THE PEARLS

One chilly night this last January, while waiting on a subway in New York, Mike Kelly (one quarter of The Pearls) said it best… “This world’s an oyster…a big giant oyster.” As he opened his hands slowly for grand effect he finished…“Open it up…there we are…The Pearls.” I don’t think Mike knew he was loosely paraphrasing Shakespeare’s comedy, The Merry Wives of Winsdor, because I know Mike (and I know that Shakespeare was the furthest thing from his mind). The important thing is that he truly seemed and seems excited (and supremely confident) about this fresh new group called The Pearls.The other three Pearls are Andy Skib, Tony Chavez and Jocelyn Hughes. The three guys play acoustic guitars (Andy and Tony play electric guitars sometimes) and sing a lot. Jocelyn (the girl) sings and also plays the violin (on some songs it sounds a little like a fiddle but don’t tell her that…).Andy's voice is utterly amazing and in every way sincere. Tony belts out stellar high harmonies and the occasional lead…right there on top of everything. Jocelyn is a classically trained violinist who sings like you wanna hear her. Mike...I already told you the oyster story. Take that story and add song writing and performing ingenuity like I haven't seen since Tom Petty. The four of them come together to make some truly classic, melodic and highly listenable acoustic-driven-pop-rock-country-folk-not-polka-music.The Pearls are incredibly unique against the current landscape of today’s music. Not just because of the instrumentation (they play plain old acoustic guitars, classic violins, beat up Rhodes pianos and a B3 organ that takes a few minutes to warm up) and not just because of the killer songs (they sing honest tunes with beautiful melodies…charming yet poignant lyrics wrapped inside tons of harmonies). The Pearls are special because they take music back to simple, moving, and engaging songs that make you remember why you listen in the first place.
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