Wednesday, April 9, 2008

The Felice Brothers continue tour

The Felice Brothers return home after their never ending tour for some R&R
BUT first..the boys barnstorm the Bowery BallroomSaturday Night April 12th is SOLD OUT!

Don't miss summer festival dates including Mountain Jam, Bonnaroo,Clearwater Festival, All Points West and Outside Land Music and Arts Festival and the Philadelphia Folk Festival
European tour date starts in May

The Felice Brothers self titled Team Love debut is in stores now. It's a collection of new tunes with some select and hard to find tracks from the tour only full length "The Adventures of the Felice Brothers Vol 1". The Felice Brothers self-titled American debut is out now at brick and mortar retailers and digital stores. This month, an 180 gram double vinyl version complete with a free download card will hit stores.

Tour Dates:
Apr-12 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
Apr-24- Ithaca, NY- Castaway's
Apr 26- Woodstock, NY - The Bearsville Theater

May UK Tour:
May 24 Newcastle, UK - The Cluny
May 25 Glasgow, Scotland - King Tuts
May 26 Leeds, UK - Hi Fi Club
May 27 Manchester, UK - Night & Day
May 28 Dublin, Ireland - Sugar Club
May 29 London, UK - 100 Club SOLD OUT
May 30 Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Festival
Jun-01 Woodstock, NY- Mountain Jam
Jun-8- Bridgewater, NJ- Birnbaum JCC
Jun-9-Annapolis, MD- Ram's Head
Jun-10- Washington DC- Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
Jun-12 Manchester, TN Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival
Jun-22 Croton-On-Hudson, NY Clearwater Festival - Great Hudson River Revival
Aug-09 New York, NY All Points West Music and Arts Festival
Aug-15- Philadelphia, PA- Philadelphia Folk Festival
Aug-23-San Francisco, CA- Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival

In the spring of '07, the Felice Brothers released their first recording "Tonight at the Arizona" on Loose Records in the UK. They WOW-ed 'em across the pond playing festivals and gigs throughout the UK and Europe with the likes of the Waterboys, Blanche and David Grey. After making their way across America this summer for their first tour, they band hooked up with Bright Eyes for a string of rousing dates on the East Coast ---culminating in a performance on the venerated stage at Radio City Music Hall. The Felice Brothers also kicked it with Levon Helm for one of his classic Midnight Rambles upstate.

Along they way, fans at shows were introduced to "The Adventures of the Felice Brothers Vol 1", only available at live dates. The band have spent 08 on tour with everyone from Sun Volt, the Drive By Truckers, North Mississippi All Stars, Justin Townes Earle and Man Man.

The sound that emerges from their instruments is seeped with an instinctive authenticity that's rooted in tradition. While busking and impromptu subway performances filled their bellies, now their recordings and live performances brings the backwoods to the cities and concert Halls of America and Europe. Starting off '08 on the right foot, the Felice Brothers proudly announce their signing to Team Love Records.

Simone, Ian and James Felice are the three eldest boys from a family of seven, born carpenter's sons in the wilds of New York's Catskill Mountains. Less than a year ago, the Brothers adopted a runaway dice-thrower and chancer, a 19 year old called Christmas. They convinced him to quit his job and the motley quartet forsook all else but song and moved their Sunday BBQ sing-alongs from their dad's upstate house out onto the streets and subways of NYC.

After months of toil, living in a 1987 special education bus, with arrests, and genuine panhandler fun, a free-lance music writer named Gabe Soria (Mojo, Vice) stumbled upon the boys singing and barking their wares at a farmers market in Brooklyn and one thing led to another.

Now the Felice Brothers including blood brothers Christmas and Farley all live, tour, sing, write and gamble together on their little bus. Their distinct brand of songwriting and the lawless sound they've forged has earned them comparisons to Woody Guthrie, a young Springsteen to the Scorsese film Gangs of New York. The boys now travel the world performing homegrown and gritty Americana on the city stages as if they were hosting a sing-along on their own front porch surrounded by family and friends or playing the backroom of a dusty tavern.

The Felice Brothers are....Simone (Vocals, Drums, Guitar)Ian (Vocals, Guitars, Piano)James (Vocals, Accordion, Organ, Piano, Strings)Christmas (Bass)Farley- (Washboard, Fiddle, Harmonica, Vocals)

http://www.myspace.com/thefelicebrothers

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