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December 10, 2010 – 6:36 pm

It wasn’t too long ago we released our new EP When Leaves Fall, and had our release party at the beautiful 2640 Space in Charles Village, Baltimore. We had an amazing time sharing the stage with locals Silent Whys and our new friends from New Jersey Communipaw, and enough can’t be said about the spectacular performances by Dan Cohan of The Water, and Ruby Fulton & Andrew Histand from We Used To Be Family that really made the night special. You should really check out all of these incredibly talented artists and acts.

For those of you who couldn’t make it to the release party, you can pick up a copy of the new EP at our newly created Bandcamp site, where you can sample the music, download high quality audio files, or request a hard copy. Also be sure to check out some of the amazing photos from the release show that our friend Al Heishman took. He really did a great job of capturing the beautiful surroundings of the old church.

Andrew Sargus Klein of local online publication Splice Today came out to both the Microshow and Release Party, and really captured the spirit of both events and our music in an extremely nice review.

A Cat Called Cricket evokes that wonderful sense of small-timore, of a community of people happy to experience art and music together day after day, show after show. The band’s set ended as it began: a pocket of harmony, if not groove, an emotive crescendo with stringed instruments and a whispered landing.

Read the full review HERE.

Thanks to everyone that came out, played and helped put the show together, and thanks to everyone who listens and supports what we do. There’s no point in playing if you’re not listening!

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The Biggest Little Microshow

October 19, 2010 – 9:55 am

Mobtown Studios has become like a home away from home for some of us. Mat & Emily have built a super efficient, flexible and cozy environment over there and their involvement with the Baltimore music scene has really been great. A perfect example is the Microshow series they’ve been running for almost 2 years now. We were so excited when they asked us to take part in October’s Microshow. Usually when a band enters Mobtown they strip things down a lot to fit the smaller intimate environment of the studio, but we decided to strip it down, and build things up in an epic fashion.

We asked our friends Ruby Fulton & Andrew Histand from local instrumental-rock band We Used to be Family, as well as Dan Cohan from Baltimore’s favorite folk buskers The Manly Deeds and rock-duo The Water to join us on a few songs. When we first started setting up, it seemed like a spatial nightmare; rarely does Mobtown see 7 musicians in their live room during normal business hours, add 20 or so audience members and the word intimate starts to seem like an understatement. But once we started playing, all the issues of comfortability went right out the window!

The beautiful sounds of bowed instruments, plucked strings and tapped percussion bounced off the close walls and filled us all with a warm and upbeat feeling. It took us back to our early days of playing friends’ and strangers’ houses; the excitement and nervousness of playing to a small handful of listeners sitting right in front of you.

It was really a treat for us and we hope that the new arrangements and line up were a treat for those who joined us. Enjoy some photos taken by the ever-talented Emily Cartlidge and stay tuned for the recordings from the Microshow that should be available for free soon!

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October is Perfect

October 6, 2010 – 7:53 pm

October is perfect. The changing colors, the cool, fresh air. This month inspires me so much, and it only seems perfect that we let our new release out in to the world this season. I don’t think we’ve ever worked this hard for something and we are really excited to share it with our friends and family.

We’ve got a lot of things planned for next week. First we have an interview with Independents Uncovered at WGMU. They’ll be talking with us and Mike Nestor from the Beechfields Record Label, about our new EP and how the Beechfields and it’s artists work.

Next, we are pleased to take part in one of Mobtown Studios‘ famous Microshows. The concept; take a local artist, familiar with the Baltimore music landscape and make them break their mold by stripping down their songs, deconstruct and reform them…in front of a live audience and record it to tape (or hard drive). The small house-like setting of Mobtown really gives the Microshows an intimate and truly unique experience. After all of the house shows we use to play, this performance should really feel like….uh, home?! Dan Cohan from the Water will be sitting in on percussion on a few songs, and Ruby Fulton & Andrew Histand from We Used to be Family will be lending their beautiful strings on a few songs. The Microshows are free, but there is limited space to please email Mobtown and let them know you’re coming.

If you can’t make it to the Microshow next Thursday, or want to see us in full force, then our release show at the beautiful 2640 Space in Charles Village is the show for you! The wonderful people at Red Emma’s really helped us out in organizing this event and let us use this incredible space. We’ve also got some amazing bands kicking off the night, including the newest addition to the Beechfields Family, the Silent Whys and our friends from New Jersey, Communipaw. Silent Whys are a fantastic folk duo, incorporating unique instruments like accordian, banjo, dulcimer and various others. Communipaw walk the line between solid indie-rockers and the coolest breed of alt/country; in short…they rock! We are really excited about this entire week, and have put every last bit of energy we have left into making these next performances some of our best. After all the preparation and planning that we have put into this, I would love watch our own performance. Unfortunately, that’s not how it works we can’t play and spectate at the same time, and to be honest that’s not what we love doing. We love playing our music, for our friends, for our family and for people we would like to call both. If you can make it out, we would love to share the fruits of our labor…of love!

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