California Calling, by Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards

California Calling

by Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards

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1.	The Low Hum 04:01	buy track
2.	California Calling 03:49	buy track
3.	Three Little Words 04:28	buy track
4.	Skipping Stone 03:08	buy track
5.	Hold On 04:01	buy track
6.	Swing & Turn (Jubilee) 04:34	buy track
7.	Rhododendron 02:08	buy track
8.	Someday 02:24	buy track
9.	Stockholm 03:33	buy track
10.	Pace Myself 03:47	buy track
11.	If You Can Hear Me 05:09	buy track

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Cutting her teeth as a sideman in Boston’s roots music scene, Laura Cortese forged a unique path through a pool rich in talent (due to a large population of Berklee School of Music graduates like herself) including stints as an instrumentalist with Band of Horses, Pete Seeger, Rose Cousins, Jocie Adams (of the Low Anthem), and Uncle Earl. Her Compass Records debut, CALIFORNIA CALLING, is the next step in her career as a frontwoman and bandleader—she and her Dance Cards (cellist Valerie Thompson, fiddler Jenna Moynihan, and bassist Natalie Bohrn) break new ground with a bold and elegant new album, based in the lyrical rituals of folk music but exploring new territories of rhythm and sonics. With the support of Sam Kassirer, album producer of folk-pop favorites like Lake Street Dive and Joy Kills Sorrow, they’ve created something that’s simultaneously rowdy, delicate and cinematic. This is post-folk that seriously rocks.

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released October 6, 2017

LAURA CORTESE voice, fiddle, synth bass, stomps, claps, glass harmonica
VALERIE THOMPSON cello, voice, marimba, Rhodes, claps, glass harmonica
JENNA MOYNIHAN fiddle, voice, banjo, stomps, claps, glass harmonica, toy piano
NATALIE BOHRN bass, voice, glass harmonica
SAM KASSIRER acoustic and electric pianos, organs, synthesizers, percussion, marimba

Produced by Sam Kassirer
Recorded by Sam Kassirer at the Great North Sound Society in Parsonsfield, ME
Assistant Engineer Jonathan Corey
Mastered by Jeff Lipton at Peerless Mastering, Boston, MA
Assistant Mastering Engineer Maria Rice

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Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards San Francisco, California

Expanding on the boundaries of what an indie-folk band can be, Laura Cortese & the Dance Cards take their extensive string music background, add their knowledge of folk and roots music, and incorporate an edgy pop sensibility to create their latest album, BITTER BETTER—a stunning lesson in all the ways string instruments can be played and captures the most adventurous approach to each moment. ... more

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