The Starlings: News

Thanks to everyone who made it to the CD release - it was a joyous night, and we were so happy.

A real treat to see our first official review of Bright Light from KBCS DJ and blogger, Iaan Hughes.

Tom and I had a little duo afternoon show yesterday at Le Pichet, and it was a lovely afternoon of butter lettuce, watermelon/falafel salad, crisp white wine, olives, and more coffee. It was a date gig. Those are rare, but when they happen, they're sweet moments.

A few shows left this month as we plan to head out on tour September 8th...should be a fun one! Canyons, mountain rivers, New Mexico, hot springs, LA rooftops, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival (as spectators/buskers!), the Redwoods, the wild Pacific coast. A buncha gigs that enable us to make these forays into majestic natural worlds. We have a send-off show at Conor Byrne September 3rd, with the Blackberry Bushes for their CD release. Enjoy the rest of summer!

Happy 60th Birthday today to my dad.

Bright Light is now available! And how!

 Check out our new video for "Bright Light."

 

Shot at Jack Straw Productions, while recording our fourth album, and our favorite watering hole Conor Byrne Pub in Ballard. Big,big thanks to the Saturday Ballard Chorus for audio/video participation. Produced by The Starlings; co-directed by Aimee Zoe; edited, co-directed & beautified by Sherri Jerome.

You can purchase the album at local, independent Seattle record stores Sonic Boom and Silver Platters. Buying online or in-person from these stores helps boost us on the local charts, and supports independent record stores.

See you at the CD Release show for Bright Light on Saturday, July 31st at The Big House in Ballard. All ages, bring your own beverage, doors open at 8pm. Mark your calendars!

Also available at the below links, or other digital outlets.

 

 

Happy to announce our Seattle CD Release show for Bright Light on Saturday, July 31st at The Big House in Ballard. All ages, bring your own beverage, doors at 8pm. Mark your calendars!

 

 

June 2010 - Thanks to everyone who donated!! We really are so thankful.

The new album, Bright Light is in the final stages of tracking, and slated for a July 2010 release. We're very excited about it, and we can't wait to share it. We are offering album pre-sales packages, as listed on the home page. This is a great way to get your CD early, along with a few other perks, and help us knock out some of the upfront CD expenses. It's always quite an undertaking with each aspect: studio time, hired musicians, engineers, mixing, mastering, manufacturing, artwork, and on and on. We do it all ourselves. We've come up with a few levels of giving, matched with the new CD/poster and other swag. We appreciate any support you can contribute. Thank you!

Back from the winter tour. It was full of great fun and adventure. We did film a video in Jerome, AZ. We drove and we sang and we chased the sun. We avoided inclement weather, saw friends in every place we went. We loved Austin. We love Datri Bean. We returned to favorite venues. We had too much fun. Thanks to everyone. We're finishing up the album in the next couple months, more news to come as it's fit for the page.

Hey folks - it's been a little quiet from our corner of the world lately. But things have been busy behind the scenes, as they say. We're getting closer to finished with our next album due out in 2010. The songs are sounding great, it's always awesome to be in the studio. We'll pick it up again in February, and hope to announce it's release date soon after that.

We've also been resting up, rehearsing, and getting fit to the task of an upcoming winter tour and a little junket to Costa Rica for the winter months. Yee haw. Joining Tom, Aimee and I will be Moe Provencher on bass/mandolin and a box of Gravity EPs. We'll be kicking off the tour in fair Portland on Friday, November 27 at The Woods.
Take a look at the tour itinerary and I hope we'll see some of you at the shows. You can also follow our blog.

But first! Seattle folks, we have one more show in our fair city before we hit the road. Saturday, Nov 21st we'll be playing at The Big House in Ballard. It's a former church that now features a performance space. It'll be a neat show, not your usual club show, it's an all-ages show as well. Show show show. Hope to see you before we embark on the next trip.

If you haven't checked our our recent EP, Gravity, don't worry! They're still available.

Thanks for checking in and be swell.

Check out the new video for "Silver Thread!" By Aimee Zoe Tubbs!

Our New EP, Gravity, is here! It's a sneak peek of our full-length we're working on. Seven songs with mostly new material, a reprise oldie and a traditional tune. It's a limited release, so get 'em while they're here. $10, includes shipping.

Also, we're having an EP release at the Conor Byrne show this Friday, July 10th. It's a co-bill with the Moe Provencher Project, celebrating a bon voyage for Moe and Aimee as they get ready to embark on their Euro-bicycling tour for 10 weeks. Openers are Brooklyn folk duo The Ericksons. Check out the poster Aimee Zoe put together.

Greetings - we're 2 weeks out from our recording session at Jack Straw Studios, and we're very excited. We'll be working with Moe Provencher in the control room, and we'll be taking a very live approach to the album. Updates to come. Right after the recording, on June 20th, We'll be playing at Conor Byrne for a special show with One Horse Shy. (we'll also be at The Fremont Fair that same day!)

Hey folks! We've got a fun tribute night coming up this Thursday, April 30 at ye olde Conor Byrne in Ballard. We'll be playing some great Willie tunes, as willie several other musicians that evening. Willie's repertoire is long and impressive, and so are his decades-old braids.

Things are moving along as we are in pre-production for our next recording. Lots of new tunes are getting some lovin' treatment, and we're excited to hit the studio in late spring. Meanwhile, we'll be playing around town and in the region, enjoying the summer, playing at the farmer's markets, and at summer parties. If you are interested in having The Starlings at your summer house party or event, just drop us a line.

Stay tuned for more info on the upcoming album. Ciao for now...

We were selected as a Notable Northwest release for "MTW" by Christine Linde at KBCS.

We were also listed on the best of 2008 for "Bluebird" on The Miller Tells Her Tale out of the UK. Thanks Karen!

Should be a fun night, this coming Saturday, January 17th at Conor Byrne.

Thank the stars for a new president! And thank you to everyone, all over the country, who helped make our 6-month tour such an adventure, chock-full of memories and life in the moment. We'll hope to get out there again as soon as we can, but in the meantime, some rest and rejuvenation, and more songwriting. All our blogs and photos can be seen on Starlings Myspace. Take care, and see you on the flip side.

We spent 17 weeks on the Roots Music Report Charts. Thanks to the DJ's across the country who've been giving us airplay!

Thanks to Jeremy Searle for his review of "MTW" on Americana UK. Also, if you are privvy to issues of Maverick Magazine (UK), we're reviewed in the June issue (can be found online and at Barnes & Noble stores). Thanks to Amy Atkins of the Boise Weekly, Michael Swanger of the Des Moines City View and Patricia Sindelar of the Omaha Reader for recent previews of our shows!
If you're in Seattle, you can pick up the May issue of The Victory Review, thanks to Tom Peterson for the review!

"Seattle’s Starlings second album is that ava raris, a work has the musical development so beloved of critics and reviewers while retaining the sound and style of their debut to keep fans who know what they like happy." -Americana UK

Thanks to Michael Deeds for the article in The Idaho Statesman! Great way to kick off the tour. "It's rootsy music with a simple beauty. It's a Seattle band with a small-town aura...Mills' timeless, gorgeous voice is the driving force behind the Starlings' twangy serenity. Her husband, singer-guitarist Tom Parker, is no slouch, either. When the two harmonize as a banjo gets plucked in the background, it's a truly wonderful blend."

We're the featured artist on Folk Alley's Open Mic for April. Folk Alley is a listener-supported, online radio streaming 24/7. Check it out here.

We're about to hit the road for 6 months! Our band line-up will fluctuate with different legs of the journey, you can keep up with our adventures on our specially-created blog as well as on our Myspace. See you out there!

Looks like we came in at #8 for the April edition of Euro Americana charts, you can read about them here: http://www.myspace.com/euroamericanachart Thanks to the DJ's who are giving us the airplay in Europe!

And thanks to everyone who made our Tractor Tavern CD Release this past Saturday such a success. We had a great turnout, and so much fun playing. Thanks to Kim Ruehl of Seattlest.com for her interview with me, and to KBCS for the on-going airplay.

CDBaby has listed us as an Editor's Pick for country-folk. http://cdbaby.com/picks/27
We're getting airplay on KBCS locally, and at several stations across the country. Our show this weekend on Bainbridge Island was given a great write-up in the What's Up publication, thanks to Bill Mickelson for that.

It's here - you can find "Marveling the While" at http://cdbaby.com/cd/starlings2, http://www.sonicboomrecords.com, in Ballard's Sonic Boom store, and soon on CDBaby.com and other retailers. Updates will be posted as they come in. Contact me at contact AT starlingsmusic.com if you'd like to order one directly from us. Listen to clips on our myspace page! See you at the cd release show at The Tractor on Saturday, April 5th!

Hey folks - boy, it feels good to be able to announce the CD Release party for "Marveling the While." We're having it at The Tractor Tavern on Saturday, April 5 at 6:30pm. Yup, it's an early show, early so as to welcome all our friends and fans who find it a bit disconcerting to have to watch a headliner at 11pm. This will also be a seated show, with opener Zoe Muth, so I hope you can save the date and be there to help us celebrate this new album. Rumor has it our producer and good buddy Chad Hinman will be up from Portland to perform with us. There will be an announcement soon that "MTW" is available online for purchase. We also have scheduled special release shows on Bainbridge Island (March 29) and Portland's Mississippi Studios (April 12), so let your friends know if they live in the area. Thanks a heap for your support, and see you out there soon!

P.S. Big plans perch on the horizon for a 6-month national tour, beginning in May. If you've peeked at our calendar, you can see what I'm talking about.

New blog posted on our myspace. We've completed mixing of the album, and I had a great time in Nashville at the Americana Music Association conference, you can read all about it on the blog. Two more shows this month before Miss Aimee Zoe embarks on her 3-month trip to India! Then, December 5, the trio will be opening for Eilen Jewell at The Tractor. See you out there...

Happy Autumn - we have finished tracking the album, to be titled "Marveling the While." We'll finish mixing this month, and look for a release date in early 2008. Check out our recent blog for more ramblings at http://www.myspace.com/thestarlings