Spontaneous Concert in Bern w/Zoe Boekbinder

Every Monday evening under the arcades on Rathausgasse there is a Les Petites Monday, a small concert and a small grill, hosted by Les Amis. This week Zoe Boekbinder and her quartet of fine Americans make a stop in Bern's Altstadt... check out her video! "Don't Tell Me"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YiTh_zZVHM about the band
New Orleans-based folk singer-songwriter Zoë Boekbinder returns after a yearlong hiatus with a six week Europe Tour in Spring 2014. Joined at different times by violinist Dorota Szuta, cellist Danah Olivetree, and multi-instrumentalist Taylor Ross, they’ll play in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, and Poland.

Boekbinder sings with a timeless, lived-in voice timbre that recalls vinyl records and old time speakeasies. Her songs are anchored by finger-picked acoustic guitar, but often she experiments with added instrumentation, either acoustic (string instruments) or electronic (loop pedals, distortion effects). Her last album - Darling Specimens - was widely lauded as a prime example of a folk artist redefining the genre. Songs from that record, as well as many new ones, will make up the set list for these Europe shows.

Zoë recently sat in with Amanda Palmer for a town hall discussion about the future of music, hosted by BitTorrent (more information here). She’s also near the end of her most recent musical projects- 100 songs in 100 days. Every day, she uploads a new song to Bandcamp for fans, and has since October 8, 2013. In discussing the project, she shares, “This project, that I decided to do on a whim, may be redefining me as a songwriter.”

Zoë Boekbinder has shared the stage with folks like Ani DiFranco, Amanda Palmer, Kaki King, Jeff Lewis and Neil Gaiman. Before launching her solo career, she spent five years recording and performing as Vermillion Lies - a folk/cabaret duo with sister Kim Boekbinder.

Following 2011‘s electro-folk release Darling Specimens, Boekbinder’s next project is a collaboration with inmates at New Folsom Prison in California, where she’s volunteered, led workshops and performed concerts for the past four years. Many of these songs will be part of her upcoming tour.

Zoë Boekbinder Links:
http://www.zoeboekbinder.com/
http://www.facebook.com/zoeboekbindermusic
http://www.twitter.com/zoeboekbinder
http://www.youtube.com/zoeboekbinder
http://zoeboekbinder.bandcamp.com/