New solo album Waterbugs releases June 1st.
Since the summer of 2012, Ribbons of Song has been a quiet beast. Instead of playing shows, we’ve all been off doing our own things. I’ve tried to play out very little, letting songs write themselves when they come along, but not working too hard at it. As a band, we worked very hard during 2011 and 2012. Speaking for myself, trying to push our Kickstarter up the big hill of fundraising wore me out. Trying to organize and record Little Storm, a 19-song album featuring 16 musicians,...
Read More“Clumsy Feet” download is here!
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Read MoreNew single “Clumsy Feet” for the New Year.
Things are happening a bit, though no considerable developments have come with our unreleased album “Little Storm” yet. There are things afoot, though! We’ve written a new song, and recorded it in an entirely new fashion. You’d think it would sound wonky and junky to record vocals in a mattress closet between mattresses, but not so much! Then again, you’d also be surprised by the fabulous jiggly melodies we nabbed from Grammie’s old upright piano, and by...
Read MoreJuliana Stein remixes “Trouble” and “Blisters” for a new single.
New this month! Juliana Stein delivers excellent takes on a couple songs from our album, Pocket Dream. Songwriter Ben Scott-Brandt’s littlest brother, Jonathan Brandt, is capable of completely transforming himself into electro-glitch musician Juliana Stein on occasion, complete with makeup and handbag. As Juliana, she’s also capable of transforming our little folk-pop numbers into breathy, squeaky electronica atmospheres! Please listen and purchase. Trouble (Juliana Stein Remix)...
Read MoreWeird Signals “Silver Springs”
Sam Cook-Parrott (former Ribbons drummer, tambourinist, bassist, and Ribbonette) and Jes Kramer (Ribbonette on every album I’ve made) invited me to be a part of a new and short-lived project called Weird Signals. I think we’ve played only three shows so far, and our final show is tomorrow night. Here’s our version of Fleetwood Mac’s Silver Springs.
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