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Tag Archive for ‘Sounds Familyre’

Danielson in the studio

A new Danielson song and the family game that inspired it.

An afternoon with Dan Zimmerman

Glowing and wild-eyed

“In a music landscape often dominated by twenty-somethings and their casio beats, Dan Zimmerman descends from the mountain glowing and wild-eyed, the madman prophet singing molassed-gravel sonnets and with a burlap sack of rattlesnakes slung over his shoulder. A supreme joy and danger to listen to.” -Michael Kaufman, of Asthmatic Kitty, talking about the forthcoming […]

New Dan Zimmerman coming in April

It’s been almost nine years since Sounds Familyrite Dan Zimmerman released his last record so you could say it’s about time some news surfaced about a release date for Cosmic Patriot, his second full-length album for Daniel Smith’s label. The album is slated for release on April 21. It “features the extraordinary talents of Elin K. Smith, Joshua […]

Video: Lenny Smith in Norway

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONdfntsMaFI&hl=en&fs=1] From a Lenny Smith e-mail: I don’t know where YOU were, but….You all were NOT in Norway for my show! So, I am bringing it to you! Marian dressed me in these dark colors. 🙂 Lenny