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Getting literary with There Is No Sin

Rooms made of notes
For those of you bemoaning the loss of the LP and its attendant album art, Troy Keiper feels your pain.
By SAM PFEIFLE | October 19, 2011

Introducing ANNA

Band Watch
It would appear Gypsy Tailwind's tumultuous ride has lost its backing breeze.
By SAM PFEIFLE | September 28, 2011

This Way's new tack for album number two

No, actually, This Way
Theoretically, Goodbye Forever is This Way's sophomore album, but you'd have a hard time identifying this as the same crew that produced 2008's We Could All Make History .
By SAM PFEIFLE | May 12, 2011

Port City soars, Venue tanks

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PORT CITY MUSIC HALL must be doing something right.
By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | March 03, 2011

Upcoming albums: The winter of our deep content

The winter of our deep content
There was a time when winter in Portland was pretty sleepy, with bands holing up to practice and write while the snowflakes flew. No longer. The album-release schedule is now equally robust year-round, and there are big shows just about every weekend through to spring.
By SAM PFEIFLE | December 29, 2010

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Guster makes good, Billy Libby's new EP, and more

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Take note that sometimes-Mainers GUSTER have a song prominently displayed in the hard-to-avoid Target holiday ad campaign. Good for them.
By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | December 01, 2010

Songwriters unite

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Following up on his run as president of the MAINE SONGWRITERS ALLIANCE , BOB MCKILLOP has now founded a Portland chapter of the NASHVILLE SONGWRITERS ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL .
By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | October 07, 2010

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Madgirl's Mad House, Goodnight Process says goodnight, and more

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Remember how MADGIRL was selling local discs through her MAD HOUSE store on Commercial Street? Well, she has 45 local artists in the store right now, and is willing to add more, but is no longer paying for the discs up front — just selling the discs and passing the money back along, without taking a commission.
By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | August 26, 2010

KahBang's growth helps boost Queen City

Bangor scene update
Expanding its dosage of cultural shock therapy for central Maine, the KahBang festival, created as a single-day concert last year, is now a music, art, and film festival dominating the Bangor waterfront and downtown for nine days.
By KEGAN ZEMA | August 11, 2010

Ghost is born

Amanda Gervasi's solo debut
Not long after making her debut as the new co-lead with Gypsy Tailwind, Amanda Gervasi is back this week with a full-length solo album of her own, Merry the Ghost , produced by Eric Bettencourt and with a cast of various local musicians.
By SAM PFEIFLE | July 20, 2010

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Decades and Days of the new

Gypsy Tailwind’s with Gervasi, and don’t skip a beat
After the bombast of Grace , Gypsy Tailwind’s sophomore record, full of strings and horns and big arrangements worthy of a Nashville studio, the opening to their brand-new Decades and Days seems decidedly intentional.
By SAM PFEIFLE | June 16, 2010

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Join the Gypsy caravan

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The latest on Gypsy Tailwind, Low-Flying Airplanes, and more
By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | May 05, 2010

Singer/songwriter Graeme Kennedy is back in town

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... and he’s got ambitious plans for his McKeenstreet Music.
By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | March 10, 2010

Get ready

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Details on the Rustic Overtones release and more
By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | October 28, 2009

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Second summer

Catching up with discs missed
Summer's over, the kids are getting back to school and I'm loath to turn the seasonal page. The music's been terrific. New discs by Spencer and the School Spirit Mafia, Grand Hotel, dilly dilly, Samuel James, and Gypsy Tailwind have highlighted the depth and breadth of our local talent and the return of shows on the pier has reminded many of us just what a great summer town this can be.
By SAM PFEIFLE | August 26, 2009

Rotors to Rust, WePushButtons, Gypsy Tailwind

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• The ROTORS TO RUST show last weekend wasn't a one-off. The band have plans to release a new disc at the end of summer on MARK CURDO 's LABOR DAY RECORDS . Bassist JASON GROSSO says the new material is more loose and creative than you've heard from the three-piece before.
By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | July 24, 2009

Rotors to Rust, WePushButtons, Gypsy Tailwind

Regardless of the cost

Tony McNaboe testifies on sophomore release
If you were concerned that the return of Rustic Overtones would mean the ends of their various side projects, it’s clear now that was a fruitless worry.
By SAM PFEIFLE | July 22, 2009

Tower of Song Festival, Eric Bettencourt, and the Outsiders

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This is shaping up to be one of the best summers in a long time when it comes to outdoor and festival-type shows.
By PORTLAND PHOENIX STAFF | July 15, 2009

Jodi Explodi, Meantone, Tony McNaboe and more

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JODI EXPLODI 's Shipyard EP is out and available, after a few delays here and there. It's the first disc from the band since the four-song Demo-Arigato from 2006. It appears to have some kind of zombie theme to it, but we haven't caught a listen yet.
By PORTLAND PHOENIX STAFF | July 08, 2009

Music Seen: Gypsy Tailwind at Port City Music Hall

It's a kind of magic
Sometimes "studio magic" doesn't translate well to the stage — especially when 15 musicians perform in a single song. But other times, you wish such large live performances were being recorded for the next album.
By JEFF INGLIS | June 24, 2009

Finding even better days

Gypsy Tailwind show power and Grace
Gypsy Tailwind have been a slow build. Though Halo Sessions was one of the best local albums of 2008, it seems no one really heard it until 2009, thanks largely to the radio success of "So Lonely," a single whose melancholy bounce was heartbreakingly honest: "I'll tell you a secret: I drank myself to sleep last night."
By SAM PFEIFLE | June 17, 2009

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