Hefty Horse
New Member
Marie Sioux:
Mariee is ALELA DIANE’s soul mate, the pair are very rarely seperated. Mariee has been an integral part of Alela’s astonishing career as much as Alela has contributed to Mariee’s. I assure you, in all honesty, you will be completd blown away by her. She is magical. A total one off.
The tale of MARIEE SIOUX begins as delicately and spiritually as her captivating song, as a small ember introduced to the universe that soon grew into a flame of hope and illumination. Her dazzling debut album ‘Faces in the Rocks’, weaves together the poetic interpretations of the universe’s deep truths and interconnectedness that have intrigued her since childhood. Each spin invites listeners to be the cast in Mariee’s entrancing tale with a journey ahead that is only beginning.
The stage was set in her hometown of Nevada City, CA, a historically creative community in which artists have flourished over the ages, where Mariee intertwined the vivid verse she had been writing as a child with the life lessons she has learned as an adult for this powerful record. Her roots had been planted deep in music through the love of her mandolin-playing father, but it was not until Mariee ventured a life-changing trip to Patagonia at the age of 17 that she began to play an instrument herself. She soon perfected the spry, delicate finger picking guitar technique featured on ‘Faces in the Rocks’, a faultless accompaniment to her strong yet sweetly cooing vocals, and toured internationally with her adoring compatriots BRIGHTBLACK MORNING LIGHT.
Featuring Grammy-nominee GENTLE THUNDER’s enchanting sound on a redwood-carved Native American flute as well as her own famed father Gary Sobonya on mandolin, Mariee recorded Faces in May 2007 with a troupe of Nevada City’s talented musicians. Recorded with the intent of aligning the magnificence of the human voice with the universe’s creative energy, each song is a stirring exploration of life. Her tales range from the profundity of friendship on the single ‘Friendboats’ to the yearning of self-understanding on ‘Bundles’, each laced with fabled images and poignant verse. ‘Two Tongues at One Time’, recently released on a rare 7” vinyl, is a sonnet-filled homage to the ancestors who traversed the wild lands of America hundreds of years ago, reminding listeners of our vital ties to our past.
Continuing the folk tradition of songwriting greats such as JONI MITCHELL, KATE WOLF and NICK DRAKE, ‘Faces in the Rocks’ glorifies an appreciation of the working spirit and the oneness of nature that remains timeless.
Nevada City-based songwriter MARIEE SIOUX spits piney rhymes over oaken-tuned acoustic plucking. Her twilight narratives detail encounters with ghosts, myriad woodland creatures, and her mom. But with a voice that bends around the branches with more flexibility than her fellow folk-nymphs, you couldn’t pick a better guide for your night-hike. – Jennifer Maerz, SF Weekly
MARIEE SIOUX was a delight, an amazingly poetic and telling lyricist, and she seemed to be the den mother of the pack, delicately plucking and strumming an acoustic with her eyes closed. – LA Record
This year Mariee finds herself on the Grass Roots release, Be Yourself: A Tribute To Graham Nash, alongside Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Robin Pecknold (Fleet Foxes) and Vetiver. She has spent the last few years on the road playing with the likes of Final Fantasy, Joanna Newsom and Will Oldham.
Peter Delaney:
Peter has been playing as a solo musician since 2005. He comes from a folk music background and plays his own unique style, drawing on early Hawaiian music, Alan Lomax field recordings as well as more contemporary folk musicians such as Joanna Newsom and Josephine Foster.
In April 2007 Peter released his debut EP/Mini Album "Duck Egg Blue", which received regular airplay on national radio stations across Ireland including Today FM and 2FM.
Peter has played alongside many popular folk musicians including A Hawk and a Hacksaw (USA), Larkin Grimm (USA), Richard Gilewitz (USA), Sharon Krauss (UK), Thinguma*jigsaw (Norway) and United Bible Studies (Ireland). He has just completed a tour of Norway.
Owensie:
Regular Dublin gig-goers (or Thumped members at least) will know and will have seen Owensie lately. Formerly of Terrordactyl and Puget Sound, Owensie has shorned his trademark dreads and decided to return to playing the classical guitar again after picking one up in a charity shop on Francis St. in Dublin.
The result is a gentle and emotional introspective vibe, somewhere between the American twang of Sam Amidon and the guitar picking of Jose Gonzalez. The dude sings in a falsetto too – you wouldn’t have known he had it in him, especially if you’d seen Terrordactyl or his other band Realistic Train.
He has released a five track demo EP on Bandcamp and I recommend you download it.
-Nialler9
Mariee is ALELA DIANE’s soul mate, the pair are very rarely seperated. Mariee has been an integral part of Alela’s astonishing career as much as Alela has contributed to Mariee’s. I assure you, in all honesty, you will be completd blown away by her. She is magical. A total one off.
The tale of MARIEE SIOUX begins as delicately and spiritually as her captivating song, as a small ember introduced to the universe that soon grew into a flame of hope and illumination. Her dazzling debut album ‘Faces in the Rocks’, weaves together the poetic interpretations of the universe’s deep truths and interconnectedness that have intrigued her since childhood. Each spin invites listeners to be the cast in Mariee’s entrancing tale with a journey ahead that is only beginning.
The stage was set in her hometown of Nevada City, CA, a historically creative community in which artists have flourished over the ages, where Mariee intertwined the vivid verse she had been writing as a child with the life lessons she has learned as an adult for this powerful record. Her roots had been planted deep in music through the love of her mandolin-playing father, but it was not until Mariee ventured a life-changing trip to Patagonia at the age of 17 that she began to play an instrument herself. She soon perfected the spry, delicate finger picking guitar technique featured on ‘Faces in the Rocks’, a faultless accompaniment to her strong yet sweetly cooing vocals, and toured internationally with her adoring compatriots BRIGHTBLACK MORNING LIGHT.
Featuring Grammy-nominee GENTLE THUNDER’s enchanting sound on a redwood-carved Native American flute as well as her own famed father Gary Sobonya on mandolin, Mariee recorded Faces in May 2007 with a troupe of Nevada City’s talented musicians. Recorded with the intent of aligning the magnificence of the human voice with the universe’s creative energy, each song is a stirring exploration of life. Her tales range from the profundity of friendship on the single ‘Friendboats’ to the yearning of self-understanding on ‘Bundles’, each laced with fabled images and poignant verse. ‘Two Tongues at One Time’, recently released on a rare 7” vinyl, is a sonnet-filled homage to the ancestors who traversed the wild lands of America hundreds of years ago, reminding listeners of our vital ties to our past.
Continuing the folk tradition of songwriting greats such as JONI MITCHELL, KATE WOLF and NICK DRAKE, ‘Faces in the Rocks’ glorifies an appreciation of the working spirit and the oneness of nature that remains timeless.
Nevada City-based songwriter MARIEE SIOUX spits piney rhymes over oaken-tuned acoustic plucking. Her twilight narratives detail encounters with ghosts, myriad woodland creatures, and her mom. But with a voice that bends around the branches with more flexibility than her fellow folk-nymphs, you couldn’t pick a better guide for your night-hike. – Jennifer Maerz, SF Weekly
MARIEE SIOUX was a delight, an amazingly poetic and telling lyricist, and she seemed to be the den mother of the pack, delicately plucking and strumming an acoustic with her eyes closed. – LA Record
This year Mariee finds herself on the Grass Roots release, Be Yourself: A Tribute To Graham Nash, alongside Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Robin Pecknold (Fleet Foxes) and Vetiver. She has spent the last few years on the road playing with the likes of Final Fantasy, Joanna Newsom and Will Oldham.
Peter Delaney:
Peter has been playing as a solo musician since 2005. He comes from a folk music background and plays his own unique style, drawing on early Hawaiian music, Alan Lomax field recordings as well as more contemporary folk musicians such as Joanna Newsom and Josephine Foster.
In April 2007 Peter released his debut EP/Mini Album "Duck Egg Blue", which received regular airplay on national radio stations across Ireland including Today FM and 2FM.
Peter has played alongside many popular folk musicians including A Hawk and a Hacksaw (USA), Larkin Grimm (USA), Richard Gilewitz (USA), Sharon Krauss (UK), Thinguma*jigsaw (Norway) and United Bible Studies (Ireland). He has just completed a tour of Norway.
Owensie:
Regular Dublin gig-goers (or Thumped members at least) will know and will have seen Owensie lately. Formerly of Terrordactyl and Puget Sound, Owensie has shorned his trademark dreads and decided to return to playing the classical guitar again after picking one up in a charity shop on Francis St. in Dublin.
The result is a gentle and emotional introspective vibe, somewhere between the American twang of Sam Amidon and the guitar picking of Jose Gonzalez. The dude sings in a falsetto too – you wouldn’t have known he had it in him, especially if you’d seen Terrordactyl or his other band Realistic Train.
He has released a five track demo EP on Bandcamp and I recommend you download it.
-Nialler9
