We're in the final week of Christmas in July. I've tried to keep up a fairly brisk posting schedule (for a July, anyway) and, as it turns out, still got a lot to tell y'all about. Yeah, I'm shocked, too. BTW, don't forget to grab our Stubbys House Christmas mix. It'll be gone forever come August 1.
Anyway, time to check in on the crowdfunding sites and see what's coming for Christmas...projects that you can actually become a part of through your support.
Anyway, time to check in on the crowdfunding sites and see what's coming for Christmas...projects that you can actually become a part of through your support.
Allen & Bright are Lance Allen and Avery Bright, an acoustic instrumental duo from Nashville. One plays the guitar (fingerstyle) and the other plays the violin (or fiddle, if you prefer). Though they both have successful careers of their own, they don't seem to have a huge body of work as a duo to date--just a couple of singles on Amazon. So it would appear that their debut full length is going to be this coming Christmas album. From the singles and their self description, the pair are, overall, going for "acoustic beauty" (something they've seemed to accomplish well on their two singles). But the background music on their Kickstarter video demonstrates a broad range of influence--from Americana to Jazz to Indie Pop.
The CD is expected to be released in November, but there are a few things you can only get through the Kickstarter campaign (assuming their fundraising goal is reached)....coffee, bacon, and vinyl. Now that's a breakfast any Christmas music collector would love to wake up to. Most important, for our purposes, is the vinyl. A limited number of color vinyl LPs are being pressed and those are exclusively available through Kickstarter. Mmmm. Tasty. The coffee and bacon are among the many perks being offered in exchange for your support. If you're a high roller, you can also get a custom video or a skype concert. You've got until August 12 to kick in with your pre-orders and whatnot and, as with all Kickstarter projects, they get nothing (and you pay and get nothing) if they don't reach their goal by that date. It's only fair that you should hear Allen & Bright in action before you decide, so here's some of that "acoustic beauty" on their cover of Brandi Carlile's "The Story".
The CD is expected to be released in November, but there are a few things you can only get through the Kickstarter campaign (assuming their fundraising goal is reached)....coffee, bacon, and vinyl. Now that's a breakfast any Christmas music collector would love to wake up to. Most important, for our purposes, is the vinyl. A limited number of color vinyl LPs are being pressed and those are exclusively available through Kickstarter. Mmmm. Tasty. The coffee and bacon are among the many perks being offered in exchange for your support. If you're a high roller, you can also get a custom video or a skype concert. You've got until August 12 to kick in with your pre-orders and whatnot and, as with all Kickstarter projects, they get nothing (and you pay and get nothing) if they don't reach their goal by that date. It's only fair that you should hear Allen & Bright in action before you decide, so here's some of that "acoustic beauty" on their cover of Brandi Carlile's "The Story".
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