PAINTED BLUE
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | SELF
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Check out what Shinbone Magazine is saying about Painted Blue:
Rating 4.25
This group honestly is one of the best things I’ve heard in ages. Their sound is something comfortable and aged, but unique. Kind of like a really good wine. You sample it and the more you enjoy the blending of eclectic tastes and savor the relaxed soulful influences you kind of fall into a daydream. Part folk artist and part Grateful Dead, these folks really have a definitive and deep sound. I for one look forward to seeing them when I can.
- Kyle Spriggle - Shinbone Magazine
Feature article from independent jamband site inthejam.com:
Often time, fans of bluegrass-folk music and fans of jamband music are at opposite ends of the musical spectrum. Painted Blue has found a way to bring those ends together in a refreshingly, original blend of styles. Their music aches with sincerity and their lyrics leave a lasting imprint on you. Painted Blue’s jams can best be described as a form of instrumental storytelling, cascading the listener through a myriad of emotions. While the mandolin excites your senses, the aching sorrow of the violin leaves you introspectively contemplating, and their vocals move into your memories like a welcomed friend you hope never leaves. Painted Blue draws from very diverse musical backgrounds to organically compose their songs. Their style offers so much too so many that they always find a receptive, diverse audience at their shows. That audience has plenty to be excited about with the release of Painted Blue’s newest album, “Time Rolls On”, which the band wrote, recorded, and produced this year. On the heels of this new album is another EP tentatively planned on being recorded and released sometime next spring. Thriving in the heart of Philadelphia’s incredibly diverse music culture, Painted Blue is at the front of the pack in the jamband scene growing throughout Philly. Make sure you catch them during their extensive show schedule currently being booked, and consider yourself lucky when you get painted blue. -ITJ(inthejam.com)
- inthejam.com
"Time Rolls On", was selected second by Ptah Gabrie, an editor for the citypaper for his top ten records of 2007!
1. Experience Kef Songs of the Harvest (L-Cast)
2. Painted Blue Time Rolls On� (self-released)
3. The Blue Method Kill The Music Vol. 2 (self-released)
4. The Nightwatchman One Man Revolution (Sony)
5. The Glimmer Grass Band Live at SoS (self-released)
6. Soulive No Place Like Soul (Stax)
7. Various Artists Endless Highway: The Music of The Band (Savoy Jazz)
8. Redman Red Gone Wild: Thee Album (Def-Jam)
9. Wilco Sky Blue Sky (Nonesuch) [CP Top 21]
10. Hoots and Hellmouth Hoots and Hellmouth (Mad Dragon)
- City Paper
Discography
Painted Blue EP- 2006
Time Rolls On LP- 2007
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Bio
Like a band of misfit gypsies, you would probably expect to be pick pocketed and thieved by the band members of Painted Blue. In fact, they steal the hearts and breath of their listeners away with their very special blend of bluegrass, folk, jam-band and old-timey music. While Painted Blue can bring the house down with high energy rhythms and break-neck licks that would make your favorite grandma get up and dance, the group can also bring a sensitive soul to tears with songs of longing, hardship, and woe.
A haphazard group, Painted Blue may appear at first sight a motley quartet of random souls thrown together for the mere benefit of merry-making and tom foolery. But don't be misled! The music is the tie that binds these folks together and wraps their audiences up, shakes them about, and leaves them all thirsting for more. Painted Blue released their first labor of love, Time Rolls On, in 2007 to fans everywhere.
Kyle Spriggle, of Shinbone Magazine, wrote of Time Rolls On:
"This group honestly is one of the best things I've heard in ages. Their sound is something comfortable and aged, but unique. Kind of like a really good wine. You sample it and the more you enjoy the blending of eclectic tastes and savor the relaxed soulful influences you kind of fall into a daydream. Part folk artist and part Grateful Dead, these folks really have a definitive and deep sound. I for one look forward to seeing them when I can."
Featured favorites at Philadelphia-area venues including Steel City Coffee House, Chaplin's Music Cafe, Milkboy Coffee, World Cafe Live, Dawson St. Pub, Puck Live!, John & Peters, Fergies Pub, Murph's Bar, as well as festivals in and around the Tristate area.
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