the songs and
performance is not to simply impress or entertain, but to give the listener
something more than what they had when they walked through the door.
John Cockrell of Richmond.com wrote: "In a
music mainstream clogged with the over-processed hip-hop and the eyeliner of the
pop-punk and screamo wave of recent years, it's healthy to swim to the surface,
take a breath of fresh air, and find bands on the scene doing something a little
different - something that cleanses the ear's palate and opens different,
diverse perspectives through their approach to music. Pennyshaker is one
of those bands doing something different."
Website: www.pennyshaker.com
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THE TATERS
 AMY
HENDERSON
Amy Henderson has been performing as a soloist
and bandleader since the early nineties between Atlanta, South Carolina, and
Richmond. Amy sings, plays guitar and harmonica, and writes
songs.
Asked to describe her sound, she says "I have come up with alternative-acoustic–folk–Americana.
I have a lot of different songs. It’s not just folk and it’s not rock and it’s not completely Americana. I just took everything that kinda sounded like me and threw it all into one
thing”.
Amy is now a part of a band called the
Orderlies, which is a trio of singer-songwriters and multi-instrumentalists.
Their music is primarily acoustic and influenced by popular music of the last four decades.
Along with the Orderlies, Amy continues to perform as
a soloist and with the Amy Henderson Trio (sometimes with Rad
and/or John sitting in).
Website: www.amyhenderson.com
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