COPE APRIL - CD PETALS FALL

Popis - PETALS FALL:
'This album has been out, but has not had proper distribution until now. With guest turns from Chuck Prophet, Pete Sears and Jim Campilongo she weaves her magic on some truly engaging songs. Fans of 'Wrecking Ball' era Emmylou will connect with this recording immediately'. - Village Music (Jan 2008) Singer/songwriter April Cope's spellbinding third CD Petals Fall is complete and will be released to stores January 15th 2008. This musical epiphany features a saga of bewitching songs, shimmering in their quirky complexity and imagery, evoking a misty San Francisco stage of aching and inspiration. The swirling compositions range from the edgy rock balad Camera Obscura to the madolin-kissed Angel Under Barbed Wire, woven with virtuosic instrumentals by Joe Craven, Michael Manring, Pete Sears, Jim Campilongo, Eric McFadden and a vocal cameo by the grittily seductive Chuck Prophet on Black Wing. 'This recording is a breakthrough of honsty and sublime musical authenticity for April and her magnificent collaborators.'- Burnside Distribution Corporation BDC also distributes her previous CD Distorted Mirrors. Petals Fall was recorded at Hyde Street Studios in San Francisco where her band played regularly until she recently moved to her native Asheville, NC and has joined the exciting music scene in the 'Paris of the South.' Her previous CD Distorted Mirrors, produced by Gordon Brislawn, explores different territory than her 1997 debut CD Two Moons, produced by Darol Anger. The new Petals Fall reaches beyond the already impressive scope of her previous work and is both boldly unique and widely accessable. Following the release of Two Moons, April was featured on Anger's Heritage album tour, performing Mary Chapin Carpenter's parts, singing duets with Tim O'Brien and playing alongside David Grisman. April has recently showcased at the NEA Conference, the Folk Alliance, EAT'M (Emerging Artists and Talent in Music) and the AFIM Conference (Association for Independent Music), with musicians including Michael Manring, Scott Nygaard and Joe Craven. Tracks from Two Moons have been featured on a CD Now compilation and have received national radio airplay. April has performed at many festivals including the Strawberry Music Festival, (joined by John Cowan, Nina Gerber and Darol Anger), the High Sierra Festival and the Merl Watson Festival as well as local Bay Area venues including the Great American Music Hall, the Freight and Salvage, Slims, Bottom of the Hill, the Sweetwater, the Justice League and the Last Day Saloon. April was featured on Ron Kavana's 1999 release Alien Alert and Bay Area tour, Chad Clouse's In the Midst, Michael Ward's Late for the Train, Steve Owen's Atheist in Nashville, Ted Ekman's Hearts Fail, Paige Jackson's Double Wide, Patrick Conway's The Rocking Stone and Firecracker's So Long Someday. April and her band have been featured on the AT&T cable TV music series 'Roadkill' alongside Tony Furtado as well as the Bruce Lattimer Show with Eric McFadden. Recently, April performed duets on Emory Joseph's tribute to Jerry Garcia singing the famed song Must Have Been the Roses. After growing up in Western North Carolina, April moved to the Bay Area to study music and creative writing at Mills College. She joined forces early on with hammered dulcimer virtuoso Tony Elman, singing and playing mandolin in their folk duo. April's music has since evolved into her own distinctive sound. Her music has been described as 'magic country realism' and 'Industrial Appalachian'. As a singer, April has been compared to Emmylou Harris, Sheryl Crow and Fiona Apple. Her songs express a rustic and rootsy authenticity while they explore hip, adventurous elements that thrill her fans. In her band she plays acoustic and electric mandolin, mandocello and guitar. April is a songwriter who is not afraid to be real and a singer who awakens deep passion. Currently April preforms with her band The Surly Mermaids as well as her 20's and 30's jazz band the Sireens including members of the Squirrel Nut Zippers and the Firecracker Jazz band. She and the 'ladies' will be singing with Firecracker on their new recording this January. 'I love the mystery in April's music. It's like standing between two mirrors and getting lost in there. Don't tell me what it's about, just let me listen again.' -Tim O'Brien 'April's songs speak in innocence and road-worthy wisdom. It's as if I'm on a slow boat to China and she's the captain.' -Joe Craven 'Her glorious voice and deep passion make April a joy to hear...mountain dew and urban angst all at once.' -Faith Winthrop 'April's Talent is so immense, it's scary to think where she will be in five years.' -Darol Anger 'April is an artist who we believe is bound for stardom. Listen to her with your body and soul' -Tony Elman