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Monday Roundup 8/3/2015

8/3/2015

The Lone Bellow headed across the Atlantic last week, and took Ireland and England by storm.

On Wednesday afternoon, the band stopped in to the studio of The Louise Duffy Show. You can listen to the interview and performance of "You Never Need Nobody" here.

That night, they played a sold out show at Whelan's in Dublin.

.@thelonebellow giving it loads in a rammed Whelans

A photo posted by Martin Foyle (@martinfoyle) on Jul 29, 2015 at 1:35pm PDT

.@TheLoneBellow doing the in the crowd thing https://t.co/zwfo0Vha1P
— Martin Foyle (@martinfoyle) July 29, 2015

Seriously amazing gig @whelanslive @TheLoneBellow... There's a band of musicians & singers who LOVE what they do!! pic.twitter.com/3C3kcvVw1A
— Melanie Cull (@melcullbriggs) July 29, 2015

@thelonebellow @whelanslive - Slip Slidin' Away #thelonebellow #whelans #dublin #slipslidin #singalong http://t.co/tQOcZeK7Rs
— Patrick Phelan (@PaddyFeelo) July 29, 2015

Ireland, you've been swell...London see you tonight

A photo posted by The Lone Bellow (@thelonebellow) on Jul 30, 2015 at 1:14am PDT

The band played at London's 100 Club on Thursday and Friday nights.

@thelonebellow smashing it at @100clublondon tonight!

A photo posted by Guy Burton (@guy127917) on Jul 30, 2015 at 2:51pm PDT

.@TheLoneBellow you don't love me like you used to ❤️❤️ pic.twitter.com/6oyHrp20C1
— Slaweezy (@Slaweezy) July 30, 2015

If you were in the 100 Club and just witnessed @thelonebellow. You know you witnessed something special. Tight, harmonies...they gottit!
— Mr Omneo (@mr_omneo) July 30, 2015

The awesome @TheLoneBellow at @100clubLondon Has to be one of the best live gigs I've ever seen! #thelonebellow pic.twitter.com/sq0r2KjgIg
— Di Holmes (@DiHolmesPhoto) July 31, 2015

2nd night of @TheLoneBellow sold out 100 Club action and they've just gone and done an impromptu Warren G Regulate cover. Nailed it too.
— Ali Tant (@alistairtant) July 31, 2015

The Lone Bellow absolutely blew my mind at the 100 Club in London tonight. We were stood right at the front and I bawled my eyes out when they played 'A Tree To Grow' haha. The most raw passion and energy that I have ever had the pleasure of witnessing on a stage. Beautiful. #thelonebellow #music #live #livefolk #country #folk #london #musician #musicianlife #100club #livemusic #goodnight

A photo posted by Thomas James (@thomasjamesuk) on Jul 31, 2015 at 4:14pm PDT

A little bit of home in #London at the @100club with @thelonebellow #Brooklyn #treetogrow #concert #livemusic

A video posted by @sugarrockerin on Jul 31, 2015 at 4:33pm PDT

The band finished up their trip across the Atlantic with performances at the Cambridge Folk Festival on Saturday and Sunday.

Anyone ever heard of #thelonebellow because they are owning Cambridge right now . http://t.co/z7B1Lyv8Pd
— Ray Jones (@RayJonesTimeOut) August 1, 2015

Wowsa - @thelonebellow rockin' the folk fest #cff15 pic.twitter.com/eERY6Sylhf
— Chris Duerden (@ownaccord) August 1, 2015

@TheLoneBellow are making a LOT of friends @CamFolkFest tonight. A1, bloody brilliant. #CFF15 #elcff15
— 5th Top (@5thTop) August 1, 2015

Yeeeeeehaaaahh!!!! @TheLoneBellow Awesome set y'all! Sunday 12.35pm stage 1 #QuitYourLawnchair #Americana #cff15 pic.twitter.com/41FP8Kesgi
— Life is a Festival! (@lifeisafestival) August 1, 2015

Not normally a big fan of Country, but @TheLoneBellow gave it so much heart today that I'm a convert. #CFF15 pic.twitter.com/Af7QjQNAAX
— Rupert Curwen (@smashtie) August 2, 2015

@TheLoneBellow take Cambridge by surprise #CFF15 #Northernsky pic.twitter.com/tb0uc45q7k
— NorthernSkyMag (@NorthernSkyMag) August 3, 2015

Amazing gig @thelonebellow. Wish we could do it all over again! #thelonebellow #cambridgefolkfestival2015 #whataset #nolawnchairs

A photo posted by Emily Swift (@emily1_swift) on Aug 2, 2015 at 11:40am PDT

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Monday Roundup 7/27/2015

7/28/2015

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Well, ok, I guess it's technically a Tuesday roundup. We are trying to get back on top of this site, as The Lone Bellow has some very busy months ahead, and we want to share all the info we can about them.

They had a particularly busy weekend, playing at festivals each day, Friday-Sunday. But they also did a couple of smaller shows in the days before.

On Wednesday, they performed an intimate show at the Renaissance Hotel in D.C. as part of the hotel's Signature Global Music Experience. We so wish we could have been there.

Life made richer by @this.linda and The Lone Bellow @therendupont #renhotels #girlcrush

A photo posted by Winyan (@winggy63) on Jul 24, 2015 at 10:03am PDT

.@TheLoneBellow's chemistry is unreal. What a performance. pic.twitter.com/OCQwWLKD6F
— Renaissance Hotels (@RenHotels) July 23, 2015

You can read more about the show and see more pictures here.

On Thursday, the band kicked off Newport Folk Festival with Watkins Family Hour at the Pickens Theater, along with Fiona Apple, Hiss Golden Messenger, and Joe Pug.

So happy that @TheLoneBellow was at The Watkins Family Hour concert!!! @JPTNewport #NewportFolkFest pic.twitter.com/sXnMGCYIsB
— Jonathan Waugh (@jcwaugh) July 24, 2015

You can read more about the show and see some beautiful photos here and here.

Now for the festivals...

First up was Newport Folk Festival in Newport, RI. I broke down and, despite my dislike of festivals, went to see them, so I'll have a recap of the show posted here in the next couple of days. NPR recorded their set, and you can listen to it here:

NPR Music's Rachel Horn wrote, "The Lone Bellow's Newport Folk set was powerful and practiced, but the trio also kept up an air of joyous spontaneity by bringing a stream of special guests onstage: The horn players of the New Breed Brass Band added punch to "Then Came The Morning" and "The One You Should've Let Go," Sara Watkins popped in for a fiddle solo, and both Leon Bridges and the women of Lucius added their voices at different points during the performance."

And Adam Kissick took some great photos of the show for NPR that you can view with the article.

Officially my favorite set of the festival and it's only the first day. @thelonebellow brought the Fort down. □□□. #NewportFolkFestival #livinmybestlife #FolkYeah #thelonebellow #Day1wasfun

A photo posted by @amelia_vogler on Jul 24, 2015 at 5:36pm PDT

So #LeonBridges joined #TheLoneBellow for a prayerful "Watch Over Us".... pic.twitter.com/MtA9lhf3za
— Sarah Rodman (@GlobeRodman) July 24, 2015

Newport bringing lovies together. Lucius joins The Lone Bellow. #TheLoneBellow #Lucius #NewportFolkFestival #Newport #LiveMusic #FolkYeah @newportfolkfest

A photo posted by Lindsay Curl (@lindsayannecurl) on Jul 24, 2015 at 10:50pm PDT

On Saturday, they played the WayHome Music and Arts Festival in Barrie, Ontario.

Kicking it off & tearing it up at the WayHome stage this afternoon is @thelonebellow @wayhome #WayHome #TheLoneBellow #Indie88Summer

A photo posted by Indie88 (@indie88toronto) on Jul 25, 2015 at 11:48am PDT

What an incredible way to kick off Day 2 of @wayhome!!! We loved @thelonebellow on the main stage!! #wayhome #FindYourWayHome #thelonebellow #musicfestival

A photo posted by Burl's Creek Event Grounds (@burlscreek) on Jul 25, 2015 at 11:57am PDT

Soooooo I'm currently obsessed with this band, thanks for introducing me #wayhome #thelonebellow they were simply awesome

A photo posted by Justine Noonan (@noonan_j) on Jul 25, 2015 at 12:24pm PDT

Singing to Zach's wife in the stands. ✨ @thelonebellow @wayhome

A photo posted by Sarah (@sarahafactor) on Jul 26, 2015 at 7:22am PDT

And finally, they wrapped up their weekend on Sunday at XPoNential Festival in Camden, NJ.

Front row for my favorite!! @TheLoneBellow @wxpnfm #XPNFEST #whoo!!

A photo posted by Rachel (@dittlerachel) on Jul 26, 2015 at 11:19am PDT

Getting up close and personal with Zach from @thelonebellow as he takes us all to church at #xpnfest!

A photo posted by Lauren (@redcoloredstars) on Jul 26, 2015 at 11:48am PDT

Real passion and emotion during @thelonebellow's set. I'm a new fan -wm #xpnfest pic.twitter.com/1FbUaKqoqp
— The Swollen Fox (@theswollenfox) July 26, 2015

No matter how many times I see them they will always amaze me! @TheLoneBellow #amazing @wxpnfm #XPNFEST Makes the top of my list for favorite festival moments ever!

A video posted by Rachel (@dittlerachel) on Jul 26, 2015 at 12:10pm PDT

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Wayhome Facebook Q&A With The Lone Bellow

7/3/2015

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Have a burning question to ask the band? Monday is your chance when they participate in a Facebook Q&A courtesy of the Wayhome Music Festival.

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Oh, festivals!

3/18/2015

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Here's a bit of a confession, one that may raise skepticism at our claims to be huge lovers of music. We say this knowing that some of you, dear readers, will agree with us, but for many of you, our proclamations of going to ridiculous lengths to see The Lone Bellow will undoubtedly be called into question. Ready for it? We do not like music festivals. We understand why music festivals happen- what better way for musicians to be exposed to people who may not otherwise hear their music? Although we accept that this is just part of life for most touring musicians, we just cannot get on board with them.

I spent the better part of my youth going to every music festival I could, so I am somewhat surprised that I have come to find them tedious. It's true that nothing makes me feel older than having such a curmudgeonly attitude about festivals (well, that and complaining about shows that don't start until 10:00 p.m.), but the more concerts we go to at smaller venues, the more difficult it becomes to enjoy what we now view as the day or days long chore of getting through one more band that we may or may not be interested in. And worse, loving a band, but knowing you will only get to see them perform for an hour, at most, can feel like agony. And that's to say nothing of the crowds and heat!

So much of what we love about going to concerts is the shared experience with other members of the audience. The Lone Bellow excels at connecting with the audience, and there is just no way to replicate that at a big music festival. Admittedly, every time we see an ad for Boston Calling, there's a little pang of guilt; a tiny little flicker of maybe we should reconsider going...

As true fans, we are really happy that the band is able to do so many festivals, meaning more and more people will be discovering how amazing they are. And we are not necessarily saying we will never go to a music festival, as we've certainly done crazier. (Last summer I felt like I HAD TO see them so I did make the trek to the Green River Festival, leaving right after their set.) We just prefer the type of Lone Bellow show we have come to love: smaller venues, a long set list, lots of banter, infectious energy, spontaneity, and all of the feelings! We're keeping our fingers crossed that this summer there will be a decent amount of headlining shows near us, and if not, well, we'll figure out a way to see them. Perhaps we can buy airfare with all of the money we don't spend on festivals.

Our favorite trio at Green River Festival in 2014. (Photo taken by our friend, Stacy, whom we've recently converted to The Lone Bellow fandom.)

What do you think of music festivals? Will you be seeing The Lone Bellow at any festivals this year? Tell us in the comments, on our Facebook page, or in the forum!

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The Lone Bellow In Lineup for Eaux Claires Festival

2/11/2015

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The lineup for the inaugural Eaux Claires Music & Arts Festival was announced today, and it is impressive, especially since it includes The Lone Bellow! The festival takes place July 17 and 18, and is hosted by Justin Vernon of Bon Iver. Bon Iver will be headlining along with The National and Sufjan Stevens.

Tickets are on sale tomorrow! Check out the whole lineup below.

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Cayamo Videos

2/1/2015

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Now that the lucky passengers aboard the Cayamo Cruise have returned home, we are able to see, with a little help from Youtube, what went on on that boat. We've pulled some of our favorite videos from the voyage, and hope you enjoy them, too! If you were on the boat, we would love to hear from you!

Up first, this video of The Lone Bellow doing a cover of The Judds song, "Grandpa", with another one of our favorites, Brandi Carlile.

And we never tire of seeing them perform "Watch Over Us"- gosh, Brian's voice on this song does something to us!

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What a busy week!

1/28/2015

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With the new album officially out (even though the blizzard stopped a certain someone from receiving her copy on time), The Lone Bellow has been super busy. We feel ridiculously proud of these guys, even though we've had nothing to do with their success. There's just something that makes us feel so happy to know of this band, and we just want to share the joy. We are going to try our best to keep up with all of the interviews, appearances, and anything else that comes up in the next few weeks. As for now, here's a little bit of a roundup.

Over the weekend, we were pleasantly surprised to hear their interview on NPR's Weekend Edition. We are huge NPR nerds, so much so that it's a wonder we ever find time to listen to music! If you did not hear the interview, check it out here.

There's also this little promo, appealing to the Target shopper in all of us:

And, let's not forget that the band recently disembarked from their Cayamo cruise, which we wrote about here. Our friend and fellow The Lone Bellow fan, Holly, was kind enough to give us permission to share some of her photos from the fabulous trip. (We hope to have more to share from Cayamo, so stay tuned!)

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The Lone Bellow Festival Announcements

1/14/2015

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It's currently 18 degrees F here in Boston, but spring and summer music festivals are starting to announce their lineups, and that is bringing us pleasant thoughts of warmer weather. The Lone Bellow has recently announced their presence at two festivals -

Hangout Music Fest in Gulf Shores, AL, May 15-17. Tickets on sale NOW!
Boston Calling in Boston, MA, May 22-24. Tickets on sale TODAY at noon!

We'll post other any other TLB festival announcements as they come out!

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The Lone Bellow at Americana Fest: guest post by Paul Wallen

9/29/2014

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We met Paul and Diane at The Lone Bellow show at The Iron Horse in Northampton back in August. We had arrived early to make sure we would get good seats, and were first in line. They arrived about 5 minutes after us, armed with folding chairs to make the wait more comfortable. As we chatted with them, we quickly discovered we all frequently attend concerts, and like many of the same bands. It is thanks to them that we learned about The Lone Bellow show at Mohegan Sun in September.

We have kept in touch, and when we found out Paul and Diane would be seeing The Lone Bellow perform at the Americana Music Festival, we decided to take advantage of their proximity, and Paul's journalism background, and asked him to write up a short review for this site. Paul has graciously provided us with the following report:

My wife and I had been kicking around the question all week.

After enjoying three shows by The Lone Bellow in more intimate settings — including one at Iron Horse Music Hall in Northampton where we were so close that Zach Williams could have easily fallen onto our table during one of his trademark edge-of-the-stage clapping outbursts — we couldn’t help but wonder how different it might be to see one of our favorite groups an arena-like setting. Would the Lone Bellow’s unique blend of power, precision and tenderness translate to a much larger crowd in a larger space?

We received an emphatic answer to that question at the Americana Music Festival, where The Lone Bellow opened for the Avett Brothers at Riverfront Park in downtown Nashville, Tenn on Sept. 20. In fact, it was almost as if Williams (guitar, lead vocals), Brian Elmquist (guitar, vocals) and Kanene Pipkin (mandolin, vocals) were on a mission to demonstrate that they are quite prepared for the bigger stages that may be inevitable as the trio prepares to release their sophomore album early next year.

The Lone Bellow seized the swelling crowd’s attention by roaring into the opener “You Can Be All Kinds of Emotional.” Williams always seems to be going full-throttle on stage, which made it surprising to see him hit an even higher gear on a humid Tennessee evening. After a couple songs, my wife turned to me and said, “Zach’s in rare form tonight.”

The rest of The Lone Bellow were in top form as well, delivering a fantastic set that included songs from their 2013 debut such as “You Never Need Nobody,” “Green Eyes and a Heart of Gold,” “Two Sides of Lonely,” “You Don’t Love Me Like You Used To,” “Teach Me To Know,” “Bleeding Out,” “Tree To Grow,” and “The One You Should’ve Let Go.”

Their performance of newer songs such as “Diners” and “Watch Over Us” left us even more eager for the upcoming album. A few days later, I caught myself searching for the gospel-tinged “Watch Over Us” on my iPod before I remembered that it hasn’t even been released yet. It’s that good.

So if you haven’t yet seen The Lone Bellow perform live in one of those smaller venues, dear Tree To Grow readers, hurry up before they are playing to sold out arenas. But don’t worry, I can also confidently report that they are more than ready for the big stages.

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Who We Are

We are Abra and Bobbie, two friends living in Boston who go to a lot of concerts together. We saw The Lone Bellow, having never heard of them, and could not believe our good fortune in discovering such talent. We now try to go by the "Four-Hour-Rule", meaning if we can get to a show within four hours, we will be there, hopefully right up front.

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Oh, festivals!

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Cayamo Videos

What a busy week!

The Lone Bellow Festival Announcements

The Lone Bellow at Americana Fest: guest post by Paul Wallen

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